“Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” This is the question Adolf Hitler asked in 1939 while defending his invasion of Poland. It is a strong reminder of why it is vital to educate, share stories and keep memories alive in order to not repeat the terrible evils of the past.…
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law vital bipartisan legislation named for the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, the White House announced in a statement, on Jan. 15 – days before Holocaust Remembrance Day. The ELIE WIESEL GENOCIDE AND ATROCITY PREVENTION ACT (GAPA), approved unanimously by the Senate in December has been a cornerstone…
At Jewish World Watch, we understand that building a community of people who do not stand idly by begins at home. Our network of humanitarians, empowered with the necessary knowledge and skills, have the ability to bring help and healing to survivors of mass atrocities around the globe. To achieve this, we: Teach about the dangerous…
Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe: “Even a hunter cannot kill a bird that flies to him for refuge.” This Samurai maxim inspired one gifted and courageous man to save thousands of people in defiance of his government and at the cost of his career. On Friday I came to Nagoya at the invitation of the Japanese government…
To be a Jew is to wonder where God is when bad things happen to good people, and, where God was when bad things happened to our people – like the Holocaust, and the Inquisition and the pogroms, and the recent death of Lisa, a 51 year old congregant, mother of 4 … and the…
Lech Lecha is the story of the start of the Jewish people. In this parasha, God tells Avram, or as we will come to know him, Abraham, to leave his home and go to the land that God will show to him. This land is, of course, Canaan, which we know today as Israel. God…
Jewish World Watch has collected sermon excerpts from rabbis throughout Los Angeles in honor of National Refugee Shabbat. We also received a wonderful excerpt from a Bar Mitzvah speech. “The Japanese Man Who Saved 6,000 Jews With His Handwriting” by Rabbi David Wolpe “Even a hunter cannot kill a bird that flies to him for…
by Susan Freudenheim, executive director, and Ann Strimov Durbin, director of advocacy and grantmaking Tear gas fired into maternity wards. Pro-democracy protesters arrested, tortured, wounded, some even killed. Children attacked with machetes. Villages reduced to ash. These scenes were witnessed in recent days by the Jewish World Watch (JWW) field representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).…
Our Summer 2017 teen interns, Gianna Barwald (15), and Noah Stark (17), listened to the powerful sermon that called for the creation of Jewish World Watch given by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis (z”l) in 2004. (Read or listen to the sermon). Below are their thoughts. Gianna Barwald Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, the founder of Jewish World Watch, stated a…
The Trump administration, as one of its first actions, is expected to completely shut our borders to people fleeing mass atrocities and violent conflict. We must not stand idly by! Jewish World Watch is dedicated to fighting genocide and mass atrocities. The United States was built by people fleeing persecution, and with more refugees in the…