Press Releases

AJWS today announced that it has awarded in its most recent grant review more than $3.8 million in grants to 154 organizations in 27 countries throughout the developing world.

AJWS has written United States (U.S.) Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.). Zalmay Khalilzad and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging them to take advantage of key opportunities to dramatically strengthen efforts to bring peace to Sudan and Chad.

AJWS today applauded a joint statement from presidential candidates, Senators Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama pledging their united resolve to end the Darfur genocide and bring peace and security to all of Sudan.

AJWS is launching a sweeping national grassroots advocacy campaign aimed at ending the genocide in Darfur. The campaign includes grassroots mobilization calling on President George W. Bush not to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing unless China takes concrete steps immediately to end its support for the government of Sudan.

Ruth W. Messinger, president of AJWS today issued the following statement expressing great sadness over the passing of United States Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA), the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress and an important figure for the American Jewish community.

American Jewish World Service today urged President George W. Bush to use his State of the Union address to provide a concrete plan for ending the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has applauded the signing by President Bush today of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA), and is now calling on the Administration to enforce the full spirit and letter of the law.

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) praised Senate passage today of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA) by unanimous consent.

Ruth W. Messinger, President of AJWS, has once again been named to the Forward 50, an annual list of the 50 most influential members of the American Jewish community.