As 2021 comes to a close, I am asking you to recommit to the fight against genocide and mass atrocities by donating to Jewish World Watch – an organization I co-founded with the visionary Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis (z”l) nearly 18 years ago. Over the last year, so many survivors of genocide and atrocity have…
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…
It is not often in the “business” of fighting genocide and atrocity that we have a day in which we can claim and celebrate an epic victory. However, today is truly a Red Letter Day for Jewish World Watch, for all organizations involved in anti-genocide advocacy and for the people of Darfur, Sudan. Today, the…
Dear Friends, It has been 15 years since Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis (z”l) and I founded Jewish World Watch in an effort to live up to the vow to not stand idly by. As long as extreme violence persists throughout the world, we will be there to support the vulnerable. We will provide Rohingya children…
When Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis (z”l) and I founded Jewish World Watch nearly 15 years ago, we envisioned a world in which the Jewish community would embody the post-Holocaust promise of “Never Again” for all people, regardless of ethnicity, religion, or any other trait. Today, this is more important than ever. This has been a year of…
Since our first visit with Dr. Denis Mukwege, who has just been named the 2018 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, JWW has met on multiple occasions in in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with Dr. Mukwege, and we have proudly supported his remarkable work with rape survivors at the Panzi hospital in Bukavu. …
Photo: One of only three girls who crossed the gender line to join the carpentry program at Laissez l’Afrique Vivre, funded by JWW with thanks to the Gary Saltz Foundation. Today we met a Congolese lawyer who strives to convince survivors of sexual violence to testify against their rapists. This would not be such an…
The problems in Congo are so huge. Until recently, the widespread rape of women occurred in conflict zones. Militiamen used it as a weapon of war to gain control of mineral interests, territory and people. Now, we are told, the practice is spreading to non-conflict zones. Increasingly, men are raping women in nearby villages. It…
Yesterday, our plane touched down in Rwanda. We will spend some time here before departing for Congo. By all measures, Kigali has undergone a clear and dramatic economic reconstruction. Its residents live a relatively western lifestyle in a city full of high-rise buildings, beautiful neighborhoods, gorgeous vistas, and trendy restaurants. Yet, the truth is that…
I write this blog from my flight gate, preparing to depart for a fifth trip to Congo. Although I have traveled frequently to the region over the past decade, my husband, kids, mother, and friends become anxious each time that I leave. When I return, they breathe a collective sigh of relief. It’s true that…