On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed our federal right to abortion access for half a century.

In Judaism, there is a custom to mark the anniversary date of a death, the yahrtzeit — a time to mourn, to remember, and to honor — by lighting a yahrtzeit candle to remind us of the loss and bring light into a dark period.

Join National Council of Jewish Women to mourn all those who have been harmed and killed by bans on their bodies by lighting a yahrtzeit candle before sundown of Friday, June 23, 2023.

 

We light a yahrtzeit candle to symbolize the neshama, the soul of the departed, allowing it to burn until it naturally goes out.

Download our Yahrtzeit of Roe handout with readings and prayers to mark the moment at home or in your community.

 

Join us on June 23 at 1pm ET / 10am PT

for a virtual candle lighting, prayer, and discussion on the state of abortion access.

 
 
 

This year, the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade also falls on Shabbat. So in addition to the ritual to light a yartzheit candle, we also have a helpful sheet to commemorate the loss of Roe over Shabbat.

 

Yahrtzeit of Roe is sponsored by:

Abortion Access Front • American Conference of Cantors • American Jewish World Service • Association of Humanistic Rabbis • Auburn Theological Seminary • Avodah • Bend the Arc: Jewish Action • Carolina Jews for Justice • Central Conference of American Rabbis • COLOR • DC Abortion Fund • Devotaj Sacred Arts • Faith Choice Ohio • Faith In Women • Habonim Dror North America • Interfaith Alliance • Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action •

Abortion Access Front • American Conference of Cantors • American Jewish World Service • Association of Humanistic Rabbis • Auburn Theological Seminary • Avodah • Bend the Arc: Jewish Action • Carolina Jews for Justice • Central Conference of American Rabbis • COLOR • DC Abortion Fund • Devotaj Sacred Arts • Faith Choice Ohio • Faith In Women • Habonim Dror North America • Interfaith Alliance • Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action •

Jewish Center for Justice • Jewish Council for Public Affairs • Jewish Democratic Council of America • Jewish Women's Archive • Jews for a Secular Democracy • Jewtina y Co. • Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice • Keshet • Lilith Magazine • Men4Choice • Moving Traditions • NA'AMAT USA • National Partnership for Women & Families • NCJW Greater New Orleans Section • New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice • Physicians for Reproductive Health • Planned Parenthood Federation of America • Rabbinical Assembly • Reconstructing Judaism • Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association • Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism •

Jewish Center for Justice • Jewish Council for Public Affairs • Jewish Democratic Council of America • Jewish Women's Archive • Jews for a Secular Democracy • Jewtina y Co. • Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice • Keshet • Lilith Magazine • Men4Choice • Moving Traditions • NA'AMAT USA • National Partnership for Women & Families • NCJW Greater New Orleans Section • New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice • Physicians for Reproductive Health • Planned Parenthood Federation of America • Rabbinical Assembly • Reconstructing Judaism • Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association • Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism •

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice • Reproaction • SACReD • Society for Humanistic Judaism • T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights • the Den Collective • The Shalom Center • The Workers Circle • Unitarian Universalist Association • United State of Women • Women of Reform Judaism • Women’s Rabbinic Network (WRN) • Zioness Movement •

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice • Reproaction • SACReD • Society for Humanistic Judaism • T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights • the Den Collective • The Shalom Center • The Workers Circle • Unitarian Universalist Association • United State of Women • Women of Reform Judaism • Women’s Rabbinic Network (WRN) • Zioness Movement •

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