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Meet the 2013 AJWS NYC Marathon Team
AJWS’s small but mighty marathon team will soon embark on a journey that will test their physical and mental strength: the 2013 New York City Marathon. Inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice, these nine runners have already spent months tirelessly training to tackle 26.2 miles. In addition to training for the race on November …
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Chag v'Chesed: Holiday Dvar Tzedek,Yom Kippur 5774
Is apathy inherited? Is inaction passed on from generation to generation? Will our lack of responsiveness to global anguish be passed on to our children? When it comes to the question of whether our sins will be visited upon generations to come, Sinai and the Golden Calf offer us a clue. While the story is …
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Reimagining Our World: Reflections From an AJWS Trip to India
This post is also featured on the blog of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund. This July, I traveled to Lucknow in northern India with American Jewish World Service and a group of 17 rabbis from across the United States. Our goal was to personally see and understand AJWS’s important international work. And, as …
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AJWS Launches Global Justice Fellowship
Major initiative is building a national network of Jewish leaders to advocate for U.S. policies to improve the lives of the most marginalized people in the developing world NEW YORK, NY —American Jewish World Service (AJWS) today launched the Global Justice Fellowship, a major new initiative to engage key Jewish opinion leaders across the country …
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Seventeen Jewish Leaders from Los Angeles Selected to Travel to Mexico and Learn from Advocates for Human Rights
Trip is part of new year-long Global Justice Fellowship launched in LA by American Jewish World Service LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) announced that 17 Jewish leaders from Los Angeles were selected to participate in the inaugural AJWS Global Justice Fellowship, a selective, year-long program designed to inspire, educate …
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American Jewish World Service Receives Major Grant to Address Child Marriage in India
$15.3 million grant from the Kendeda Fund will support work of Indian activists NEW YORK, NY—American Jewish World Service (AJWS) announced today that it is the recipient of a $15.3 million grant from the Kendeda Fund to address child marriage in India. As the leading Jewish organization working to realize human rights and end poverty …
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A Win for LGBTI Rights in Uganda and Around the World
Eight months ago, I stood shivering with my Ugandan colleagues on the steps of the Massachusetts federal court house. We had just witnessed the first hearing in the case Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) v. Lively—a suit filed by a group of Ugandan LGBTI rights organizations against American evangelist Scott Lively for his role in inciting …
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The Secret to Building Support for Food Aid Reform: AJWS Activists
It’s not every day you get to personally thank your member of Congress for advancing the issues you care about. But over the past few months, AJWS supporters from across the country have been knocking on their representatives’ doors to deliver framed certificates to members of Congress who have stood up for international food aid …
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American Jewish World Service Applauds Confirmation of Samantha Power as U.S. Ambassador of the United Nations
NEW YORK, NY — American Jewish World Service (AJWS) President Ruth Messinger released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate voted by an overwhelming majority to confirm Samantha Power as the U.S. Ambassador of the United Nations. “We are deeply gratified that the U.S. Senate confirmed Samantha Power as U.S. Ambassador of the United …
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Meena Seshu Discusses India, Sex Work and Human Rights
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) recently hosted Meena Seshu for a visit to our headquarters in New York City. Meena is the secretary general of SANGRAM, an AJWS grantee in India that educates and empowers sex workers to overcome their most challenging health and human rights issues. While she was here, Meena stopped by The …
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