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President Obama Mentions AJWS at National Prayer Breakfast
President Obama commends AJWS as an organization helping "to bring hope to those suffering around the world." Read more »
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Interfaith Leaders Push Obama Administration for Urgent Action in Sudan’s Border Region as Famine Looms
Over the past five months, fighting has escalated and millions remain trapped in the conflict without access to food. The region faces famine unless the Sudanese government allows a resumption of aid. Read more »
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AJWS Grantee in The New York Times
Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor, co-founder of Sustainable Development Institute, tells The New York Times why rights to land, water and forests are an essential piece of the global human rights agenda. Read more »
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Sonia Pierre, 1963 - 2011
Always dreaming of a different Haiti, and a better life for Dominicans of Haitian descent, she fought tirelessly to make the dream real. Read more »
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Food Justice Conference Call!
If you missed our recent activist call about what’s next with the Farm Bill and AJWS’s Reverse Hunger campaign, the recording of the call is now available.
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East African Famine Relief
East Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 60 years, resulting in a severe food crisis and famine. Read more »
The Space In Between the Same and the Other
Parshat Yitro opens with an unexpected visitor’s arrival to the Israelite camp. Yitro, priest of Midian and father-in-law to Moshe, hears an account of the Israelites’ travails and liberation and is sufficiently moved to come see for himself. Upon seeing Moshe’s style of judging the people, he says: ‘The thing which you are doing is not good.’[1] This bold critique seems odd for someone who is not of the people, especially since Moshe is not reprimanded in this way by... Read more »
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