Milken students educate about JWW, genocide

High school student activists at Milken Community Schools, in partnership with Jewish World Watch, educated their peers and the community about the issues facing refugees at the YOZMA Siyyum Celebration and Action Fair on March 23. Yozma, which means “initiative” in Hebrew, is Milken’s social action leadership initiative. At the recent event, groups shared their…

Purim is a Call to Social Justice

As Purim begins tonight, Jews around the world will read the Book of Esther and use a chorus of boos and noisemakers to drown out the name of Haman, the villain who sought to destroy all the Jews. Unfortunately, though the story is ancient, Haman’s spirit remains alive and well in today’s world: It survives…

We Will Not Forget the Darfuris

Today is the 15th anniversary of the start of conflict in Darfur, the first genocide of the 21st century. The Darfur genocide has caused the deaths of approximately 400,000 Darfuris, and displaced more than three million people. Although the International Criminal Court has indicted Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against…