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New York (JTA) — As the
cially stable, our member-
National Council of Jewish
ship grow by tens of
Women heads into its second
thousands and to see us con-
century, it is adapting to the
tinue to be in the forefront of
new realities confronting
women's issues and always
Jewish women's voluntary
retaining our Jewish identi-
organizations on the cusp of
ty," she said in a recent
the 21st century.
interview.
Women today have less
Mrs. Katz, the mother of
time than they once did to
two grown children, said she
devote to volunteer
is the last of a. generation of
endeavors and they bring
women who were able to be
with them professional
full-time volunteers.
training that their mothers
Yet NCJW's sections, as
never had.
the chapters are called, have
Still, Jewish women today
historically been dependent
continue to devote time and
on the generous time
energy to volunteer work,
available to their members
and many of them want to do
to devote to community pro- .
so within a Jewish
jects. And NCJW's national
framework. NCJW is trying
leadership, including its
hard to ensure that it con-
president, is culled from
tinues to be the address to
local section leaders.
which many of these women
The quandary is one which
come.
Katz readily acknowledges.
The organization's man-
"We've known all along
date has been consistent
what's coming," she said.
since it was founded 100
"And we've been making ac-
years ago in Chicago. It is
commodations" to meet the
based on a philosophy of so-
burgeoning challenge.
cial action and focuses on
"It is (because of) the
improving the lot and status
fluidity of the organization
of all women and children. It
that we're able to move in
is undergirded by Jewish
the direction of the needs of
values and is being applied
our time," she said.
in diverse ways by NCJW's
Still, she said, this kind of
90,000 members.
transformation is a process
NCJW once devoted itself
in which the kinks are still
largely to aiding immigrant
being worked out.
women and has always con-
"Often we find ourselves
cerned itself with the rights
operating on 24-year old
of all women, not just Jewish
organizational concepts. It's
ones.
like putting round pegs into
Today, in 200 sections
square holes."
across the country, NCJW
According to Joan Bronk,
activity includes on support
who was Mrs. Katz's
groups for widows, con-
predecessor as . president,
ferences for employers focus-
"We're dealing with women
ing on coping with child- and
who are used to working pro-
elder-care needs in the
fessionally and have a diff-
workplace, a home-
erent approach to solving
instruction program for
some of the same problems."
preschool children and ongo-
One of the ways NCJW has
ing advocacy efforts on
been adapting on a local
behalf of women's reproduc-
level has been to tailor
tive rights.
meetings and projects to the
But according to Susan
needs of its members.
Katz, NCJW's newly elected
That means that there are
president, even more adap-
no more five-hour meetings,
tation to the lives and
said Mrs. Katz, since women
priorities of its members is
no longer have that kind of
necessary if the organization
time to invest.
is to stay strong.
Instead, meeting agendas
NCJW's membership has
are more focused and groups
dipped from a high of
meet on Sundays, at lunch-
110,000 in 1970 to about
time during the work week
90,000 today, according to
and after work.
Gone to Another Meeting,a
Project tasks are also
book by Faith Rogow about
clearly defined. "Most wo-
the organization's first 100
men are willing to volunteer
years.
in time-frame ways, if the
By the time she leaves of-
expectations are clear," said
fice nearly three years from
Mrs. Katz.
now, at the group's next
There are two kinds of
triennial convention, Mrs.
shifts in the demographics of
Katz hopes to "see us finan-
NCJW's members, said Mrs.

