Press Releases

Global Human Rights Group calls for respecting the dignity of vulnerable people Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement: “Today, as Secretary Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights holds its first open meeting, we continue to question the very creation of such a Commission and its purpose.  Touted by Secretary Pompeo as …

14 clergy from 12 states selected to participate in prestigious global social justice program NEW YORK – Fourteen clergy from 12 states have been named as 2019-2020 Global Justice Fellows with American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish organization working to promote human rights and end poverty in the developing world. They were chosen for …

Leading global Jewish human rights group urges U.S. Senate to pass the same legislation Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement as the U.S. House of Representatives passed Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act (BURMA Act), which includes …

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) emphasizes the importance of fighting prejudice and intolerance As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee advances the nomination of Andrew Bremberg to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued …

Leading human rights group calls on the international community to implement targeted sanctions to hold the Burmese military accountable for human rights abuses  Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement as the United Nation’s Fact-Finding Mission urged severing economic …