New York, NY – In the wake of the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal, India and Bangladesh today, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has launched a disaster donation drive to raise and distribute aid through an Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund to organizations in hard hit areas of Nepal and India.
Read MoreNew York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has appointed Rona Peligal, Ph.D., an expert in both human rights and fundraising, as its Vice President for Development, effective immediately. Peligal comes to AJWS, the leading Jewish international human rights and development organization, from Human Rights Watch (HRW) …
Read MoreNew York, NY – Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, issued a statement in advance of President Barack Obama’s visit to the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama.
Read MoreNew York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) announced today it is joining the World Bank Group and leaders from more than 30 faith-based organizations to launch a major global campaign, #faith2endpoverty. The initiative was officially launched at a teleconference media briefing on Thursday, April 9. AJWS, which works to end poverty and realize human rights in the developing world, is the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization.
Read MoreNew York, NY – Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, issued the following statement in advance of First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit to Cambodia: “I commend First Lady Michelle Obama for her historic trip to Cambodia this week to promote the Administration’s ’Let …
Read MoreNew York, NY – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of three women currently sitting on the United States Supreme Court, has co-authored a feminist reading for the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins at sundown on Friday, April 3, 2015.
Read MoreWashington, D.C. – Congress must act swiftly to stop the intensifying worldwide wave of violence against women and girls, including the targeting of women and girls by ISIS and Boko Haram and escalating sexual violence in India, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries.
Read MoreWashington, D.C. – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, applauds U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for making history by appointing veteran diplomat Randy Berry as the first Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons.
Read MoreNew York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading international Jewish human rights organization and a funder of 26 human rights organizations in Mexico, today issued a strong demand for Mexican authorities to resume their investigation into the disappearance and possible murder of 43 student activists, who went missing in Iguala, Guerrero State, in September 2014 on their way to a protest against government violence.
Read MoreNEW YORK, NY — “As we work as Jewish global citizens every day to combat human rights abuses around the world, we cannot be blind to the moral and structural failings of our own society.
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