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A Message from Cynthia Nixon
I’m Cynthia Nixon. As an actor, I’ve played the roles of many different women—from Juliet to Miranda Hobbes to Eleanor Roosevelt. I love bringing the stories and struggles of women to life, on the stage and on the screen. It’s a tremendous pleasure and privilege. Yet, there are millions of women all over the globe whose stories are never told on the world stage. These women suffer many forms of discrimination. They are victimized by sexual violence. And when they raise their voices in protest, too often they …
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Measuring Success
How Do We Measure Success? We collect detailed data on our grantees, which gives us a clear picture of their geographic reach, focus, funding and other indicators of how they are equipped to achieve our mutual goals. We monitor our progress, on each issue and country, toward strategic plans that include 10-year goals, three-year outcomes …
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This Privacy Policy is designed to explain our online information practices in connection with the American Jewish World Service’s (“AJWS”, “we”, “our” or “us”) website (the “Site”). AJWS is committed to protecting the privacy of its online visitors and does not collect information about you, other than as described below. By using this Site, you …
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Newsroom
American Jewish World Service is the leading international Jewish human rights and development organization, supporting more than 500 social justice efforts in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. If you are a member of the press and wish to obtain information about our work or speak to a member of our global team on …
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What We Do
Our Strategies AJWS has invested more than half a billion dollars to build a more just and equitable world through our two-pronged strategy: international grantmaking and U.S advocacy. We support more than 500 social justice organizations in 17 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean—with the understanding that the people who are most …
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American Jewish World Service Is Supporting Grassroots Public Health Efforts to Combat Ebola in Liberia
(New York, Oct. 22) — American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is funding grassroots groups in Liberia that are responding to the Ebola outbreak through public health campaigns that rely on trusted non-medical community leaders to spread the word about preventing infection.
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Why Yom Kippur Tells Us To Fight Ebola
Originally published in The Jewish Daily Forward. As Jews around the world prepare for Yom Kippur — a day when we pray to be “sealed in the Book of Life” for the year to come — the people of West Africa are struggling to save the lives of their loved ones from the Ebola outbreak, …
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Reflections on India and Behind the Beautiful Forevers
I was drawn to Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Katherine Boo, when it first appeared in 2012. Boo’s raw and vivid portrait of life in an Indian slum is 100 percent nonfiction, yet it reads like a novel. This past summer I returned to Boo’s book and was newly impressed …
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American Jewish World Service Names Alon Shalev Executive Director for San Francisco and Several Western States
(New York, Sept. 29) – American Jewish World Service announced today that Alon Shalev will serve as the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, the Pacific Northwest and Colorado.
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Meet the 2014 AJWS New York City Marathon Team
On November 2nd, AJWS’s mighty marathon team will embark on a journey that will test their physical and mental strength: 26.2 miles! Inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice, these 15 runners have already spent months tirelessly training to run the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon. In addition to training for the race, the …
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