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It's been a long, long time since I've written here. But I came home to an email that made me smile big. It reads like this:President Obama has appointed retired Major General J. Scott Gra… Read More

A three-day referendum for Sudan’s Darfur region begins Monday despite concerns from the United States that it would not be credible and would also undermine the current peace process… Read More

The United States is gravely concerned about the Sudanese government’s ongoing detention of at least 15 Darfuri individuals, including one Sudanese national employee of the African Uni… Read More

It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world. This is the part of Chaos Theory, called the &ldq… Read More

This week Jews throughout the world will celebrate the holiday of Sukkot, traditionally a time for giving thanks for the bounty of the harvest.  Named for the sukkah, the temporary dwel… Read More

Last Friday, the White House did not mention Jews in its Holocaust Remembrance Day message; it was the first time that the 6 million Jews who died have been overlooked in an official message… Read More

After the Holocaust, we promised: Never again. We promised we would not let genocide and mass atrocities go unnoticed. We promised that when we hear the cries of men, women and children, we… Read More

“10 out of 30 health facilities that will be rehabilitated have already been handed over to local authorities.” In Sudan’s five eastern states of Darfur, access to health… Read More

Today is the 15th anniversary of the start of conflict in Darfur, the first genocide of the 21st century. The Darfur genocide has caused the deaths of approximately 400,000 Darfuris, and dis… Read More

“Just as my dreams have come true in coming [to the Iridimi refugee camp in Chad] to see this [Solar Cooker] project to fruition, here’s hoping the refugees’ dream of going… Read More

The holiday of Yom Kippur offers a time for reflection, a time to see ourselves as inextricable from a larger community, sharing responsibility not only for our own lives, but also those of… Read More

Jewish World Watch (JWW) came into being as a response to the Darfur genocide.  The Darfuris remain a vital cornerstone of our work. We continue to monitor and support the refugees livi… Read More

By now, most Americans have heard about the massacre of 11 Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh this past Saturday.  Jewish World Watch (JWW) was created to monitor and call… Read More

We are all connected, and our hearts are broken. As the tragic news poured out of Pittsburgh on Saturday morning, many Jews in Los Angeles spoke of their own close ties to the Tree of Life S… Read More

In my last update on Darfur, I expressed skepticism regarding the United Nations’ assessment that the situation in Sudan had significantly improved.  I detailed some of the violen… Read More

Sadly, over the past year, the number of populations impacted by genocide and mass atrocities has grown beyond the Darfuris, Congolese, Yazidis and Syrians to include the Rohingya of Myanmar… Read More

Dear Friend, In so many ways, we have just closed the book on an extremely difficult year. The Rohingya, Darfuris, Sudanese and South Sudanese, as well as the people of the Democratic R… Read More

The Walk to End Genocide is a community event that brings together activists of all ages and backgrounds to rise up in one united voice to say: “We will not stand idly by while genocid… Read More

Jump-4-Justice with us at the 2019 Walk to End Genocide! The Walk to End Genocide is a community event that brings together activists of all ages and backgrounds to rise up in one united voi… Read More

Four years ago, Aziza Mohammed Abdallah Mukhtar was scraping a living growing tobacco in the community of Zamzam in Sudan’s arid North Darfur State. Like many Darfuris, Aziza, 52, has… Read More

Image copyright Facebook / NISSImage caption The National Intelligence Security Services shared images of the “rebel cell” they had apprehended and weapons on their Facebook pag… Read More

Sudan’s revolution remains robust, but the international community must step in to ensure the will of the people is respected, their rights are protected, and the transition to democra… Read More

News just broke that Sudan’s transitional military council has reached a deal with the opposition alliance, made up of those spearheading the people’s revolution, for a three-yea… Read More

Dr. Denis Mukwege, a 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and longtime Jewish World Watch partner, is making preparations to deploy a rapid response mission to the remote Fizi territory of South… Read More

Tens of thousands of children have been abducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and forced to serve in militias. Jewish World Watch is helping to secure the release of these boys an… Read More

We have just closed the book on what was, in so many ways, an extremely difficult year. The Rohingya, Darfuris and Syrians, as well as the people of the Democratic R… Read More

It is not often in the “business” of fighting genocide and atrocity that we have a day in which we can claim and celebrate an epic victory.  However, today is truly a Red Le… Read More

On February 11, the transitional government announced that several suspects indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes perpetrated in the Darfur region of Sudan should sta… Read More

All of us at Jewish World Watch want you to know that we are concerned for you, your families and your communities as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis continues. These are clearly extr… Read More

Mass atrocity crimes — genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity — occur when civilians are targeted in an illegal, systematic and widespread way. While they can be perpet… Read More

Over seventeen years after the beginning of the Darfur genocide, inter-communal violence, militia attacks against civilians, and human rights violations are on the rise in this restive regio… Read More

As the Director of Education for Jewish World Watch, I spend a large portion of my time talking to adults and students about genocide and mass atrocities, the unrest and fragility across the… Read More

A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped restore calm Tuesday in the Darfur region, local sources said, after three days of inter-ethnic violence which claimed at least 155 lives and displaced… Read More

Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel promised that he would never be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering. “We must always take… Read More

Each year, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million Jewish sisters and brothers we lost during the Holocaust. We say their names, we tell their stories, we commemorate the lives of survivor… Read More

Out of despair, where do we go? This question is at the heart of Tisha b’Av – when the Jewish people mourn immense historical loss and tragedy. It is what we do in response to br… Read More

It is easy to take for granted our opportunity to visit a grocery store, stop by a local restaurant or order from our phones when we are feeling hungry. For millions of forcibly displaced me… Read More

Paul Wallace, in his essay entitled “Breathing Metaphors”, begins with the following exercise which I ask you to do along with me: S… Read More

December 15, 2021 (NAIROBI) – A new wave of attacks on civilians in Darfur since mid-November 2021 highlights the urgent need for the United Nations to enhance its scrutiny of the res… Read More

Author: David Simon, Yale University Earlier this year, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Biden administration’s recognition of Rohingya persecution in Myanmar —… Read More

We believe in a world that does not stand idly by while civilian populations are being attacked simply because of who they are. A world in which all… Read More

Darfur Women Action Group is deeply outraged about the rising violence in Darfur. A group of armed men on motorcycles attacked two displaced individuals in the Sirba locality in West Darfur… Read More