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Pursuing Justice for Dominicans of Haitian Descent
Rabbi Jeffrey Brown of Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El was a member of AJWS’s 2015-2016 Global Justice Fellowship, an initiative to engage key Jewish opinion leaders across the U.S. to become advocates for the human rights of people living with poverty and oppression in the developing world. This Sunday, May 15, people in the …
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Mourning the loss of Michael Ratner, a tireless champion for human and civil rights
I am heartbroken at the loss of Michael Ratner, a tireless champion of human and civil rights and a lawyer for justice everywhere. Michael led the Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. Michael Ratner was a beacon …
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Survivors of Sexual Slavery Obtain Justice in Guatemala, One AJWS Grantee Helps Keep Them Safe
“We are telling the truth. We want to be heard, and we want justice,” said a petite, elderly woman to a room full of journalists and human rights activists in Guatemala City on February 13, 2016. A survivor of sexual slavery during Guatemala’s decades-long civil war, the woman’s face was obscured by a Mayan scarf to protect her identity.
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Mexican Government Must Be Held Accountable for Thwarting Justice for the 43 Missing Mexican Students
Leading Human Rights Organization Calls on the United States to Urge Compliance by Mexico with Recommendations of Independent Group of Experts New York, NY – On Sunday, April 24, an international group of experts appointed to review the investigation of the forced disappearance of 43 college students from Iguala, Mexico, in September 2014 concluded that …
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A Year After the Nepal Earthquake: How a Community of Buddhist Nuns and Monks Bounced Back
Today is the first anniversary of the worst earthquake to hit Nepal in more than eight decades. The 7.8 magnitude temblor—which was followed by countless aftershocks and a second powerful 7.3 magnitude quake two weeks later—killed nearly 9,000 people, injured more than 22,000 and displaced more than 188,000 in the small South Asian nation already …
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Witnessing History in Burma
We are literally witnessing history being made in Burma. I was in Burma last week with a small team—an award-winning photojournalist, a wonderful colleague from American Jewish World Service (AJWS)’s communications team, and our local consultant and our translator—to document the ongoing, hard-fought work of some of the advocates for women, ethnic minorities and human rights whom …
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Award-Winning Performer Mandy Patinkin Creates Passover Essay for American Jewish World Service
Patinkin Encourages Jews to Ponder Freedom for People Around the World with a Focus on Cambodia The essay by Mr. Patinkin is part of a special series of Jewish holiday readings curated by American Jewish World Service that includes previous commentaries from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky New York, NY …
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Ruth Messinger entrusts American Jewish World Service to her deputy
Ruth Messinger was one of New York City’s most prominent politicians in the 1980s and 1990s before she took the helm of a respected but low-profile nonprofit focused on international development: the American Jewish World Service. After 18 years, Messinger is giving up the presidency of AJWS, which grew into a major player in the fight against …
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Witness to Berta Cáceres’ Murder Allowed to Return Home After Month-Long Detainment by Honduran Government
Leading Jewish international human rights organization continues to urge Honduran government to accept an independent, international investigation into Berta Cáceres’ assassination and protect all human rights defenders in the country New York, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, applauds the release of environmental activist Gustavo …
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