Israel’s refugee crisis: How about a Jewish response?

Published on June 25, 2012

What shall be done about the large number of non-citizens who dwell in Israel? This question is no longer merely vexing; it is urgent, inflammatory, sometimes violent, often vulgar.

South Sudanese migrants in Israel get reprieve

Published on March 29, 2012

South Sudanese migrants will not be forced to leave Israel by the end of the month as planned.

Bearing witness a world away from L.A.

Published on November 1, 2007

Email excerpts from Janice Kamenir-Reznik and Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug of Jewish World Watch as they travel to Chad to assess the success of a program to provide refugees from Darfur with solar cookers.

Staff Loyalties Stir Concern Over Work

By Michael J. Jordan
Published on March 16, 2006

There may be no greater test of the United Nations' vaunted neutrality than to be a Palestinian staffer of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip or West Bank.

Bogeymen Unmasked

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 21, 2002

"Promises" is a beautiful documentary and, in light of the daily body count of Israeli and Palestinian victims, a heartbreaking film. Considered a favorite for best documentary at this year's Academy Awards, "Promises" was filmed in and around Jerusalem between 1997 and 2000, while the Oslo treaty hopes for peace were still flickering.

Censorship of Dancing Streets

By Eric Silver
Published on September 20, 2001

After noon prayers in the mosque last Friday, hundreds of Palestinian Muslims marched in triumph through Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp brandishing portraits of Osama bin Laden, some as big as 15 feet.