As a mother of two, Universal Children’s Day (observed on November 20) resonates deeply with me. It is an opportunity to promote togetherness and children’s welfare worldwide. As I thought about this week’s Global Update, I was reminded of the story of Sadiki, a 13-year-old in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “I used to…
The Israeli American Civic Action Network (ICAN), Jewish World Watch (JWW), and the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) today inaugurated the Armenian Jewish Advisory Council – AJAC (pronounced “a-jack”) as means to institutionalize relations between the Armenian and Jewish communities throughout the U.S., united by shared values, historical experiences, and a…
Paul Wallace, in his essay entitled “Breathing Metaphors”, begins with the following exercise which I ask you to do along with me: Settle yourself and breathe with me before we begin. Note how it feels. Pull the cool air in through your nostrils, moving the breath downward into your chest. Fill your lungs slowly and…
Rosh Hashanah is an opportunity for us to each have a fresh start, to imagine a better version of ourselves and the world around us. The High Holidays present us with the time and space to act with more intention, in Hebrew kavanah. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we let go of the ways we’ve…
To any activist that might need to hear this: if you have stopped advocating for a while or have been too busy helping yourself or your family to volunteer, and you’re worried about being criticized for that if you come back, don’t be. That was the position I was in with Jewish World Watch, and…
Before the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, the International Olympics Committee, aware of the rising tensions, pressured the German government and received assurances that the Nazi regime would not use the Games to promote their ideologies. A few Jewish athletes and Jewish groups called on the United States to boycott, and while some other groups…
We are excited to announce the launch of our refreshed online experience. The new website expresses the work of Jewish World Watch in bold new ways while being more accessible, intuitive, and responsive than ever before. The refreshed website places the focus on the survivors and how you can take action. Our striking new design…
To celebrate World Day Against Child Labor (June 12), I’d like to highlight the incredible work supporters like you make possible in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Our empowerment programs aim to minimize children’s use in armed groups and reduce their exploitation in mining sites through negotiated release from militias, educational access and psychosocial support.…
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Malkah Schulweis, a life force for her beautiful family, for the Valley Beth Shalom community and Jewish World Watch. Malkah was a brilliant woman with extraordinary intellect and was a critical part of our work at Jewish World Watch. While she was always dedicated…
More than a century ago, 1.5 million Armenians were rounded up and slaughtered amid a campaign of extermination that history has long acknowledged was the 20th century’s first genocide. We all know too well it would not be the last. For decades, no United States president had called the atrocities what they were even as…