Video Collection
Watch our videos to learn how AJWS is supporting people around the world who are fighting to improve the lives of millions.
Video: Jewish Voices for LGBT Rights
In honor of LGBT Pride Month, watch our newest video in which members of the…
New Video for Passover!
At our Passover Seders, we sing “Dayenu” (It would have been enough) to express gratitude…
Get to Know AJWS
Watch our video to learn how AJWS is supporting people around the world who are…
Building a Better World: American Jewish World Service
Learn how AJWS is supporting people around the world who are fighting to improve the…
Something Different for Our Daughters: Mangal & Shital’s Story
At just 14 years old, Mangal Waikar’s parents pressured her into a marriage she didn’t…
Girls Build a Better Future in India
Watch our new animated video about AJWS’s work to end child marriage in India. AJWS…
On the Road: Khushi’s Story
As a teenager, Khushi Prajapati worried for her future. Her family had lost everything. Forced…
#TBT: Let Judd Apatow Make You Laugh
As the person behind AJWS’s social media, I love nothing more than a good post…
Julienne Lusenge
Raising a voice for women amid the horrors of war
Khun Khit San
Mobilizing youth to challenge authoritarian rule
Alejandra Ancheita
Prosecuting powerful adversaries of indigenous rights
Child Marriage: Emerging Trends in News Media
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking at “Child Marriage: Emerging Trends in the…
AJWS Remembers founder Larry Phillips
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) mourns the passing of our beloved founding donor, Larry Phillips—a…
Meant for Something More
Sonali’s parents forced her to marry at age 14, and her husband turned out to…
Nursery school students help repair the world
Our President Ruth Messinger met with some adorable, charitable four-year-old students at the JCC Manhattan’s…
On the Ground in Nepal: 2nd Update from AJWS Staff
AJWS’s Director of Disaster Response & International Operations, Samantha Wolthuis, and Associate Director of Risk…
Meet Naw Wah
Naw Wah* fled her village in Burma when she was 15. Her close-knit, rural community…
Meet Teresa
Teresa, a Nicaraguan woman, married her husband when she was 19 years old. She agreed…
Meet Dayanara
Dayanara, a woman from Nicaragua, came out to her family as transgender when she was…
Commemorating the UN’s International Day of the Girl
Last week on October 11th, the United Nations commemorated the very first International Day of…
Interview With Ruth Messinger: AJWS’s Liberia Study Tour
An intergenerational group of American Jews recently traveled with AJWS to Liberia to learn how…
Toward Peace and Coexistence in India
This week’s New York Times article, “Justice and ‘a Ray of Hope’ After 2002 India Riots,” examines…
Video Update on the Famine in East Africa
Originally posted on the Global Circle blog.