High Holidays: What will you choose in 5782?
Rosh Hashanah is an opportunity for us to each have a fresh start, to imagine a better version of ourselves…
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U.S. Holocaust Museum, State Dept. contractor join Jewish World Watch in calling Rohingya crisis genocide
Jewish World Watch was one of the first organizations to officially call the Tatmadaw’s (Burmese military) persecution of the Rohingya…
Another advocacy victory: Iraq and Syria Act passes both chambers
[UPDATE: Dec. 12, 2018] President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to help ensure humanitarian relief reaches the members of religious…
Jewish World Watch applauds the passing of DR Congo bill in U.S. House of Representatives
The House of Representatives passed the “Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018” (H.R. 6207) on…
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…
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…