AJWS Receives Generous Grant to Expand Rabbinical Students’ Delegation Program
AJWS has received a generous grant from the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust to expand its Rabbinical Students’ Delegation (RSD) program.
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AJWS Names New VP for Programs
AJWS 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 Messinger’s Commencement Address Inspires JTS Graduates to Think and Act Globally
AJWS 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.
Read MoreAJWS Introduces On1Foot – a New Online Database of Social Justice Texts
AJWS has officially launched a searchable online database of Jewish social justice texts designed to support rabbis and Jewish educators who want to teach about Judaism and social justice.
Read MoreAJWS Launches Global Circle for Young Professionals
AJWS has launched the Global Circle, a community of young professionals dedicated to supporting AJWS’s mission to alleviate poverty, hunger and disease in the developing world.
Read MoreAJWS’s Ruth Messinger Voices Support for Civil Disobedience outside the Sudanese Embassy
AJWS has expressed solidarity with the five members of Congress and three anti-genocide activists arrested Monday at the Sudanese embassy in Washington DC.
Read MoreAJWS Creates an Afikomen Prize Worth Bragging About
AJWS has created a special certificate informing successful afikomen seekers that a donation to fight hunger in impoverished communities around the world has been made in their honor.
Read MoreAJWS’s Ruth Messinger Discusses Darfur with President Obama and Special Envoy Gration at White House Meeting
Ruth Messinger, President of AJWS, said it was evident in her meeting yesterday with President Barack Obama and the administration’s new special envoy to Sudan, General J. Scott Gration, that the administration understands the need to ensure the reinstatement of international aid groups into Darfur.
Read MoreAJWS Asks International Community to Demand Reinstatement of International Aid Groups into Sudan
Ruth W. Messinger, president of AJWS, has issued a statement today calling on the international community to actively push for the re-instatement of international aid organizations into Darfur so workers can continue providing critical services to the millions of refugees and internally displaced persons throughout Darfur and Chad.
Read MoreAJWS Hires Executive VP
AJWS has named Robert Bank as its new Executive Vice President. In this role, Bank will work closely with the international development organization’s president, Ruth Messinger, and vice presidents to oversee AJWS’s programmatic work, strategic planning and operations.
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