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The Darfur Genocide Is Still on

James D. Besser September 22, 2005

Jews aren\’t among those being killed, raped and displaced in the Darfur region of Sudan, but the situation there is nonetheless a Jewish disaster.

The slogan, \”never again,\” the redeeming lesson of the Holocaust, is turning into a farce in the African nation, as world leaders continue to find a dazzling array of excuses for inaction, including the obvious one: \”It\’s a complicated situation,\” as cases of genocide always are.

Rabbis Call for Day of Fasting for Darfur

Julie Gruenbaum Fax May 19, 2005

Rabbis from all denominations are calling upon Jews in Los Angeles to participate in a day of fasting, prayer and political activism to raise alarm about the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

‘Never Again’ — An Odd Thing to Say

Y.M. Hausman February 3, 2005

With the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we recall once more the destruction wrought by Nazism, the chaos, desolation, the machinery of death. We peer unflinchingly at the ovens and gas chambers, the cattle cars and the concentration camps, we stare at the heart of darkness and swear, \”Never Again.\”

Tragedy in Sudan Spurs Local Action

Gaby Wenig 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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The Graves Of Sudan

Ruth W. Messinger November 25, 2004

In this remote region, more than 1.5 million African tribal farmers have been violently driven from their homes by the government of Sudan and the militias they armed, called Janjaweed (evil men on horseback). Despite repeated calls from humanitarian organizations and U.N. agencies warning of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today, there continues to be a systematic program of expulsion, rape and murderous violence that has taken at least 100,000 lives.

A Dollar a Day

Rob Eshman July 8, 2004

Those Sally Struthers Save the Children television ads always break down dollar-by-dollar how our donations work.

Israel Under Siege

Henry A. Waxman September 6, 2001

On the news it\’s easy to find sickening evidence of the terrorist war being waged against Israel; harder to find, but no less real, are other insidious assaults that are growing in number and venom. This week, the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, which convened in South Africa, was transformed into a forum for vicious anti-Israel accusations. And in Israel itself, the Temple Mount is the focus of a relentless archaeological attack designed to rewrite history.

Mightier Than the Sword

Beverly Gray December 21, 2000

Sonia Levitin has taken on the cause of the Sudanese because of an outlook that is profoundly Jewish.

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