Ruth W. Messinger, president of AJWS today issued the following statement expressing great sadness over the passing of United States Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA), the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress and an important figure for the American Jewish community.

American Jewish World Service today urged President George W. Bush to use his State of the Union address to provide a concrete plan for ending the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has applauded the signing by President Bush today of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA), and is now calling on the Administration to enforce the full spirit and letter of the law.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) praised Senate passage today of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA) by unanimous consent.

Ruth W. Messinger, President of AJWS, has once again been named to the Forward 50, an annual list of the 50 most influential members of the American Jewish community.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) today announced that it is collecting financial contributions to assist victims of the recent flooding in Mexico and the Caribbean.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international relief and development organization and a leader in efforts to stem the violence in Darfur, calls on the U.S. Senate to swiftly pass legislation introduced by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) aimed at cutting off economic support to the government of Sudan.

American Jewish World Service is one of only two non-profit organizations in the country to receive seven consecutive four-star ratings from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of more than 5,300 charities.

Urging rapid passage of legislation aimed at providing debt relief to the world’s most impoverished countries, Ruth W. Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), is joining a group of Congress members and other leading activists in a fast today and will be speaking at an October 16 Jubilee USA prayer breakfast on Capitol Hill.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has pledged $2.2 million over three years to the Education Partnership for Children in Conflict Regions, a $148 million, 19-organization consortium co-announced by President Bill Clinton and actress Angelina Jolie at last week’s annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.