{"id":30840,"date":"2021-03-24T23:04:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T23:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/site\/?page_id=30840"},"modified":"2025-12-08T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:57:12","slug":"board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Board of Directors<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-janice-kamenir-rezni.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-janice-kamenir-rezni.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-janice-kamenir-rezni-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-janice-kamenir-rezni-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-janice-kamenir-rezni-200x200.jpg 200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-icon-sun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"53\" \/>co-founder<\/p>\n<p>Janice Kamenir-Reznik<\/p>\n<p>At the urging of her teacher and soon-to-be Co-Founder Rabbi Schulweis, Janice retired from the active practice of law to establish Jewish World Watch to be the Jewish response to genocide and mass atrocities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/dt_team\/janice-kamenir-reznik\/\"><br \/>\nRead More<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-icon-sun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"53\" \/>co-founder<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis\u00a0<strong><em>(z\u201dl)<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2004, after hearing of the slaughter and unrest in Darfur, Sudan, Rabbi Schulweis charged his congregation, Valley Beth Shalom, with forming a Jewish \u201cworld watch\u201d to raise awareness of the atrocities.\u00a0 From that beginning grew Jewish World Watch, initially a synagogue- based organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to protest the first genocide of the 21st century and bringing vital assistance to its survivors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/dt_team\/rabbi-harold-m-schulweis\/\"><br \/>\nRead More<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-harold-schulweis.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-harold-schulweis.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-harold-schulweis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-harold-schulweis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-board-of-directors-rabbi-harold-schulweis-200x200.jpg 200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nboard chairs<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-icon-green-single-stroke-long.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diana Buckhantz<\/p>\n<p>Diana runs her family foundation, the Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz Foundation, which focuses on issues around runaway and homeless youth, arts education in the schools, aging, reproductive rights, and women\u2019s empowerment projects in Eastern Congo and Chad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/dt_team\/diana-buckhantz\/\"><br \/>\nRead More<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jane Z. Cohen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communications Committee\u00a0Co-Chair<\/strong><br \/>\nJane has had a 46-year career in the fields of Marketing Communication, Program Management and Nonprofit Leadership. Beginning with a position with Regional Medical Programs at USC, Jane designed and supported public health efforts in underserved communities, notably collaborating with representatives of urban Native American communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/dt_team\/jane-z-cohen\/\"><br \/>\nRead More<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>board members<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jww.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jewish-world-watch-icon-green-single-stroke-long.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Janice Kamenir-Reznik<br \/>\nCo-Founder, Secretary<\/p>\n<p>Diana Buckhantz<br \/>\nBoard Co-Chair<\/p>\n<p>Jane Z. Cohen<br \/>\nBoard Co-Chair<\/p>\n<p>Diane Kabat<br \/>\nGrants Committee Chair<\/p>\n<p>Sari Schechter<br \/>\nTreasurer<\/p>\n<p>Stuart A. Gabriel<\/p>\n<p>Zev Yaroslavsky<\/p>\n<p>James \u2018Jim\u2019 Zukin<\/p>\n<p>Malkah Schulweis <em> (z&#8221;l)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board of Directors co-founder Janice Kamenir-Reznik At the urging of her teacher and soon-to-be Co-Founder Rabbi Schulweis, Janice retired from the active practice of law to establish Jewish World Watch to be the Jewish response to genocide and mass atrocities. Read More co-founder Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis\u00a0(z\u201dl) In 2004, after hearing of the slaughter and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30840"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44514,"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30840\/revisions\/44514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jww.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}