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March 21, 2018 by Sumit Galhotra

On International Day of Forests, a look at the global guardians of our woodlands

Today, we mark the International Day of Forests, a day to commemorate forests and to raise awareness about the vital role they play in the lives of people and in the health of our planet. Forests across the globe act as our lifelines. They sustain life for countless creatures, provide livelihoods to millions, and serve …Read More

October 9, 2017

Hey, Swattie!

“Hey Swattie!” Liz Seth ’98 called over-cheerfully to a jet-lagged Richard Sager ’74 as he entered the lobby of the Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Adding to his disorientation was the fact that the two had never met in person—Liz only recognized Richard’s name from his and his family’s sponsorship of The Sager Symposium and …Read More

July 20, 2016

Seeking Connection in Cambodia

It was nearly 100 degrees on a February afternoon in the heart of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and we were walking down a busy street with actor Mandy Patinkin. In khakis and a bandana and without his trademark beard, Mandy was nearly unrecognizable as his Homeland character, Saul Berenson. He blended seamlessly with his fellow travelers, …Read More

April 21, 2016

Mandy Patinkin’s Passover Message from Cambodia

As someone who has spent the past four years reporting in Southeast Asia, I want to make a suggestion: this Passover, put down the Haggadah for a few minutes and read aloud from an essay by actor Mandy Patinkin about his trip to Cambodia. On the Showtime series “Homeland,” Patinkin plays Saul Berenson, a senior …Read More

April 20, 2016

Let All Who Are Hungry for Change, Come and Act

Several months ago, I felt the power of the thousands-year-old Passover story as palpably as I ever have, when I travelled with American Jewish World Service (AJWS) to Cambodia. My sense of what it means for a people to go from slavery to freedom deepened when I spent time listening to the modern-day narratives of …Read More

Cambodia

AJWS focuses on two critical human rights issues in Cambodia: civil and political rights, and the right to land, water and other natural resources that communities depend on for survival.

Dvar Tzedek

July 29, 2013 | 5773

Re’eh

“Ball, ball,” came the voice from the stroller as we walked down Broadway toward the synagogue one Shabbat morning. I looked around for the ball that evoked my daughter’s first word; no ball in sight. “A ball,” I questioned? “Ball.” My eyes combed the sidewalk, the street, and the shop windows. If there was a …Read More

October 10, 2012 | 5773

Berishit

We are, by nature, creatures of habit. We find comfort in things that are familiar, carving out routines that give our lives order. But repetition also leads to the curious subduing of awareness that we call “autopilot”—the feeling we get when we arrive at work having absolutely no recollection of the roads or steps we …Read More

January 17, 2012 | 5772

Vaera

For most of us, land is an abstraction. Growing up in cities and towns, we feel the earth only in tiny backyards or small neighborhood parks, or when, once or twice a year, we make an effort to seek out nature for a day or two of camping and hiking. We have smartphone apps to …Read More

January 21, 2010 | 5770

Beshalach

I arched my head back and looked up at a tower of nearly 9,000 human skulls. Rising 62 meters into the air, stacked and piled and encased in glass, the skulls belonged to Cambodians murdered during the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s.[1] This upsetting memorial now stands in the infamous “Killing Fields,” where …Read More