AJWS has recently awarded more than $3.2 million to 151 grassroots project partners in 28 countries. The new grants are divided into five categories, which include sustainable livelihoods and development, community health, community voice, education for all, and community engagement in conflict and emergencies. They provide funding to organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Read MoreAJWS is pleased to announce that Laura Talmus has joined its senior staff as the organization’s western regional executive director. In this role, Talmus will be responsible for overseeing all operations in the western United States, including increasing AJWS’s base of donors and grassroots activists.
Read MoreAJWS president Ruth W. Messinger has been appointed to serve on the Obama administration’s Task Force on Global Poverty and Development. The task force was created by the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, which is working to identify areas in which improved, expanded and innovative partnerships between government and faith-based community organizations will yield results in serving individuals, families and communities.
Read MoreAJWS has applauded the recent decision by the United States, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to cancel the $1.2 billion in debt owed to these institutions by the Government of Haiti.
Read MoreAJWS has announced that Barbara Dobkin will serve as its new board chair, the organization’s principal lay leadership position.
Read MoreAJWS, long involved in the fight against the genocide in Darfur, expressed concern today that the Obama administration is sending contradictory signals in recognizing the magnitude of what has taken place and continues to occur on the ground in Darfur.
Read MoreTo express solidarity with the people of Darfur, Ruth Messinger, president of AJWS, will fast on the 15th and 16th of June and has invited the American Jewish community to fast with her for at least one of the two days.
Read MoreAJWS has received a generous grant from the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust to expand its Rabbinical Students’ Delegation (RSD) program.
Read MoreAJWS has named Aaron Dorfman its new Vice President for Programs. As AJWS’s Director of Education since 2005, Dorfman has created and implemented educational programs and resources that encourage American Jews to think critically about and engage in the pursuit of social justice for all, worldwide.
Read MoreAJWS President Ruth W. Messinger delivered a riveting commencement address yesterday at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) calling on the graduates — Rabbis, communal workers and Jewish educators — to embrace a 21st Century Judaism that emphasizes global citizenship and the pursuit of social justice for all people.
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