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Lovingkindness in Endurance: Counting the Omer during COVID-19
Omer: A long stretch of spring, days both full and interminable. Each night I flip a page of my Omer counter, recite the blessing and add a new day to the count. In my head, I add the extra time from the night we closed our synagogue’s physical doors, as COVID-19 began its deadly spread. …
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Burma Faces a Deadline for Reporting on Genocide Against the Rohingya People—and the World Needs Transparency
Myanmar has a deadline: This Saturday, the government needs to report to the highest court of the United Nations on how it is preventing further acts of genocide against the Rohingya. Tragically, it will be kept secret from those most affected by what it has to say. I am Rohingya, part of the predominantly Muslim ethnic minority that …
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Leading Global Jewish Human Rights Organization Calls for Solidarity with LGBTQI+ People During Pandemic
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) calls on all countries to respect human rights of vulnerable communities scapegoated for COVID-19 On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT), Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy at American Jewish World Service, issued this statement: “As the world marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, we …
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Human Rights Organizations Call On U.S. State Department To Protect Human Rights In Myanmar (Burma) In The Face Of Covid-19
64 U.S. organizations say Myanmar’s government and military must protect vulnerable communities Today, 64 organizations sent a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to demand that Myanmar (Burma) make a priority of promoting human rights as COVID-19 spreads. Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy at American Jewish World Service, the leading global …
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Protecting Journalists Saves Lives
Happy World Press Freedom Day! Today and everyday, we recognize the importance of a free press, freedom of expression and public access to information, all of which are essential human rights. These rights allow us to live with dignity and help us make informed decisions about our futures. As the global community suffers together from …
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AJWS In Action: Updates from Our Partners, April 30
From domestic abuse to hunger and economic collapse, the pandemic is causing massive problems far beyond the virus itself. The activists and social change organizations AJWS supports are on the frontlines of the pandemic in the developing world. AJWS will continue to stand by all of our grantees in 19 countries during this global crisis—and …
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AJWS in Action: Updates from Our Partners, April 17
Right now, the organizations AJWS supports are courageously fighting on the frontlines of the pandemic in the developing world. AJWS will continue to stand by all of our grantees in 19 countries during this global crisis—and we will update you on their life-saving work right here. Indonesia As the nation with the fourth largest population …
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Leading Global Jewish Human Rights Organization Denounces Trump’s Decision to Withhold Funding from WHO
American Jewish World Service Calls for International Solutions to the Global Pandemic In response to President Trump’s decision to withhold U.S. funding from the World Health Organization (WHO), Rori Kramer, Director of U.S. Advocacy at American Jewish World Service, issued the following statement: “We are appalled that the Trump administration is once again turning its …
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Leading Jewish Global Human Rights Group Warns of COVID-19’s Danger to Rohingya People, Calls On U.S. to Act
American Jewish World Service gravely concerned that hundreds of thousands are in peril Tracey Gurd, Senior Director of Civil and Political Rights and Advocacy for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to spread to refugee camps in Bangladesh and internally displaced …
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COVID-19 Strikes All 18 Countries Where AJWS Works
COVID-19 has arrived in the countries where AJWS works—threatening the lives and livelihoods of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. There are now confirmed cases of COVID-19 in every single country that we serve, and though the official count is in the hundreds, there are likely thousands more unconfirmed cases due to lack of …
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