A Moral Response to an Immoral Budget: JEWISH DAY OF ACTION – August 5, 2025

On August 5, NCJW Colorado will lead A Moral Response to an Immoral Budget: Jewish Day of Action as part of a nationwide effort to counteract the harmful Budget that was passed. With members of Congress returning home for the annual August recess, we’re showing up — loud and clear — to demand spending and legislation that reflects our Jewish values and invests in the well-being of women, children, and families.

As the budget law is enacted, we will not stand by while millions of people go hungry or without health care.

The Who and the Why

From NCJW INC.:

NCJW will not stand idly by while millions of people go hungry or without health care. That’s why on Tuesday, August 5, National Council of Jewish Women, together with partners MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger and the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies, will lead A Moral Response to an Immoral Budget: Jewish Day of Action.

Together as a Jewish community, we’re going to send a clear message to Congress: Budgets are moral documents, and this one falls short. It kicks 17 million people off of their health care, takes food off the plates of hungry children, and is causing hospitals and clinics around the country to consider their futures. We’re joining forces so that when lawmakers return to Washington in September, they know that they must prioritize the health, safety, and dignity of women, children, and families in all future spending bills. Congress broke our social safety net. Now it’s on them to fix it.

Judaism teaches that the measure of a just nation is how it treats those most in need. A society that abandons the vulnerable has lost its moral compass, and so we are all called to speak out. Let’s raise our collective voice for justice on August 5.

As members of Congress return home for the August recess, we’re showing up loudly and Jewishly to demand that they fix what they broke and restore key funding to the social safety net programs that reflect our values — investing deeply in the well-being of women, children, and families. We will thank those legislators who stood with us during the recent budget fight and express our deep disappointment to those who didn’t. We will urge all of our lawmakers to show us they care about women, children, and families by using the legislative funding process hen they get back to Washington to make serious and beneficial investments in our communities.

This Jewish Day of Action is about moral clarity in the face of harmful policy.

The How : What You Can Do

To participate, you can:

Join an in-district meeting with your lawmakers to thank allies, hold others accountable, and urge moral investments in our communities. Please email your name and email address to sign up and learn more or sign up on the NCJW website. FILL OUT THE FORM HERE so that we may coordinate visits to our legislators’ district offices and calling/email writing efforts.
Participate virtually in our day of action by calling or emailing your representatives and senators on August 5, and sharing our social media posts. You’ll receive an action alert which will include a phone script, and a way to directly connect with your members of Congress.
Share your story — and those of your community about the impacts of this harmful budget. ADD YOUR STORY!!
Share the Jewish Day of Action with your friends, family, and broader network and follow and share NCJW’s posts on our social media channels: INSTAGRAM (handle ncjwco) and FACEBOOK as well as the national organizations social media channels – Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter/X.
Sign the petition “The Budget Bill is a Moral Failure. We Say: Not in Our Name” SIGN THE PETITION!!

More can be found on the NCJW website, where you can also sign up to get more information on taking action directly from the national organization.