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Shabbat Friday Night Musical Services – Repro Shabbat 2026
February 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Repro Shabbat 2026:
Shira Zemel is the director of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)’s abortion access campaign, the coordinated Jewish movement for reproductive health, rights, and justice. Shira has led this work since before the fall of Roe v. Wade, in preparation for the Dobbs decision, helping guide the Jewish community through the rapid and devastating shifts in abortion access nationwide.
In this role, Shira launched the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access, creating a national Jewish communal response to fund the complex patchwork of care patients need in a post-Roe landscape. She activates and mobilizes Jewish leaders and communities to take action for abortion access, trains clergy and lay leaders to bring Jewish values into the public square, and leads one of the largest faith-based abortion access efforts in the country.
Shira serves as president of the ARCH board, a local abortion fund serving patients in northern Virginia. When not getting into good trouble, she enjoys curating feminist yard signs for her front lawn, listening to politics podcasts, and tackling seasonal craft projects—preferably alongside her two young kids.
With Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, Rabbi Aaron Alexander & Band; Join us for a reflective journey into the power of Shabbat. Featuring seasoned musicians and a spiritual, ecstatic excursion into prayer & song.