Will Recant pulls both heartstrings and purse strings for a living. As the head of the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, a consortium of 49 national Jewish organizations, he has been at the center of the American Jewish reaction to 20 global crises in the last 20 years. Of late, his focus has been on…
This past year, my congregation at Valley Beth Shalom — and the greater Jewish community — lost a giant. Rabbi Harold Schulweis z”l, of blessed memory, was an incredible scholar, a visionary for justice, and an exceptional leader in the deepest sense of the word. As we move through the High Holidays this year —…
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Sudan’s President Omar al- Bashir, an ICC-indicted génocidaire, is spending four days in China, marking four years since he last traveled there, and indeed, anywhere outside of Africa and the Middle East. The invitation and acceptance of this trip shows a continued flagrant disregard for the International Criminal Court and the international community at large…
The Situation: Food rations provided to the Darfuris in the refugee camps in Eastern Chad have been severely reduced from the World Food Program’s recommended 2,100 calories per person/per day to approximately 800 calories—a dangerously deficient amount that is a threat to the survival and safety of the refugees. Some refugees report that they…
In 2004, Janice Kamenir Reznik was considering retirement from a successful career as an environmental lawyer when just by chance she attended a service at her local synagogue that literally changed her life. This was at the height of the genocide in Darfur, and her rabbi spoke that day about their responsibility as a Jewish…
Click here to read the article in the New York Times by Janice Kamenir-Reznik, Co-Founder of Jewish World Watch.
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), with the co-sponsorship of the chairs of the Sudan-South Sudan Caucus, Reps. Michael Capuano (D-MA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), introduced the South Sudan Peace Promotion and Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 2989) in early July. This bill is in response to the raging civil war…
As South Sudan marks the fourth anniversary of its independence from Sudan, there is not a lot to celebrate. Many in South Sudan, and around the world, who celebrated the country’s independence in 2011 knew that the there was a lot of work to be done in the fledgling country. However, no one imagined that…
In a world filled with constant conflict, senseless violence, and seemingly endless suffering, there’s a natural human inclination to feel paralyzed by the enormity of the problems we face. Many believe that there’s little they can do to protect the innocent in the face of violence and persecution. Others don’t view this responsibility as their…