JEWISH WORLD WATCH
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Direct beneficiaries per year: Tens of thousands
Board Members and Affiliation: Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Founder (Valley Beth Shalom)
Janice Kamenir-Reznik, Co-Founder and President
Peter Marcus, VP
Marcy Rainey, Treasurer
Honey Amado
Julie Bram
Stuart Gabriel
Diane Kabat
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky (Congregation B’nai David-Judea)
Rabbi Alan Lachtman (Temple Beth David)
Sheryl Layne
Rabbi Joshua Levine-Grater (Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center)
Joy Picus
Rabbi Joel Rembaum (Temple Beth Am)
Susan Saltz
Rabbi Richard Spiegel (Temple Etz Chaim)
David Straus
Sheila Wasserman
Harriet Zaretsky
Mission:
Jewish World Watch works to mobilize synagogues, their schools, their members and the community to combat genocide and other egregious violations of human rights around the world through education, advocacy, and refugee relief.
Results:
In just five years, we have accomplished a lot:
- Educated tens of thousands of people around the country;
- Successfully achieved passage of divestment legislation on city, state and federal levels;
- Mobilized the community to shed a light on the conflicts through rallies, street seders and over 2,000 people at the 2009 Walk Against Genocide;
- Sent an uncountable number of postcards, phone calls and text messages to Presidents Bush and Obama and other officials to push for legislation and a special envoy;
- And have allocated millions of dollars to complete some life-changing projects
- 46,000 solar cookers have been provided to the women to reduce dangerous firewood-collection trips outside the refugee camps.
- 16,000 students in the Oure Cassoni refugee camp in Chad now have backpacks, school supplies, hygeine items and shoes. In addition, Oure Cassoni has benefitted from the building of the Dillon Henry Youth Centers where children can participate in a variety of extra-currcicular activities.
- 4 medical clinics (3 in Chad and the Dillon Henry Medical Clinic in the Central African Republic) and a maternity ward have been built to aid refugees.
- 16,000 hot meals have been provided to Darfuri children at the Bialik Rogosin School in Tel Aviv.
- And now we are building 2 schools in the Djabal refugee camp for the 1,400 children in the area.
- Educated tens of thousands of people around the country;
- Successfully achieved passage of divestment legislation on city, state and federal levels;
- Mobilized the community to shed a light on the conflicts through rallies, street seders and over 2,000 people at the 2009 Walk Against Genocide;
- Sent an uncountable number of postcards, phone calls and text messages to Presidents Bush and Obama and other officials to push for legislation and a special envoy;
- And have allocated millions of dollars to complete some life-changing projects
- 46,000 solar cookers have been provided to the women to reduce dangerous firewood-collection trips outside the refugee camps.
- 16,000 students in the Oure Cassoni refugee camp in Chad now have backpacks, school supplies, hygeine items and shoes. In addition, Oure Cassoni has benefitted from the building of the Dillon Henry Youth Centers where children can participate in a variety of extra-currcicular activities.
- 4 medical clinics (3 in Chad and the Dillon Henry Medical Clinic in the Central African Republic) and a maternity ward have been built to aid refugees.
- 16,000 hot meals have been provided to Darfuri children at the Bialik Rogosin School in Tel Aviv.
- And now we are building 2 schools in the Djabal refugee camp for the 1,400 children in the area.
EndGenocide
11/03/09
I have been consistently impressed with the devotion, skill, energy and enthusiasm of Jewish World Watch, its staff, volunteers and synagogue membership. I got involved with JWW within the last year, encouraging my synagogue to join as a member organization. The staff have welcomed us and motivated...
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florencea
11/03/09
This is a special nonprofit. Through the work of Jewish World Watch many thousands of people have not only been educated about the atrocities taking place in Darfur and Sudan, but motivated to ACT upon that information. This organization has tirelessly worked to provide opportunities in this ...
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Francis
11/03/09
My children and I have taken advantage of every opportunity to engage with Jewish World Watch. From Walking in their annual Walk Against Genocide, attending rallies like the Street Seder for Darfur or having their amazing staff come speak to and work with my kids at their respective schools, Jewish...
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