Jewish World Watch

THEY CAN’T WAIT

Naama Haviv — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:51:07 +0000

Ambassador Melanne Verveer Accepts JWW I Witness Award

Naama Haviv — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:24:26 +0000

Our evening with US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Melanne Verveer, was an incredible success – thanks to the hundreds of you that crowded the Skirball Cultural Center to hear Ambassador Verveer and Pat Mitchell delve into the issues of women, peace and security. Missed the event? Listen to Ambassador Verveer’s interview on KPCC, 89.3 and make sure to read Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis’s inspiring remarks as well.

Below are a few photos from the event – more photos will be posted here soon!

From left to right: JWW Co-Founder and President Janice Kamenir-Reznik,

JWW Executive Director Fred Kramer, Ambassador Melanne Verveer,

JWW Co-Founder Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Paley Center for Media President Pat Mitchell

The I Witness Award is a shofar, symbolizing a call to action.

The event was paired with the Skirball Cultural Center’s Women Hold Up Half the Sky exhibit.

JWW’s 5th Annual I Witness Award Recognizes Ambassador Melanne Verveer

Liz Braun — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:19:41 +0000

JWW has the distinct honor of conferring this year’s I Witness Award upon Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, in recognition of her incredible work in her newly created State Department position and as Co-Founder, Chair and Co-CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership. Ambassador Verveer has sustained an exemplary career illuminating not only the injustices faced by women and girls in conflict zones but their perseverance, courage and strength.

The venue for the evening will be the Skirball’s Women Hold Up Half the Sky exhibit, a perfect complement to Ambassador Verveer’s vocation. Inspired by the bestselling book by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the new exhibition addresses the worldwide oppression of women and girls as the most urgent human rights cause of our time.

Read Ambassador Verveer’s complete bio here.

Learn more about the Half the Sky exhibit here.

Ambassador Melanne Verveer Accepts JWW I Witness Award

JWW Interns — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:46:52 +0000

CONGO: DEMAND ELECTION REFORM NOW

Naama Haviv — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:00:24 +0000

Hear Her Voice!

Naama Haviv — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:55:08 +0000

Kehillah for our Sisters of the Congo

JWW Interns — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:34:02 +0000

Kehillat Israel Society of Sisters & Jewish World Watch
Presents: A Dynamic Evening of Friendship, Education and Activism Kehillah for our Sisters of the Congo

Naama Haviv, Assistant Director of Jewish World Watch, will share news of JWW’s current efforts on behalf of women in the Congo.

Special Musical Performance by the Congolese Choir
Healing Art Project
Participate in “Hineni”, (“Here I Am” in Hebrew)…a stunning traveling community artwork by Doni Silver-Simons that will eventually appear in the United Nations.

Snacks & Refreshments Provided
Suggested Minimum Donation $18
All proceeds go to Jewish World Watch Project for Women of the Congo

RSVP online at www.kehillatisrael.org

Event Location: Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation
16019 Sunset Blvd, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

THE LAST SURVIVOR FILM SCREENING

Mina Rush — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:52:51 +0000

Join us for a free screening of the award winning film, The Last Survivor. The film chronicles the inspiring journeys of four survivors from four genocides (The Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur, Congo) whose overpowering will to survive and need to make sense of tragedy lead them to become powerful agents of change in today’s world.

This empowering film will inspire and motivate you. After meeting the amazing and resilient survivors in this film, you will find yourself reinvigorated in your commitment to a world without genocide.

Watch the trailer

WHEN: Monday, November 7^th, 2011 6:45 PM

WHERE: Temple Isaiah 10345 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064

RSVP: mina@jww.org

Support the Rape and Crisis Center of Chambucha, Congo

JWW Interns — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:13:19 +0000

The Vladimir and Araxia Buckhantz and Dillon Henry Foundations have issued a challenge to our community, generously offering up to $100,000 in matching funds for our Chambucha project. That means every dollar you donate will be matched one for one by this generous grant.

Together, we need to raise $325,000 in order to provide life-saving treatment to 22,000 women. We can’t do it without your support.

The Last Survivor Film Screening

Mina Rush — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:19:37 +0000

Join us for a free screening of the award winning film, The Last Survivor. The film chronicles the inspiring journeys of four survivors from four genocides– The Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur, Congo– whose overpowering will to survive and need to make sense of tragedy lead them to become powerful agents of change in today’s world.

Watch the trailer

WHEN: Thursday, November 3^rd, 2011 7:00 PM
WHERE: Valley Beth Shalom 15739 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91316
RSVP: mina@jww.org