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AJWS calls on U.S. House to pass new bill authorizing humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees and imposing sanctions on Burmese military officials

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September 18, 2019

American Jewish World Service Applauds The Fact-Finding Mission On Myanmar; Calls On International Community To Act In The Face Of Injustice

Leading global human rights group demands accountability and justice against perpetrators in response to crimes against humanity committed against ethnic minorities in Myanmar. Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement as the United Nation’s Fact-Finding Mission released its final report about the situation of ethnic minorities in the Myanmar: …

August 22, 2019

600 Jewish Clergy call on U.S. State Department to Pursue Justice for the Rohingya Genocide

AJWS and the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network* demand the U.S. hold Burmese military leaders accountable Today, nearly 600 clergy from 38 states joined together to send a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the Rohingya genocide. Hannah Weilbacher, Program Officer for Jewish Advocacy and Engagement for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the …

August 21, 2019 by Rabbi Aderet Drucker

Jews call for justice for the Rohingya genocide

This week, nearly 600 Rabbis and Cantors from across the United States joined together to demand action on the 2 year anniversary of the escalation of the Rohingya genocide.

August 20, 2019

20 Jewish Organizations Urge Under Secretary of Treasury to Impose Targeted Sanctions against Burmese Military

AJWS and the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network* call for swift action by the Department of Treasury to hold Burmese military accountable 20 Jewish organizational leaders, representing the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network, called on Under Secretary of the Treasury Sigal Mandelker to pursue justice and accountability for the Rohingya people and all ethnic minorities in Burma. …

July 12, 2019

AJWS Applauds the U.S. House Of Representatives for Addressing Genocide Of the Rohingya People in The National Defense Authorization Act

Leading Human Rights Group calls on the U.S. Senate to pass the same provisions without delay Rori Kramer, Director of Government Affairs for American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, issued the following statement as the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes calls for …

Dvar Tzedek

December 4, 2008 | 5768

Shmot

Shmot begins with two stunning acts of civil disobedience in which five righteous women help birth a liberation movement.[1] Many millennia later, righteous women in Burma are leading a nonviolent resistance movement in a society only marginally less repressive than ancient Egypt.[2] Shifrah and Puah were midwives who “feared God”[3] and so did not follow …

November 10, 2008 | 5769

Vayera

Parshat Vayera centers on a phenomenal moment in Jewish tradition: the negotiation between God and Abraham about the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. By all accounts, the people of the doomed city do not have a lot going for them. Ezekiel enumerates their sins, saying “She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they …