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Stand with the Rohingya People: A Rosh Hashanah Reflection
With the New Year upon us, we must raise our voices on behalf of a community in desperate need. In Burma (Myanmar), the Rohingya people are facing the threat of annihilation.
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A Rosh Hashanah Message from Senator Ben Cardin
The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is more than just a marker of the cycle of years and the passage of time. This annual “birthday” of the creation of the world is also an annual day of reckoning.
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American Jewish World Service Names 2017-2018 Global Justice Fellows
Fourteen rabbis have been named 2017-2018 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. AJWS announced the selection today of 14 Jewish leaders from across the United States who will participate in this prestigious program.
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Stop the Killing and Displacement of the Rohingya People in Burma
As the leading Jewish organization supporting the human rights of ethnic minorities in Burma, including those of the persecuted Rohingya people, we are gravely concerned that the Burmese military is committing crimes against humanity against the Rohingya people, a Muslim ethnic minority located in Western Burma.
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Justice for the Disappeared in Mexico
On this International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, I stand in solidarity with families and supporting organizations who tirelessly work to find their loved ones, and hold those responsible to account for these crimes.
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Our Universe of Moral Obligation
In our new global village, we should ask of our Jewish tradition: How has my responsibility changed? How do we apply old teachings to new circumstances?
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4,700 New Refugees Every Day
As AJWS’s Director of Disaster Response and International Operations, I’m deeply alarmed that the global refugee crisis is continuing to escalate. More people were displaced worldwide in 2016 than any other year on record since World War II and its immediate aftermath. Nearly 2 million of them are refugees who have fled a devastating situation …
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El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom
On 29th March 2017 legislators in El Salvador approved a blanket ban on all metal mining activities in the country – the first country in the world to do so. The historic vote came just six months after a World Bank tribunal ruled in favour of the country’s government in an international investment arbitration case …
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American Jewish World Service Names Brad Sugar Director for the Midwest Region
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has appointed Brad Sugar, a veteran nonprofit professional with extensive experience leading and growing institutions, as its Director for the Midwest Region. Sugar comes to AJWS, the leading Jewish international human rights and development organization, from American Friends of The Hebrew University, where he previously served as Senior Development Executive. Sugar’s deep commitment to Jewish values and his familiarity with Jewish communities in the region make him a valuable addition to AJWS’s leadership team.
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Through Her Photographs, Stephanie Sinclair Is Putting a Face to Child Marriage
When noted photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair learned she’d won this year’s Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award—given by the International Women’s Media Foundation and named for the German photojournalist who was killed in 2014 while completing an assignment in Afghanistan—things were a bit chaotic in her life. Just two weeks prior, she had returned home to New York …
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