The High Costs of an Unjust Food System
Food sovereignty—people’s right to define their own food and agricultural systems—can be a matter of life and death.
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The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.
My Grandmother, Yiddish and May Day
Just Thought is a series of essays from AJWS applying Jewish wisdom to the pursuit of tikkun olam today. Drawing upon Jewish history, Torah sources and the latest headlines, we plumb pressing questions about human rights and global justice from a Jewish perspective through monthly essays by noted scholars, activists and AJWS staff. Last year, …
Marching for Climate Justice
As I prepare to travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Climate March, I am deeply focused on our Jewish obligation to repair the world and safeguard the earth and its inhabitants. As Genesis tells it, it took six days to create the complex majesty of the universe. Today, I fear that we are …
Recovering from Nepal’s Earthquakes, Two Years Later: Part III
This story is part of our series to mark the two-year anniversary of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. Read the first and second stories in our series. Woman warrior: Radhika’s story All her life, Radhika Sapkota has been a fervent advocate for women’s rights. The discrimination she faced as a child in a society that viewed …
Recovering from Nepal’s Earthquakes, Two Years Later: Part II
This story is part of our series to mark the two-year anniversary of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. Read the first and third parts of our series, too. Determined to make a difference: Sarita’s story As the ground below her rumbled forcefully, Sarita Lamichhane heard screams and cries from all corners. “Everyone was scared,” she recalled. …