The World Values Network

Programs: Form 990 page 2 part iii line 4aprogram service accomplishments the world values network is dedicated to the dissemination of universal values in the political sphere, the cultural mainstream, and the global media. Through our renowned lecture series, debates, radio and tv broadcasts, classes, religious services, websites, social media campaigns, and published essays, we seek to impact and inspire the broadest international audience. Our mission divides into key goals which include: to impart and disseminate jewish values to the american people and the wider world. Our organization promotes jewish values as the moral bedrock of society and therefore the cornerstone of the civilization. We add up, after all, to the sum of our morals. We actively seek to turn back the gradual erosion of these principles so as to protect our society and reinforce its sacred truths. To focus on strengthening marriage and the family structure within american society. Americans must be taught to value family more. The 50% divorce rate and self-centered lifestyle being promoted in modern society represent the greatest threat to the integrity of the family structure in the united states. Our organization's focus is to combat these trends by emphasizing the value in a life of dedication and devotion to family, marriage, and children as well as enlightening people to the true happiness that can be found therein. To promote and defend the state of israel. In an era where forces from across the spectrum, particularly the bds movement, are trying to delegitimize the jewish state, our organization works to speak truth to those who voice uninformed and biased positions against israel. We combat misinformation, defending the morality and righteousness of the world's only jewish state. We ensure this affect not only by responding to a common media bias in a way that ensures the truth is laid out in full, but by emphasizing the many accomplishments and benefits that israel offers the world. Finally, we make the case for the morality of israel by publicizing the barbarity and hypocrisy of israel's enemies in the region and around the globe, which stands in alarming contrast to israel's free and democratic society. In 2016, our organization began preliminary planning for its anti-genocide center the primary objective of which is to bring genocide and the threat thereof to the fore of global conversation. This way, global powers can be made to care. By spreading word of mass atrocities to the widest possible audience, people will come to feel accountable, and if they feel that way, their leaders will as well. No longer will they be able to repeat the "accursed mantra:" that they didn't really know. When it comes to both past and present genocides, the information is always there. The problem is that it rarely reaches the highest levels of world media. Our organization will work to ensure that the talk of mass killings no longer lingers in the realm of small local media, or the private blogs of conflict-reporters and lesser-known activists. Through ads, social media campaigns, events, and demonstrations, we will make sure that genocide coverage comes into plain view of the general public. Interviews, public events, and speaking engagements:in 2016, our organization broadcast our message hundreds of high profile events, speeches, and television appearances organized and given by the world values network. Rabbi shmuley boteach made appearances on fox news, cnn, and msnbc more than twenty-five times in the past year alone. Rabbi boteach provides insights and opinions on a wide range of topics in these interviews and is able to pass over jewish and family values, as well as eloquently defend and educate the public about israel in a media that is largely biased against the jewish state. In 2016 our organization published 193 columns: the world values network over the last year reached a very large audience through columns and op-eds that are published in many various news outlets including 65 in the jerusalem post, 30 in the jewish standard, 37 in the algameiner, 28 in the new york observer, 13 on the times of israel, 12 in the huffington post, and 8 on breitbart news. There are regular columns in the jerusalem post and the new york observer, as well as the algemeiner, times of israel, huffington post, the jewish standard, and many others. Our organization averages more than one column every two days. These articles give opinions and solutions to a wide variety of issues using universal jewish values as a moral compass and guide. They are also at the forefront of media that defends israel. The readership of these articles is broad, and these columns are read by millions of people each month. Topics and opinions discussed in these written pieces give commentary on political, religious and social justice issues, and take on the controversial issues that many shy away from. These articles have the ability to sway public opinion, and the results can be seen in the thousands of comments submitted by readers to these articles. In april 2016, we were able to release videos with more speed and effectiveness than ever before. Many have gone viral making a considerable impact on the web. Several videos have topped a million views. These videos help impart and strengthen common jewish values and increase support for the jewish state while defending it from attacks. Social media: through social media, our organization is able to reach and disseminate ideas and moral guidance to millions of people. Our organization has a combined total of nearly one million followers on social media, making us among the largest jewish presences on social media in the world. When these followers like or "share" our articles and posts with their friends, our organization's ideas and moral guidance are able to reach and influence millions of people online. Facebook "rabbi shmuley boteach" fan page in january of 2016 had approximately 600,000 individual facebook users who liked" our page. Our organization's facebook presence greatly increased for a grand total of over 980,000 likes. " this increase made our facebook page one of the world's highest liked" pages among pro-israel jewish facebook groups and fan pages. Twitter - currently has 245,000 followers, making it one of the highest followed twitter accounts among pro-israel jewish twitter groups and individual accounts. Four full page ads placed in the ny times in 2016 - in an increasingly partisan media, where news outlets censor and whitewash the news and stories they feel are damaging to their agenda, our full-page ads in the new york times allow us to highlight and publicize the inconvenient truths that usually go unreported. Our ads have made a global impact well beyond the new york times. They generate earned media all over the world and are reported in various outlets allowing our organization's message to spread even further. Special events and projects the world values network events and lecture series invite high profile politicians and celebrities to speak on important topics, and our organization provides them a platform to make the case for israel and jewish family values. New and groundbreaking ideas and solutions are presented and discussed by our speakersrelationship lecture series on marriage, relationships, and lust a lecture series held at our manhattan headquarters, educating people on how to maintain love and romance in their relationships and build marriages on the foundation of passion and desire. New television show "divine intervention" as host of this program, rabbi boteach gives counseling and guidance to help strengthen family values and healthy relationships with one another. This new television show, which began airing in the last two months of 2015, has been an excellent venue for our organization to showcase and impart jewish family values to the public by applying these principles to real life families and situations.