AJWS Sends 8th Cohort of World Partners Fellows to India
Organization Selects 12 Young Adults for Year-Long Service-Learning Fellowship
Read MorePress Releases
AJWS Invites Community to Fight Global Hunger With Money Saved From Yom Kippur Fast
New York, NY; September 13, 2010—In an appeal called Reflect Back: Fast Forward, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has asked American Jews to donate the money they would have spent on food, were they not fasting on Yom Kippur, to AJWS’s grantees fighting hunger in the developing world.
Read MoreFormer AJWS Chair to Swim English Channel in Honor of Organization’s 25th Anniversary
New York, NY; August 23, 2010—As a tribute to American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and its upcoming 25th anniversary, past AJWS chair and current board member Jim Meier will attempt to swim the English Channel.
Read MoreAJWS Collecting Donations for Flood Relief in Pakistan
In response to the recent flooding in Pakistan, where the U.N. is reporting that 1,200 people have died and 14 million are in dire need of urgent assistance, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has opened an emergency flood relief fund to receive donations. The money AJWS collects will support the relief work of its existing grantee partners in Pakistan.
Read MoreAJWS Sends Its First Interdenominational Group of Rabbis to Mexico for Service Learning
A delegation of 11 rabbis—representing a wide range of Jewish denominations and backgrounds—returned last week from a week-long service-learning trip to Muchucuxcah, Mexico, sponsored by AJWS.
Read MoreAJWS Selects 12 College Students for Prestigious Summer Internship Program
New York, NY; June 10, 2010—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, has selected 12 extraordinary college students from across the country for its highly-competitive summer internship program. The 2010 intern cohort will begin the program this week in AJWS’s offices in New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. AJWS …
Read MoreAJWS and AVODAH Revamp Jewish Social Justice Partnership
AJWS and AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, a domestic year-long service program for Jewish young adults, have announced a new name and website for their partnership.
Read MoreAJWS Responds to Widespread Flooding and Mudslides in Central America
AJWS is collecting donations in response to the flooding and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Agatha. The storm brought widespread devastation to Central America on Sunday.
Read MoreAJWS Announces Jewish Community Engagement Fellowship
AJWS has announced its new Presidential Fellowship. The twelve-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 MoreAJWS Board Chair Receives Prestigious Philanthropy Award
AJWS is pleased to announce that its board chair, Barbara Dobkin, will receive one of the highest honors in philanthropy, the LEAD award, this weekend from two of the world’s leading philanthropy organizations, the Women’s Funding Network and the Council on Foundations.
Read More