Senate vote on Yemen a step in the right direction
Big news for Yemen — finally, Congress has stepped up to the plate and managed to get the ball rolling…
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In Darfur, refugee returns are involuntary, poorly planned and potentially dangerous
In my last update on Darfur, I expressed skepticism regarding the United Nations’ assessment that the situation in Sudan had…
The Killings in Beni: Who’s really behind the atrocities?
I mentioned in my last piece on the “mega-crisis” rocking the Congo that sources familiar with the situation on the…
Congo: Breaking the cycle of conflict
Jewish World Watch (JWW) supports multiple programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including educational initiatives, mass information…
Cameroon in crisis: Kidnapped children and the Anglophone / Francophone divide
UPDATE — Nov. 7, 2018: The student captives have been released after being held hostage for about two days. More…
Yemen: ‘I feel my friend’s pain and my pain. I don’t feel anything else’
“I feel my friend’s pain and my pain. I don’t feel anything else.” These are the words of 12 year…
Tree of Life Synagogue: Atrocity at Home
By now, most Americans have heard about the massacre of 11 Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh…
Sharing the Tree of Life Synagogue’s pain
We are all connected, and our hearts are broken. As the tragic news poured out of Pittsburgh on Saturday morning,…
The Japanese man who saved 6,000 Jews with his handwriting
Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe: “Even a hunter cannot kill a bird that flies to him for refuge.” This Samurai…
Excerpted from “To Be A Jew Today”: A sermon by Rabbi Paul Kipnes
To be a Jew is to wonder where God is when bad things happen to good people, and, where God…