[maxbutton id=”99″] It has no doubt been an extraordinary year. Because of our supporters, Jewish World Watch has been able to deepen its impact, advocate, educate and provide direct aid to on-the-ground projects. Every single dollar you gave, every moment you took to sign a petition, meet with a Congressperson, call a legislator or forward…
Over the last few weeks, Jewish leaders from around Los Angeles came together to stand with the Armenian community when fighting broke out in the region of Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh. Regional conflict can often get lost in the din of constantly breaking news, but Azeri aggression – supported by Turkish military might – in this…
Ten years ago this month, the United Nations published the Congo Mapping Exercise Report. The landmark report documented more than 600 incidents of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between March 1993 and June 2003, with women and children as the primary victims. In addition to…
As the Director of Education for Jewish World Watch, I spend a large portion of my time talking to adults and students about genocide and mass atrocities, the unrest and fragility across the globe, our obligations as Jews, and the need for all of us to participate in the great but weighty mitzvah of tikkun…
This week, we mark another major advocacy win as the House of Representatives approved the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in a near-unanimous vote of 406-3. This legislation presumes that all goods produced, in whole or in part, in the Xinjiang region of China are the product of Uyghur forced labor and bans these goods…
In a major development for the Rohingya justice movement, two soldiers of the Myanmar army have provided damning video testimony that they were directed to “shoot all you see and all you hear” by their superiors. In addition to confessing to their participation in a litany of violations, including rape, executions, the decimation of villages,…
[September 11, 2020]: In a major development in Sudan’s transition to democracy, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok agreed to a deal that effectively ends 30 years of rule under Islamic law. The agreement, signed with Abdelazziz Al-Hilu, leader of rebel group SPLM-N, declares: “the state shall not establish an official religion. No citizen shall be discriminated…
Shocking evidence has emerged that Boko Haram, an Islamist armed extremist group operating in the Lake Chad Basin, uses children as suicide bombers. This is both a war crime and a crime against humanity. On August 1, 2020, Boko Haram used child suicide bombers in an unlawful attack on a site for displaced persons in…
The Rohingya community in Southeast Asia continues to live in a state of fear, isolation and suffering. We can do something about that. Please join me in calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to help end the brutal campaign of hatred against the minority Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar by declaring it what it truly…
Jewish World Watch, a genocide prevention organization that brings hope and healing to survivors of mass atrocities worldwide, urgently appeals for immediate action to protect our long-time partner Dr. Denis Mukwege from recent threats of violence and death. Dr. Mukwege — 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Congolese gynecological surgeon, and trailblazing advocate for women’s rights…