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By Gordon G. Chang Author, commentator Critics and supporters are battling it out after President Joe Biden announced…
By Gordon G. Chang Author, commentator Critics and supporters are battling it out after President Joe Biden announced…
As a nonprofit organization guided by Jewish values and dedicated to countering genocide around the world and the…
As Jews around the world observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day this Saturday, we cannot escape the knowledge that…
Three years ago this week, I took on what would become one of the greatest challenges of my…
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We believe in a world that does not stand idly by while civilian populations are being attacked simply…
It is difficult to fathom the current crisis in Syria. Doctors in Northwest Syria are overwhelmed, and supplies…
This week, members of the Canadian Parliament stood up for human rights by unanimously passing M62. The motion…
Calling all teen activists: Jewish World Watch seeks to receive submissions from student artists throughout Los Angeles to…
The Armenian people are facing crisis once again. Azerbaijan has blocked the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh (known as…
Washington, D.C. – Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized two companies with the State Department’s prestigious Award…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) Executive Director Serena Oberstein received the second annual Activist of the Year award from…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) commends the House of Representatives for passing the Uyghur Policy Act (H.R. 4685), a…
ENCINO, CA — Jewish World Watch (JWW), an anti-genocide organization based in Los Angeles, applauds California Governor Gavin…
ENCINO, CA — Jewish World Watch (JWW), an international human rights organization based in Los Angeles, presented on…
From our deep roots as a nascent country to striking workers today at core companies, there are few…
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You are likely reading this email on a device made with Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang region…
ENCINO, CA – Jewish World Watch (JWW), a Los Angeles-based organization fighting against genocide and mass atrocities worldwide,…
In 1939, four months before the invasion of Poland, 937 souls set sail aboard the MS St. Louis…
This week, the BBC released thousands of leaked police images, files and classified speeches documenting, in damning detail,…
Jewish World Watch applauds Airbnb and the leadership of CEO Brian Chesky for taking the initial steps toward…
Today’s passage of the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2021 (BURMA Act) in the U.S.…
This morning, the Biden Administration formally announced its determination that the Myanmar military committed genocide against the Rohingya…
Today marks 500 days since violence in the Tigray region began. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost…
This week, as the Jewish community gathers to celebrate Purim, one of history’s first averted genocides, we revisit…
Strong female leadership has driven the mission of JWW forward for 18 years. Co-Founder Janice Kamenir-Reznik answered her…
We all celebrated the passage of the monumental Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act at the end of December.…
Jewish World Watch is seeking a Full-Time (Monday thru Friday) Executive Assistant to join our Organization. Working from…
As 2021 comes to a close, I am asking you to recommit to the fight against genocide and…
Jewish World Watch has been working with the Darfuri survivor community since 2004. This year, to continue this…
Jewish World Watch celebrates the bold leadership shown by the United States as President Joe Biden signed the…
Jewish World Watch commends the United States Senate for unanimously passing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA),…
The last week has been extraordinary. So often, we share stories of tragedy and loss; however, the recognition…
In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its first human rights treaty on this day. The resolution…
Jewish World Watch applauds today’s passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in the House of…
The 2022 Winter Olympics, set in Beijing, will be held against a backdrop of human rights violations reminiscent…
The last year has been full of lessons. If there is one word that captures the spirit and…
In life, we are blessed to meet a handful of people who have a spark that shines a…
As a mother of two, Universal Children’s Day (observed on November 20) resonates deeply with me. It is…
The Israeli American Civic Action Network (ICAN), Jewish World Watch (JWW), and the Armenian National Committee of America…
Paul Wallace, in his essay entitled “Breathing Metaphors”, begins with the following exercise which I ask you to…
Rosh Hashanah is an opportunity for us to each have a fresh start, to imagine a better version…
To any activist that might need to hear this: if you have stopped advocating for a while or…
Before the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, the International Olympics Committee, aware of the rising tensions, pressured the…
We are excited to announce the launch of our refreshed online experience. The new website expresses the work…
To celebrate World Day Against Child Labor (June 12), I’d like to highlight the incredible work supporters like you make…
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Malkah Schulweis, a life force for her…
More than a century ago, 1.5 million Armenians were rounded up and slaughtered amid a campaign of extermination…
We are gravely concerned about what is happening in Tigray and believe the United States – along with…
Each year, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million Jewish sisters and brothers we lost during the…
International Jewish Human Rights Organizations Acknowledge Sanctions as Important First Step Against Chinese Officials, Call for Continued Pressure…
Jewish World Watch is heartbroken by the murder of eight people in Atlanta on Tuesday night, six of…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) applauds this week’s introduction of the Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act (H.R. 1630) in…
It has been a dark week for Myanmar and the persecuted Rohingya people. On Sunday, Myanmar’s military (also…
On Jan. 31, the Tatmadaw (Myanmar’s military) staged a coup in Myanmar, taking into captivity pro-democracy activists and…
Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel promised that he would never be silent whenever…
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden took an important step in support of refugees by…
Jewish World Watch applauds the U.S. State Department’s crucial declaration that the Chinese government is committing genocide and…
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has reissued an open letter to governments, along with 29 genocide and…
While we typically have worked on matters in other countries, what happened on Jan. 6 in our nation’s…
[maxbutton id=”99″] It has no doubt been an extraordinary year. Because of our supporters, Jewish World Watch has…
Over the last few weeks, Jewish leaders from around Los Angeles came together to stand with the Armenian…
Ten years ago this month, the United Nations published the Congo Mapping Exercise Report. The landmark report documented…
As the Director of Education for Jewish World Watch, I spend a large portion of my time talking…
This week, we mark another major advocacy win as the House of Representatives approved the Uyghur Forced Labor…
In a major development for the Rohingya justice movement, two soldiers of the Myanmar army have provided damning…
[September 11, 2020]: In a major development in Sudan’s transition to democracy, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok agreed to…
Shocking evidence has emerged that Boko Haram, an Islamist armed extremist group operating in the Lake Chad Basin,…
The Rohingya community in Southeast Asia continues to live in a state of fear, isolation and suffering. We…
Jewish World Watch, a genocide prevention organization that brings hope and healing to survivors of mass atrocities worldwide,…
Two weeks ago I was honored to join Jewish World Watch as its Executive Director. I was immediately…
Dear Friend, Following an extensive and thorough search process, the Board of Directors of Jewish World Watch extends an…
UPDATE – July 30, 2020 – Jewish World Watch’s fears of mounting atrocities in Darfur have been realized. …
A countrywide shutdown in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in response to COVID-19 has led to increased…
Nearly three years after unconscionable atrocities were unleashed upon the Rohingya of Myanmar by their country’s military and…
In 2014, the Yazidis in Iraq suffered genocide at the hands of the Islamic State. Last year, the…
Right on the heels of a major advocacy victory for the Uyghur crisis — the signing of the…
The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act is now law! Thanks to advocates like you, on June 17 President Trump…
Mass atrocity crimes — genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity — occur when civilians are targeted in…
“Enough is enough,” is the cry reverberating throughout the United States in response to the murder of George…
This past Shabbat we read the story of the census. God tells Moses that he should conduct a…
On Wednesday, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 finally passed both chambers of Congress, a momentous…
COVID-19 has disrupted many social justice efforts, including those most integral to the mission of Jewish World Watch…
A Rohingya man tested positive for coronavirus inside the overcrowded refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where nearly 1…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) is proud to announce the disbursement of multiple critical grants to our on-the-ground partner…
COVID-19 has reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is spreading rapidly. As of April 23,…
Dear friends, Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the horrors of the Holocaust, and we commemorate all who…
The Never Again Education Act (S. 2085) is a bipartisan bill to support Holocaust education on a national…
Imagine if you had no access to Internet or cell service right now. In the middle of a…
COVID-19 has leveled the playing field in many ways — its indiscriminate nature and rapid spread remind us…
View a recording from our recent webinar, “COVID-19’s impact on the survivors we serve” [maxbutton id=”54″] All of…
With the continuing spread and deep uncertainty about the impact of COVID-19 Coronavirus on our community, we at…
Just under a month ago, in our last JWW blogpost on Sudan, the country’s transitional government was making…
On February 11, the transitional government announced that several suspects indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for…
It is not often in the “business” of fighting genocide and atrocity that we have a day in…
On January 31, the Trump Administration added six countries to its three-year-old travel ban. Once colloquially known as…
The horrors of the Syrian war are unending. If anything, they are mercilessly ramping up, as civilians continue…
Today, January 23, marks a momentous day in the Rohingya cause, as the International Court of Justice in…
We have just closed the book on what was, in so many ways, an extremely difficult year. The Rohingya, Darfuris and Syrians,…
Dear Friends, It has been 15 years since Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis (z”l) and I founded Jewish World…
As the world learns of China’s surveillance, imprisonment, torture and forced “reeducation” of millions of Uyghurs, an ethnic…
Earlier today, on December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan Global Fragility Act ushering…
Thanks largely to the supporters of Jewish World Watch, Cibalonza Mushagasha Chanceline has survived the unthinkable to exemplify…
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are in grave danger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern…
Late on Tuesday evening, December 3, the House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act in…
The wheels of justice are finally turning for the Rohingya ethnic minority of Myanmar — survivors of the…
Some 3,000 Rohingya people are scheduled to be moved from the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to…
A century after 1.5 million Armenians were slaughtered by the Ottoman Empire, the House of Representatives today overwhelmingly…
Dear President Trump, We at Jewish World Watch, a human rights organization devoted to fighting genocide and mass…
Recently, Jewish World Watch had the honor of hosting Dr. Denis Mukwege — our long-time on-the-ground partner and…
(Sept. 24 at 5:15 p.m.) GOOD NEWS — the BURMA Act was just approved in the House of…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) is proud to report two major accomplishments in our advocacy work related to the…
The Rohingya suffered genocide at the hands of their own homeland’s military. This Sunday, Aug. 25, marks the…
Dr. Denis Mukwege, a 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and longtime Jewish World Watch partner, is making preparations…
Tens of thousands of children have been abducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and forced to…
Instability continues to rock the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). With the spread of the Ebola crisis,…
Despite recent developments suggesting that a transition to civilian rule could be possible, Sudan’s political turmoil is far…
Kids in cages. Scenes of chaos and filth, where basic necessities are denied to the most vulnerable: children…
Sudan is in chaos. Every day brings reports of mounting atrocities as autocracy and democracy go head to…
Congress is not giving up on the Rohingya! After much anticipation, the House companion bill to the newest…
Hopes for a smooth transition to civilian rule in Sudan were dashed at dawn on June 3, when…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) commends the House of Representatives for passing the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (H.R.…
[UPDATE: May 16, 2019] The transitional military council currently running Sudan has announced a suspension of talks with…
Jewish World Watch intern Yasmin Liberman contributed to this report. In March 2017, China’s government launched a mass…
In just one week, from April 28 to May 6, 152,000 people were forced to flee their homes…
At just 8 years old, Sidney Ross-Stern was inspired to take action by Jewish World Watch’s Walk to…
Today, we at Jewish World Watch are celebrating a momentous and long-awaited human rights victory: Reuters journalists Wa…
Dear Friend, On Saturday a 19-year-old gunman filled with hatred entered the Chabad of Poway sanctuary, which was…
“Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” This is the question Adolf Hitler asked…
It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the recent devastating attacks in Sri Lanka, which took some…
Something incredible just happened. After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President — indicted war criminal and genocidal…
Beginning on April 7, 1994, 25 years ago this Sunday, and continuing over the next 100 days, 800,000…
Nothing blew me away on this trip to Bangladesh more than my visit to the largest Rohingya refugee…
I had the privilege of meeting some extraordinary women over the course of this past week in Cox’s…
After an auspicious first day in the camps — in the sense that we got in and moved…
Yesterday was my first day in the camps. Haythem, from one of our partner organizations, met me and…
I arrived today in Cox’s Bazar, just a 1-hr flight from Dhaka, where I spent a day in…
While in Washington, D.C. for the Lemkin Summit, I had the opportunity to meet with several members of…
The Walk to End Genocide is a community event that brings together activists of all ages and backgrounds…
The second day of the Lemkin Summit was largely focused on developing advocacy skills, in preparation for meeting…
I’m currently attending the Lemkin Summit at American University in Washington, D.C., organized by the Enough Project. Saturday…
In the last week alone, more than 10,000 Syrian civilians have fled the fighting in the ISIS-held areas…
The protests in Sudan have entered their sixth week. Instead of fading into oblivion under the weight of…
Things were not looking good for the future of democracy in Congo yesterday, after African Heads of State…
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law vital bipartisan legislation named for the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel…
Sudan has been roiled by protests and concomitant violence since mid-December. What began as popular disapproval over steep…
At around 3 a.m., Jan. 10, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following numerous delays, Congo’s electoral…
The Congolese people are bracing for the results of the recent presidential election. Following a two-year delay in…
Dear Friend, In so many ways, we have just closed the book on an extremely difficult year. The Rohingya,…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) much-anticipated presidential and parliamentary elections took place on Sunday, December 30th. …
In the lead up to Sunday’s (re-)scheduled elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), every day…
At the end of each year, Jewish World Watch invites our board member Malkah Schulweis to share her…
When Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis (z”l) and I founded Jewish World Watch nearly 15 years ago, we envisioned a world…
Sattar, his mother and eight of his siblings fled their homes in Myanmar after uniformed troops attacked their…
At Jewish World Watch, we understand that building a community of people who do not stand idly by…
Following months of deadly battles, the warring parties in Yemen agreed on Dec. 13 to a CEASEFIRE in…
In a historic bipartisan rebuke to the Trump Administration, U.S. Senators passed a bipartisan resolution today to END…
The House of Representatives declared Rohingya crisis in Burma/Myanmar a genocide. What we’ve been calling genocide for months has…
The Senate, by unanimous consent, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, passed the ELIE WIESEL GENOCIDE AND ATROCITY PREVENTION ACT (GAPA), finally completing…
The United States Congress may be lame-duck when it comes to other issues, but a bipartisan group is…
Advocacy, designed to create change, is an essential component of Jewish World Watch’s work. By joining your fellow…
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Genocide Convention. Catalyzed by the “never again” sentiment pervading the aftermath…
After Bangladesh and Myanmar officials met in Dhaka in late October, they announced that they had developed a…
Although a genocide designation shouldn’t matter, since a country’s responsibilities to protect innocent civilians should be triggered whenever…
Jewish World Watch was one of the first organizations to officially call the Tatmadaw’s (Burmese military) persecution of…
[UPDATE: Dec. 12, 2018] President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to help ensure humanitarian relief reaches the members…
The House of Representatives passed the “Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018” (H.R.…
Big news for Yemen — finally, Congress has stepped up to the plate and managed to get the…
In my last update on Darfur, I expressed skepticism regarding the United Nations’ assessment that the situation in…
I mentioned in my last piece on the “mega-crisis” rocking the Congo that sources familiar with the situation…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) supports multiple programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including educational initiatives,…
UPDATE — Nov. 7, 2018: The student captives have been released after being held hostage for about two…
“I feel my friend’s pain and my pain. I don’t feel anything else.” These are the words of…
By now, most Americans have heard about the massacre of 11 Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue…
We are all connected, and our hearts are broken. As the tragic news poured out of Pittsburgh on…
Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe: “Even a hunter cannot kill a bird that flies to him for refuge.”…
To be a Jew is to wonder where God is when bad things happen to good people, and,…
Lech Lecha is the story of the start of the Jewish people. In this parasha, God tells Avram,…
Jewish World Watch has collected sermon excerpts from rabbis throughout Los Angeles in honor of National Refugee Shabbat.…
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country, made up of 10 states, and home to over 60 different…
Last week, Jewish World Watch (JWW) co-sponsored a conference at Loyola Law School called “New Challenges to Justice:…
Sometimes it seems as though the world has almost given up on the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) came into being as a response to the Darfur genocide. The Darfuris remain a…
Since our first visit with Dr. Denis Mukwege, who has just been named the 2018 winner of the…
Last Saturday, I had the privilege of attending the Convention on Myanmar’s Ongoing Genocide, organized by Jewish World…
The bodies of two children, a two-year old boy and a newborn girl, were dug up Sept. 16…
The holiday of Yom Kippur offers a time for reflection, a time to see ourselves as inextricable from…
Our small, extraordinarily efficient partners bringing hospital supplies into Syria are likely your best option for getting aid…
Myanmar, also known as Burma, continues to make international headlines … and not in a good way. Almost…
Jewish World Watch received upsetting news last week that Noura Hussein is in trouble once again. Her execution…
It’s been an important few days for the Rohingya Muslim minority of Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Aug. 25 marked…
Aug. 25 marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the Myanmar (also known as Burma) military’s “clearance…
When news of the Trump administration’s new Genocide Recovery and Persecution Response Program was announced in late July…
by Susan Freudenheim, executive director, and Ann Strimov Durbin, director of advocacy and grantmaking Tear gas fired into maternity wards. Pro-democracy…
Scores of innocent children died last Thursday in a senseless attack on a school bus in Yemen. On…
Thirty-two former U.S. diplomats and 11 aid groups penned a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on…
Can jumping rope help survivors of genocide and mass atrocities? It can when the Hirschhorn sisters get involved!…
On Tuesday, May 8, Jewish World Watch (JWW) celebrated its 14th year by honoring Ben Reznik as the…
“Just as my dreams have come true in coming [to the Iridimi refugee camp in Chad] to see…
Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust – simply because…
Jewish World Watch’s field representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Amani Matabaro Tom, recently visited…
High school student activists at Milken Community Schools, in partnership with Jewish World Watch, educated their peers and…
The statistics concerning women and violence are staggering: An estimated one out of every three women in the…
Jewish World Watch’s Teen Ambassador Program (TAP) not only can make a difference in how young people view…
As Purim begins tonight, Jews around the world will read the Book of Esther and use a chorus…
Today is the 15th anniversary of the start of conflict in Darfur, the first genocide of the 21st…
The United Nations has designated Feb. 20 a World Day of Social Justice. Here at Jewish World Watch,…
More than 150 students and adults eager to learn about ongoing mass atrocities and what they can do…
Harry Davids’ parents were killed at the Sobibor extermination camp when he was just a child, so he…
Imagine that you need to leave your home in a hurry. For many of us, it could be…
Today, a broad coalition of organizations from across the Jewish community — including leaders of major organizations and…
To all of our supporters and friends: As we begin the work of 2018, we want to first…
Jewish World Watch staged a public Rally for the Rohingya on Nov. 8 in front of the Myanmar…
Background: The Rohingya are a minority ethnic group from Myanmar’s Rakhine State – they are mostly Muslim but…
Below is an excerpt from an op-ed by Mike Brand just published by IRIN: “There are no opportunities…
On Friday Oct. 6, the Trump administration decided to lift economic sanctions on the genocidal regime in Sudan…
Reflections on the horror at Charlottesville… Until this past weekend, Charlottesville, Va., was best known as the home…
Our Summer 2017 teen interns, Gianna Barwald (15), and Noah Stark (17), listened to the powerful sermon that called for…
**JWW’s Director of Advocacy and Programs, Mike Brand, is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) visiting…
I’m back in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) visiting JWW’s partner programs, speaking with civil society…
On Monday, a top official at the United States Department of State announced that the U.S. believes the…
If you ever wonder whether or not our advocacy makes a difference, here’s your answer: it does! Thanks to the…
The excerpt below is from a recent Op-Ed piece in the Jewish Journal by Susan Freudenheim: Each year,…
The Guardian reported on Feb. 8 that President Trump is expected to sign a memorandum that would suspend Section…
Last Friday, the White House did not mention Jews in its Holocaust Remembrance Day message; it was the…
I marched on Saturday with 749,999 of my fellow Angelenos: old and young, different races and genders, some…
The Trump administration, as one of its first actions, is expected to completely shut our borders to people…
JWW’s Director of Advocacy and Programs Mike Brand wrote in The Hill today about President Obama’s decision to lift sanctions…
I have been involved with nonprofits for over 25 years, and while I have had the privilege of…
A deal has been reached in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for President Joseph Kabila to…
What do South Sudanese See as the Way Forward? It has now been three years since violence first…
JWW’s Director of Advocacy and Programs Mike Brand speaks out in an interview with the International Business Times UK about…
[su_quote]I have said before that we have collectively failed the people of Syria. The Security Council has not…
Last year, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established December 9th as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity…
Great news! Thanks to the work of atrocities prevention advocates like you, Congress is standing up for the Syrian and…
There has been much talk of the prevalence of rape culture in the United States during the past…
Dear Friends of Jewish World Watch, In recent weeks, as I’ve stepped up to take the helm of…
The situation in South Sudan is rapidly deteriorating. While mass atrocities in the form of war crimes, crimes…
*Brooke Cichosz, a 2016 Schulweis Fellow contributed to this post. Imagine if you were forced to flee your home.…
*JWW’s Consultant in the Congo contributed to this post. Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila has…
The Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis Social Justice Fellowship, named to honor JWW’s co-founder, the visionary longtime leader of…
In October, JWW launched a new initiative aimed at bringing high school students together from schools throughout L.A.…
This week Jews throughout the world will celebrate the holiday of Sukkot, traditionally a time for giving thanks…
Since 2011, when the Syrian people peacefully rose up to protest decades of dictatorial leadership by the Assad…
It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause…
Rosh Hashanah is an ideal time to celebrate change and renewal. Along with holiday wishes, we would like…
This weekend, our Director of Advocacy and Programs, Mike Brand, will be traveling to Washington, DC for the…
Refugee Summit Must Address the Cause: Conflict. 65 million people, that’s the population of the United Kingdom. Imagine…
When did the world forget that Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir is a wanted génocidaire and war criminal? Between…
One of the great pleasures of my job is that I get to work with so many incredible…
On World Humanitarian Day, I find myself extremely frustrated with number of seemingly endless atrocities happening around the…
In the midst of the world’s greatest sporting event is a small group of competitors representing history’s greatest…
Jewish World Watch is deeply concerned by the latest attempt of President Joseph Kabila to silence any objective research and…
When discussing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the issue of ‘conflict minerals’ is almost…
It’s that time of year again. The August Congressional recess is rapidly approaching, which means your Representatives will…
**This Blog post was written by our two summer Federation Interns: Gabby Blum and Emma Aaronson** Gabby:…
Last weekend, heavy fighting broke out between government and opposition soldiers in Juba, South Sudan, killing approximately 300…
This weekend we lost a giant. Elie Wiesel passed away at the age of 87. The Holocaust survivor…
After more than two years of unnecessary war that accomplished nothing—except the destruction of the country—South Sudan’s President…
* A special report from our consultant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Eastern Congo May 26 – Masses of demonstrators,…
Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir, recently traveled to two nearby African nations and faced no consequences, despite the fact…
The 2016 Walk to End Genocide was a great success in all its locations this year, and in…
*A post from our consultant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. * This year, all eyes are…
Today, 120 members of Congress called on President Obama to make Sudan a foreign policy priority, hold Sudanese…
Last month, during Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month, and the 101st commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Wall…
The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking ethnic and religious minority living primarily in northern Iraq. Sunni Jihadists and the…
Presidential election years are a great opportunity for advocates to shape candidates’ positions on various issues. Social media…
Today, Jewish World Watch joined 11 organizations, including InterAction an alliance of over 180 nongovernmental organizations operating around…
In 1913, the ultra-nationalist Young-Turks took political control of the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. The group sought to…
In March 1992, the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. The event…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been plagued by violence, corruption, and poor governance for decades.…
On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge, under the leadership of Pol Pot, took control of Phnom Penh,…
In 2005, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended Sudan’s decades-long civil war and provided the southerners an option…
Sudan has undergone two civil wars spanning decades, resulting in an estimated 2 million deaths and 3.1 million…
Today we mark the 22nd anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. April 6, 1994 began 100 days of horrific…
The Holocaust refers to the systematic persecution and murder of about six million Jews during World War II…
April 1st is the first day of Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month, a month of remembrance, reflection, and action.…
Twenty five student leaders from universities across the United States call on Secretary Kerry to send a clear…
As we take the day to celebrate the achievements of women around the world and appreciate the significant…
Today marks the 7th anniversary of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President…
The ongoing genocide in Darfur has multiple interwoven causes. While rooted in structural inequity between the center of…
From January 30-February 1, over 150 passionate activists from across the country, of various ages and backgrounds, gathered…
Once again, JWW is co-hosting a conference and advocacy day in Washington, D.C. Activists from across the nation…
Burundi has been experiencing waves of protests, targeted killings, mass violence, and displacement since the lead up to…
On Nov. 18th, Jewish World Watch (JWW) will present its Global Soul Award to the four members of…
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Janice Kamenir-Reznik and Zev Yaroslavsky write in the Daily News about why the United States cannot shut it’s doors to…
The Obama Administration has made great progress on prioritizing genocide and mass atrocities prevention in US foreign policy,…
The debates throughout the primary and general election season are a huge opportunity for you to make your…
eTown honored JWW President and Co-Founder Janice Kamenir-Reznik with their eCheivement Award in August 2015. Watch the video…
THOUSAND OAKS, Calfi. – While Temple Etz Chaim in Thousand Oaks opened its doors to charitable activities Sunday…
The crisis in Syria and the suffering of the Syrian people shocks the conscience. While the crisis will…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) expresses its deep concern and disappointment with President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s recent announcement to…
Each New Year brings new opportunities. I’m proud to say that Jewish World Watch (JWW) has wasted no…
When girls three years old and younger are brutally raped and sometimes left permanently damaged for the rest…
JWW Board Member Diana Buckhantz and Director of Policy and Programs Mike Brand are traveling in the Democratic…
JWW Board Member Diana Buckhantz and Director of Policy and Programs Mike Brand are traveling in the…
JWW Board Member Diana Buckhantz and Director of Policy and Programs Mike Brand are traveling in the Democratic…
With the number of Syrian refugees climbing above 4 million, local Jewish organizations are taking note and reaching…
Will Recant pulls both heartstrings and purse strings for a living. As the head of the Jewish Coalition…
JWW Board Member Diana Buckhantz and Director of Policy and Programs Mike Brand are traveling in the Democratic…
JWW Board Member Diana Buckhantz and Director of Policy and Programs Mike Brand are traveling in the…
JWW Board Member Diana Buckhantz and Director of Policy and Programs Mike Brand are traveling in the…
JWW Board Member Diana Buckhantz and Director of Policy and Programs Mike Brand are traveling in the Democratic…
Today, Amnesty International took an important step in the continued fight for conflict free minerals by filing a…
The following blog was written by Lior Azariya , who interned with JWW this past summer. *** I…
The following blog was written by Ally Harris, who interned with JWW this past summer and is now…
The following blog was written by Jake Phillips, who interned with JWW this past summer and is now…
This past year, my congregation at Valley Beth Shalom — and the greater Jewish community — lost a…
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Sudan’s President Omar al- Bashir, an ICC-indicted génocidaire, is spending four days in China, marking four years since…
Jewish World Watch welcomes the signing of a peace deal that is set to end the violent…
The Situation: Food rations provided to the Darfuris in the refugee camps in Eastern Chad have been…
In 2004, Janice Kamenir Reznik was considering retirement from a successful career as an environmental lawyer when just…
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Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), with the co-sponsorship of the chairs of the Sudan-South Sudan Caucus, Reps. Michael Capuano…
The second semester proved to be an even greater learning experience than the one that came before it.…
As South Sudan marks the fourth anniversary of its independence from Sudan, there is not a lot to…
This month, President Obama will make his fourth trip to Africa, visiting Kenya for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit…
In a world filled with constant conflict, senseless violence, and seemingly endless suffering, there’s a natural human inclination…
This month, I became the Executive Director of Jewish World Watch (JWW). For me, assuming this role is…
Growing up with a lot of theater and music, I always believed in the power of art and…
Washington D.C. Walk to End Genocide It was quite poetic really; a group of diverse individuals gathered in…
Over the weekend, anti-genocide activists were watching the news with cautious hope and anticipation, thinking one of the…
I was a USC Jewish World Watch intern for the spring semester and there were several very memorable…
Update: On May 13, Major General Godefroid Niyombare, along with members of the Burundian army, launched a coup…
I came to Congo in July expecting to be depressed and overwhelmed by the immense problems of this…
We always talk about the fact that in order to really change attitudes and behavior towards women and…
It has been an extraordinary experience, after these past few years working in the abstract, to have…
It’s difficult to put into words what these last days have been like, and even more difficult to…
I am always filled with sadness to leave Congo and our work here. With each trip (four for…
An Unexpected Prayer On our last evening on this trip as a group, we joined thousands of…
Diana Buckhantz, JWW Board Member, is traveling with four other JWW delegates in Congo’s eastern provinces. They will…
There are days that fill you with hope — with a hope that the world will one day…
It’s not every day that you get to meet a real, living, breathing hero. On this trip, it…
Resilience has taken on new meaning in Congo. In the U.S., we use the word resilience to describe…
Surprisingly, this has been a journey filled with hope and inspiration. I had expected to feel more…
“Sexual violence.” We hear these two words over and over in Congo. They have become a part of…
Here in Congo, so many of our discussions have been about the sexual violence affecting women. We have…
Throughout the world, there seems to be an epidemic rise of antisemitism. How extraordinary that in the rural…
We started our day with Dr. Mukwege at Panzi Hospital. Dr. Mukwege is an angel on earth, and…
For the last several years, we at Jewish World Watch have been educating about and advocating to change…
JWW Board Member Vaughan Meyer is traveling with four other JWW delegates in Congo’s eastern provinces. They will…
Spencer Neiman, board member of the Dillon Henry Foundation, is traveling with four other JWW delegates in Congo’s…
The JWW team traveling to eastern Congo has begun their trip in neighboring Rwanda. It’s an important time…
Spencer Neiman, board member of the Dillon Henry Foundation, and his mother Anne Roberts are joining with three…
My attention is pulled in so many directions every day — to my husband and children, to my…
On July 19th, I depart for Congo. It will be my first visit. After serving as Executive Director…
I cannot believe that in a few days, I will be leaving on my fourth trip to Congo.…
I feel blessed and extremely fortunate to have gone through the experience of a lifetime traveling in Central…
WHY are you going THERE? I traveled to Congo to bear witness. Everyone said I was so brave…
“Congo? Rwanda? Jewish World Watch? Janice, can I go with you?” That’s how it started — helping people…
Photo: One of only three girls who crossed the gender line to join the carpentry program at Laissez…
The day is May 30th, 2014. As we all approach our fourth day out of our nine day…
The problems in Congo are so huge. Until recently, the widespread rape of women occurred in conflict zones.…
Inspiring moment for the day: The Dillon Henry Foundation remembers the compassionate spirit of Dillon Henry (z’l), who…
As we drove up the hill and over the river to Chambucha, we could right away see the…
Yesterday, our plane touched down in Rwanda. We will spend some time here before departing for Congo. By…
I write this blog from my flight gate, preparing to depart for a fifth trip to Congo. Although…
Friends and even my family are incredulous. They ask me, “WHY are you going there?” And they ask,…
Last October, Dr. Mukwege, one of JWW’s partners and the founder of the world-renowned Panzi Hospital in South…
I am ecstatic to be going to Africa with Jewish World Watch as a representative of the Dillon…
It’s a few days before I leave for a much anticipated voyage. Although I have experienced a great…
As the President of Jewish World Watch, I encounter one question, again and again: why do you bother?…
Violence has escalated dramatically in CAR since early December. The conflict follows a military coup in March by…
Political tensions have been simmering in South Sudan for months, since President Salva Kiir sacked his Vice President,…
“Education through Action” By: Rabbi Chaim Tureff, Rav Beit Sefer Originally appeared in the Pressman Academy Shmoozer, November…
About Dr. Mukwege The founder and chief medical director of Panzi Hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,…
I have fallen in love with two men on this trip to Congo. They are two men from…
Electricity is “iffy” in Bukavu. Unexpectedly, power goes off, and you wait patiently for the lights to go…
Today we visited our Rape and Crisis Center in Chambucha, a remote region of eastern Congo. It was…
It’s always the children that break me down. I can listen to women tell stories of unspeakable atrocities…
Dr. Murhabazi Namegabe is one of the many heroes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He does not…
It took 48 hours to get here, but we have finally arrived in Bukavu, the capital of South…
She was raped by a man claiming to be a pastor. He was newly arrived in her village,…
Co-Founder and President Janice Kamenir-Reznik has an article about her latest trip to Congo featured in the Jewish…
After 5 days in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, we are now taking the “fast boat”…
We have spent a week in Congo and my head is spinning. We visited eleven different programs and…
These trips fly by for me. It seems like I just get acclimated to the schedule, to the…
Ms. Magazine chose to feature an article written by JWW President and Co-Founder Janice Kamenir-Reznik during her current…
I have been to the Kivu provinces in eastern Congo many times over the past five years. From…
I have fallen in love with two men on this trip to Congo. They are two men from…
Today we visited our Rape and Crisis Center in Chambucha, a remote region of eastern Congo. It…
“When you save one life it is as if you saved the world.” — Talmud, Sanhedrin 37a Each…
Electricity is “iffy” in Bukavu. Unexpectedly, power goes off, and you wait patiently for the lights to…
Jewish World Watch is actively working to develop a partnership with BVES, the organization described below. If…
Jewish World Watch is actively working to develop a partnership with BVES, the organization described below. If you…
It took 48 hours to get here, but we have finally arrived in Bukavu, the capital of South…
Two days into our trip, we finally have internet service. Amazing that in the bustling city of Kigali,…
I am on the first leg of our very long voyage back to Eastern Congo. Another Jewish World…
Dear JWW Supporters and Activists: As you read this message, JWW Board Members Diana Buckhantz, Diane Kabat…
by Ari Averbach, student of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies We struggle with the idea of “chosenness”.…
by Annie Turnbull (Cord Africa Programmes Operations Manager) We arrived in Farchana in Eastern Chad just a couple…
It has been a long, exhausting and thought-provoking two days of meetings here in N’djamena. We have been…
Janice Kamenir-Reznik December 7, 2012 Today we visited the Farchana refugee camp. The camp is located in the…
It sounds self-evident and maybe even trite to assert that aid workers are extraordinary human beings, but it…
by Gregory Metzger One day Dinah, Yaakov’s only daughter, goes out to ‘visit the daughters of the land,’…
The JWW-organized lobby day in support of SB 861 yesterday was a huge success! JWW activists Diana Buckhantz,…
On Saturday, an oil tanker exploded in Sange, a town just south of Bukavu in the South Kivu…
I returned home less than 40 hours ago. Images of Congo are still fresh in my mind: the…
It is ironic that one week ago I was standing at a gold mine in the very dangerous,…
In the capacity of translator, I happened to be invited by the Jewish World Watch team on mission…
Greetings JWW blog readers. My name is Mike Ramsdell. I have had the privilege of capturing this “Congo…
How strange to be out of Congo. As Isaiah, our incredible translator, and I walked across the border…
Ten days ago we arrived in Kigali with trepidation and expectation. It seems like a day or two…
Suddenly we are surrounded by a sea of children. As we stand there they begin to form a…
I don’t sleep here, even with sleeping pills. I wake up after a few hours, images of the…
We are taken by convoy on an impossible 3 hour drive, high up in the mountains where the…
Yesterday I felt completely engulfed by sadness. I wrote a blog entry that I will not post with…
I thought it couldn’t get worse. Yesterday listening to Renee and Sabine tell the stories of their rapes…
I have been thinking during the last four days about the definition of a woman of valor, something…
When your translator is in tears, you know you’re in trouble. This morning we met with two women,…
As she entered the room, my eyes froze on her scarred and disfigured face. Skin melted like a…
I was haunted by their faces. Renee with deep scars carved into what was once a beautiful face,…
Yesterday, at the Goma border crossing, a local Congolese official told our translator that she wanted to go…
For nine years Mama Francine (for her safety I cannot reveal her true name) has lived in the…
Congo is unlike anything I have experienced. I can barely process what I have seen and heard today.…
Yesterday we drove east from Kigali to visit the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, an extraordinary program established by…
As we drive through plush verdant fields and towering mountains on our way to Kigali and the Congo…
I met Ingrid in person in April, 2007 when she came to California for her admissions interview at…
I knew I shouldn’t have gone into the room about children long before I stepped inside. It’s the…
It took us 30 hours from the time we departed from Los Angeles to when we arrived in…
Naama Haviv will share stories from her mission to DRC with the actist student from USC’s Fight on…
JWW Assistant Director Naama Haviv will speak about her recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo at…
In just a few hours our small group representing Jewish World Watch leaves for the Eastern Congo. Every…
By all accounts I shouldn’t be making this trip. My mother keeps tracking me down to tell me…
This will be my sixth trip to the continent of Africa over the past thirty five years. I…
I am a public relations consultant and as such I am always the one pitching the story. I…
After three days of travel within Chad, some of which got a bit dicey, we finally boarded the…
Today we had the most intense experience we have had to date. We went to the Touloum refugee…
Man’s inhumanity to man is limited only by the creativity of his cruelty. Today we cried. We have…
This was our last day in the Iridimi refugee camp ALREADY. Clearly it is not enough time to…
Bearing Witness What does it really mean to bear witness? Having been here in the Iridimi refugee camp…
My thoughts today are focused on Janice and Rachel. Today was our second day visiting the Iridimi refugee…
My friend Monica wrote me a sweet note before I left. In it, she said to think of…
Today we continued with the evaluations of the Solar Cooker Project inside the Iridimi camp. At the end…
Today we visited the Iridimi refugee camp, where our Solar Cooker Project was launched 18 months ago. The…
What an incredible day! A UN convoy escorted us to the refugee camp today – finally! (Picture this:…
Today we arrived in Iriba. Having “slept” last night in Abeche, we woke early to catch the UN…
It’s hard to believe it, but today, 4 days after leaving Los Angeles, we finally arrived at our…
Waiting…waiting…waiting. It seems like 90% of the time we have spent since arriving in Chad has been spent…
The most common comment I heard before we left LA was, “You’ll never be the same. This experience…
I’ve driven my children down Skid Row at dusk so they can see the reality of life in…
Hello JWW Friends, It’s Sunday evening and we have just arrived in N’Djamena, Chad! The almost 24 hours…
How do you reassure your 7 year old that you WILL be safe, that you WILL return and…
I was thinking today that exactly thirty years ago this week my husband and I, as young twenty-somethings,…