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Reflections on the Legacy and Teachings of the Late Elie Wiesel
“Anyone who listens to a witness becomes one.”
More than a week after the passing of Elie Wiesel, I, a proud son of a Holocaust survivor, remain deeply saddened by his death.
I met Elie Wiesel 40 years ago when he began a four-decade teaching career at Boston University, where I was entering my senior year.
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AJWS founder Laurence Simon Remembers Elie Wiesel
I was becoming discouraged in 1984 talking with leaders of American Jewish organizations about my dream to found an American Jewish organization that would make a professional and visibly Jewish contribution to the end of poverty in developing nations. They were not unsympathetic, but “we have other problems” was the phrase I heard over and over. Congregational and Hillel rabbis were more supportive and eventually encouraged me to talk with Elie Wiesel—“He will understand.”
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28 Jewish groups condemn racism, anti-Semitism in 2016 campaign
The Anti-Defamation League and 27 other Jewish social justice organizations penned a forceful open letter imploring political candidates to put an end to the racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia they say has emerged in this year’s campaign. Although the letter released Thursday does not mention a candidate by name, it comes during a week in which Donald Trump …
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Mazel Tov to our new President and CEO, Robert Bank!
We are wishing a special Mazel Tov to Robert Bank, who officially assumed the role of AJWS President and CEO today! Robert, who was AJWS’s Executive Vice President for seven-and-a-half years, is a skilled leader with a proven record of managing successful local, national and international organizations, bringing passion and dedication to public service and the pursuit of justice. Robert succeeds Ruth Messinger after her remarkable 18-year presidency of AJWS.
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Human Rights Advocate Robert Bank to Assume Presidency of American Jewish World Service on July 1
Bank to succeed Ruth Messinger; after a remarkable 18-year presidency, Messinger to take on new role for AJWS as its first-ever Global Ambassador NEW YORK—Effective July 1, Robert Bank, the current Executive Vice President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), will officially assume the role of President at AJWS, the leading Jewish international human rights …
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On World Refugee Day, the Displaced People You’re Not Hearing About
The world has watched in horror as migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa have embarked on treacherous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. On this World Refugee Day, the international spotlight, rightly, shines on this vast crisis—and American Jewish World Service stands in solidarity with human rights organizations working in Europe to mitigate the devastation. But we also hope the world will remember the scores of people from other parts of the globe forced to flee their homes.
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Addressing the global gap in data about women and girls
If you want to improve something, the challenge first needs to be visible—and, unfortunately, some of the challenges facing women in developing countries are invisible. Why? They haven’t been clearly investigated by researchers and tracked with data. We know that we do what we measure. In other words, if we don’t measure the right things, …
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Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Levin Treasurer Jim Koshland President Ruth W. Messinger Vice Chairs Monte Dube Judith Stern Secretary Bill Resnick Board of Trustees Marion Bergman Jay Cohan Rabbi Menachem Creditor Barbara Dobkin* Steven Dow James Dubey Tom Dubin Eileen Epstein Marty Friedman* Rabbi Elyse Frishman Marc Greenwald Michael Hirschhorn Carol Joseph Howard Kleckner …
Read MoreLetter From Our Leadership
Dear Friends, In 2015, we were deeply gratified to celebrate AJWS’s 30th anniversary and enter our fourth decade of promoting human rights in the developing world. For 30 years, the activists, organizations and movements we support have demonstrated tremendous leadership in struggles that matter. Our international grantees have waged courageous campaigns to stop poverty and …
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