Saving Lives in South Sudan
Click here to read the article in the New York Times by Janice Kamenir-Reznik, Co-Founder of Jewish World Watch.
Action Alert: Tell your Congressperson to Co-Sponsor South Sudan Legislation
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), with the co-sponsorship of the chairs of the Sudan-South Sudan Caucus, Reps. Michael Capuano (D-MA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), introduced the South Sudan Peace Promotion and Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 2989) in early July. This bill is in response to the raging civil war…
University Fellow Blog: Jenna Dresner
The second semester proved to be an even greater learning experience than the one that came before it. I learned that just because people attend your first event does not mean they will attend your next, and just the people who’ve chosen to dedicated their lives to preserving and ensuring human rights globally are some…
Independence Day in the World’s Newest Country, A Less Than Joyous Occasion
As South Sudan marks the fourth anniversary of its independence from Sudan, there is not a lot to celebrate. Many in South Sudan, and around the world, who celebrated the country’s independence in 2011 knew that the there was a lot of work to be done in the fledgling country. However, no one imagined that…
A Way Out of the Crisis in South Sudan
This month, President Obama will make his fourth trip to Africa, visiting Kenya for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and Ethiopia for meetings with Ethiopian and African Union (AU) leaders. This will likely be his last visit to the continent as president—and the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited the AU headquarters in Addis…
Jewish World Watch Remembers Sir Nicholas Winton
In a world filled with constant conflict, senseless violence, and seemingly endless suffering, there’s a natural human inclination to feel paralyzed by the enormity of the problems we face. Many believe that there’s little they can do to protect the innocent in the face of violence and persecution. Others don’t view this responsibility as their…