New York, NY; May 6, 2011—American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is proud to announce that its board chair, Barbara Dobkin, has received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). Founded in 1875, HUC-JIR is the nation’s oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual …
Read MoreRuth Messinger Will Fast with Broad Coalition of Faith and Human Rights Leaders New York, NY; March 28, 2011—Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, is fasting this week to protest cuts to the U.S.’s humanitarian aid budget being voted on in Congress. The week-long fast, …
Read MoreAJWS has won YouTube’s and See3 Communications’ “DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award” for its Judd Apatow directed public service announcement (PSA).
Read MoreNew York, NY; March 18, 2011—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, is accepting applications for its Presidential Fellowship. The 12-month, highly-competitive fellowship offers a recent college graduate the unique opportunity to accompany AJWS president Ruth Messinger on her professional travel, including speaking engagements in Jewish communities throughout North America …
Read MoreWashington, D.C; March 1, 2011—American Jewish World Service (AJWS)—in partnership with Women Thrive Worldwide and Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN)—will mark International Women’s Day, on March 8 at 8:30 a.m. with a breakfast and panel discussion that will focus on women’s empowerment and the creation of a more effective international development and foreign assistance program. …
Read MoreInter-denominational Jewish Communal Leaders Will Gather to Share Ideas and Deepen Commitment to Human Rights New York, NY; February 10, 2011—More than 40 rabbis and rabbinical students, from across the denominational spectrum, will participate in a global justice leadership retreat in Reisterstown, Maryland from February 20 to 23. In its second year, the conference, called …
Read MoreNew York, NY; January 28, 2011— American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, has issued a call for members of the Jewish community to stand in solidarity with Uganda’s LGBTI community in the wake of Ugandan LGBTI activist David Kato’s murder in Kampala earlier this week. The pledge, which can …
Read MoreIn his speech entitled, “The Modern Development Enterprise,” delivered at an event hosted by the Center for Global Development, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah praised AJWS’s international development work.
Read MoreAJWS is accepting applications from Jewish young adults throughout the U.S. for its 18th Volunteer Summer program. The year-long service-learning program brings participants, between the ages of 16 and 24, to developing countries where they live and work alongside grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for seven weeks to learn about international development principles and the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam.
Read MoreNew York, NY; December 10, 2010—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), a human rights and international development organization, announced today that it has formally joined Sudan NOW, a campaign led by a group of prominent anti-genocide and human rights advocacy organizations committed to bringing meaningful and lasting peace to Sudan and encouraging strong American leadership and …
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