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Melanie Roth Gorelick

May 11, 2025, 11:24 PM

The power of a women’s collective, driving change

For many years, advocates for women in the Jewish community focused on securing them executive opportunities and a voice at the table, on a panel, or in negotiating rooms. And the Jewish community always asked, but where are the...

Sep 25, 2024, 1:48 PM

Seizing the Moment to Secure Women’s Rights

ERA March, Washington DC, 1978. (Photo by Joan Roth)

When I was growing up in New York, advocacy for the federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a critical focus of the women’s movement, and was personal in my family — and to my own growth and trajectory as a...

Aug 14, 2023, 8:09 PM

In Berlin, Memorials, Remembrance and Dialogue

At the Gleis (Platform) 17 Memorial in Berlin, remembrance. (Photo credit: Melanie Roth Gorelick)

“What a fun city, one of my favorites,” friends said to me as I was leaving for Berlin. I tried to smile, but I was uneasy. As a Jewish communal professional, I’ve led trips to Auschwitz and visited concentration camps...

About Me

Melanie Roth Gorelick is CEO of Elluminate, which empowers Jewish women leaders and philanthropists working for gender equity and social change. Until June of 2023, she served as Senior Vice President of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. She has dedicated her life’s work to women’s rights, community relations, and social justice causes in roles at the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ and the UN Development Fund for Women (now UN Women), among other organizations.