Episode 540: AJWS and Global Responsibility
About this episode
The episode discusses how American Jewish World Service promotes global justice through stories of grassroots movements and Jewish teachings on responsibility.
This conversation explores how American Jewish World Service understands global justice as an expression of human dignity, solidarity, and the belief that every person deserves the opportunity to live a full and flourishing life. Through stories from Uganda, Kenya, and beyond, Joannine Nanyange describes how AJWS partners with grassroots movements fighting for LGBTQ rights, health access, democracy, and human rights, emphasizing accompaniment rather than charity and agency rather than dependency. Elizabeth Richman connects that work to Jewish teachings about responsibility, arguing that Judaism calls people to expand their circle of concern beyond themselves and to take action when confronted with injustice. In a deeply interconnected world, the struggles of distant communities are never truly distant, and hope is sustained through relationships, shared responsibility, and the collective work of building a more just future.
More episodes of Judaism Unbound
- Episode 544: Tisha B'Av (the 9th of Av) 2026 II - Andrue Kahn, Dania Rajendra
- Rest to Return VI: Making Time Sacred
- Episode 543: Tisha B'Av (The 9th of Av) 2026 - Lex and Rena Yehuda
- Rest to Return V: A Season for Everything
- Episode 542: Jewish Bodily Autonomy - Lex and Rena Yehuda
- Rest to Return IV: Couplet Rhymes
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Judaism Unbound podcast page.