Major Progress in Global Battle Against HIV/AIDS NEW YORK, NY — American Jewish World Service released the following statement today after the Supreme Court of the United States overruled a provision of the 2003 United States Leadership Act against HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The law required organizations receiving federal funding to pledge that …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC — American Jewish World Service released the following statement today after the House of Representatives failed to pass the Royce-Engel Food Aid Reform Amendment. “Tragically, Congress missed an historic opportunity today to fix our international food aid program,” said Timi Gerson, director of advocacy for AJWS. “The bipartisan Royce-Engel Food Aid Reform Amendment …
Read MoreStatement by Ruth Messinger, President of AJWS, supporting the nomination of the former White House staffer to be the next U.S. Ambassador.
Read MoreThe country’s current international food aid program needs to be reformed to be more effective and efficient.
Read MoreWashington, DC; June 10, 2013—American Jewish World Service (AJWS) released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 (the Farm Bill). “The Farm Bill passed today took baby steps toward food aid reform, but we are disappointed that the Senate missed the opportunity to go …
Read MoreWashington,DC; June 3, 2013— American Jewish World Service released the following statement today after the Senate passed the Coons-Johanns Amendment to the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013. “Today’s Senate passage of the Coons-Johanns Amendment is a victory for small farmers worldwide,” said Timi Gerson, director of advocacy for American Jewish World Service. …
Read MoreNew York, NY; June 3, 2013— American Jewish World Service President Ruth Messinger released the following statement today in response to the passing of Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). “Today we lost a great senator, a great human rights advocate and a great man,” said Messinger. “Frank Lautenberg embodied the idea that being Jewish means standing …
Read MoreNew York, NY, May 24, 2013 In April, Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, and Rabbi Steve Gutow, President of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, sent a letter to President Obama calling on the US government to renew our commitment to Sudan. As the follow-up letter (viewable online here) indicates, 492 Rabbis …
Read MoreWashington, DC, May 16, 2013 This statement is delivered on behalf of the following endorsing organizations: American Jewish World Service, Bread for the World, CARE, Church World Service, the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, Oxfam America and Partners in Health. The endorsing organizations listed above applaud bi-partisan legislation introduced yesterday by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed …
Read MoreStatement by Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service on the Conviction of former General José Efraín Ríos Montt New York, NY; May 13, 2013— “We are deeply gratified that former Guatemalan dictator, General José Efraín Ríos Montt, was found guilty of genocide in the very country in which he committed his crimes and …
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