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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

AJWS American Jewish World Service

Young women rally against child marriage, dowry, and domestic violence in a protest organized by AJWS grantee Masum Foundation in Mavadi, India, March 31, 2015. (Jonathan Torgovnik/AJWS via JTA)
March 6, 2024, 4:01 pm
American Jewish World Service to lay off 10% of staff, pare back global operations
Citing declining donor support, charity group ‘inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice’ says it will exit 3 of the 17 countries where it has provided aid
By Luke Tress
Rohingya refugees wait after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang, October 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR)
April 13, 2019, 2:56 am
Jewish groups praise bill to sanction Burma for persecution of Rohingya Muslims
19 US organizations lobby in support of bill; American rabbis previously spoke to congressional representatives pushing for action against Burmese government
By Josefin Dolsten
The new Secretary of State Michael Pompeo seen testifying on Capital Hill while still CIA Director, Washington, January 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
April 11, 2018, 6:40 am
Liberal Jewish groups oppose Trump appointees John Bolton and Mike Pompeo
New secretary of state criticized for past anti-Muslim stance; Bolton said set to endanger national security with belligerent policies
By JTA
Gershom Sizomu, religious leader of the Abayudaya, in 2003. (Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
July 24, 2017, 10:35 am
Uganda’s Jews are down to one meal a day because of East Africa famine
The enduring hunger is devastating, but lacks the spectacle that spurred American Jewish communities to raise millions after disasters in Haiti and Nepal
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the movement’s biennial conference in Orlando, Florida, November 7, 2015. (Courtesy URJ)
May 9, 2017, 11:17 pm
Reform movement urges Trump not to pull out of climate pact
American Jewish World Service, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life join 20 other religious groups in petitioning president
By JTA
Detail from Repair the World and the Jewish Multiracial Network's haggadah supplement (illustration by Louisa Bertman)
March 31, 2017, 4:25 pm
Passover guides serve up a side of social justice for the seder table
From a fifth cup of wine to 11 spilled drops — and a call to action for dessert — Jewish organizations publish readings on refugees, immigration, converts and the settlements
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Demonstrators at Chicago’s O’Hare airport protesting Donald Trump’s executive order which imposes a freeze on admitting refugees from certain countries into the United States, Jan. 29, 2017. (Scott Olson/Getty Images via JTA)
February 10, 2017, 7:50 am
US Jewish groups praise court for upholding stay on Trump’s travel ban
ADL says ruling ‘sends important message that US does not exclude people based on their faith and welcomes those seeking refuge’
By Ron Kampeas
Demonstrators surround a parade float as they taunt Donald Trump supporters during the Women's March on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC (Joshua Lott/AFP)
January 25, 2017, 10:12 pm
Jewish organizations lament Trump severing foreign aid over abortions
While federal tax dollars already prohibited from directly funding terminations in US and abroad, this next step hits the world’s most vulnerable
By Cathryn J. Prince
A Chicago Cubs fan holds a sign after the Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in Game Seven of the 2016 World Series at Progressive Field on November 2, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP)
November 3, 2016, 8:08 pm
Cubs fans, like the Jews, now face the challenge of success
Supporters who fondly clung to the moments of epic collapse must learn to embrace blessings, too
By Ben Sales
Jamie Zimmerman, then 25, on an American Jewish World Service student delegation trip to Uganda in the summer of 2009. (Amy Klein)
October 16, 2015, 1:53 am
Jamie Zimmerman, medical doctor and ABC reporter, drowns in Hawaii
31-year-old had volunteered on American Jewish World Service program, returned as a group leader in a Ugandan village
By JTA
Israeli soldiers and doctors bring in an earthquake victim who arrived by jeep on Friday afternoon, May 1, 2015 (Photo credit: Melanie Lidman)
May 1, 2015, 10:29 pm
When disaster strikes: Where Jewish aid is going in Nepal
In Israel, the earthquake meant dispatching first responders; in America, it meant raising, allocating money; and some groups were on the ground already
By Uriel Heilman
IsraAID psychosocial trauma specialists Hela Yaniv (left), and Sheri Oz leading a counseling and training session for service providers in Sierra Leone, on October 27, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy IsraAID/JTA)
November 14, 2014, 4:08 am
Jews fight Ebola in Africa from the head down
IsraAID provides psychosocial counseling and training to those tackling the epidemic on the ground
By Uriel Heilman
Members of the Innovation Africa team dance with students at N'gozi Primary School, Malawi before the lights are switched on for the first time in their classrooms. (Courtesy)
August 19, 2014, 10:04 am
Jewish organizations vigilant about Ebola in Africa
Development, volunteer and service programs mostly unaffected, but are calmly keeping an eye on the deadly outbreak’s spread
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity and one holds out a condom, as they stage a rare protest, against Uganda's increasingly tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya on February 10, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)
February 23, 2014, 5:38 am
Jewish aid group calls on US to recall Uganda, Nigeria envoys
AJWS asks John Kerry to reconsider diplomatic relationship with repressive and homophobic governments
By JTA
Protesters denounce Uganda’s anti-gay policies in front of its embassy in Washington, Feb. 10 2014. (Suzanne Pollak/JTA)
February 11, 2014, 6:15 am
Rabbis protest Uganda’s anti-homosexuality policy
Activists unsuccessful in attempt to deliver letter from Jewish leaders asking to veto bill criminalizing same-sex tendencies
By JTA
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