A ‘walk’ to remember

Published on April 18, 2013

With African drumming and a chorus of shofars, more than 2,000 people in purple T-shirts reading “I walk to tip the scales” gathered in Pan Pacific Park on April 14 to call attention to global injustice.

Chanukah in Chad

Published on December 10, 2012

It is late into the evening, and I just remembered – tonight is the first night of Chanukah, even in the seemingly God-forsaken town of Farchana on the eastern rim of Chad.

Janice Kamenir-Reznik’s moral imperative

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on April 5, 2011

On the morning of April 10, Janice Kamenir-Reznik will march up Topanga Canyon Boulevard holding up signs and a megaphone to lead thousands of people in chants to raise awareness of the ongoing genocides in Sudan and Congo. And while she probably won’t show it that morning, cheerleading is Kamenir-Reznik’s least favorite part of her job as co-founder and president of Jewish World Watch.

Activists Stand Firm on Warrant for Sudan Leader

Published on March 18, 2009

Hours after an international court issued a warrant for his arrest, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir kicked humanitarian aid groups out of his country. Nevertheless, Jewish activists who backed the indictment are standing behind their decision.

JCRC’s Schwartz-Getzug picked to head Jewish World Watch

By Marc Ballon
Published on October 26, 2006

Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug has been named executive director of Jewish World Watch (JWW).

State of Humanity Forum: ‘Darfur silence is lethal’

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on October 26, 2006

The inaugural State of Humanity Forum, held Oct. 17 at Valley Beth Shalom.

Loyalty to Jews or to humanity? There is no ‘either-or’

By Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Published on October 26, 2006

The question is whispered and must be answered in a forthright manner: Darfur or Israel? Is your loyalty to your people or to humanity? Is your loyalty to Judaism or to mankind? Are you essentially a Jew or a human being?

At Save Darfur Rally: ‘Never Again, Again’

By Rachel Silverman
Published on May 4, 2006

With the genocide in Darfur topping the Jewish community's national agenda, an unmistakable Jewish presence ran through Sunday's rally.

Tragedy in Sudan Spurs Local Action

By Gaby Wenig
Published on November 25, 2004

On Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Harold Schulweis of Valley Beth Shalom (VBS) gave a sermon on the tragedy of Sudan and what the Jewish community needs to do about it.

His proposed remedy: Start the Jewish World Watch (JWW), a commission of caring men and women that will monitor atrocities around the world by organizing educational evenings with international relations experts and raise money to help societies being ravaged by genocide.

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