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Robert Bank

My Summer List: Read, Watch and Listen with Me

This summer, when so much of the world is riven by divisive politics and hostility, I’m reveling in books, podcasts and television shows…

Aug 14, 2019

My Summer List: Read, Watch and Listen with Me

Aug 14, 2019

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Keeping MLK’s legacy alive in our work for justice today

Jan 18, 2019

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Jan 18, 2019

Defending Human Rights in the Age of Trump

In Cambodia and Burma, hardline heads of state are suffocating the free press. Leaders across Latin America are tearing down the…

Oct 26, 2018

Defending Human Rights in the Age of Trump

Oct 26, 2018

Heading to the Mexican Border

This week, I’m heading to the border. I’m going because this summer I’ve felt devastated by news of the barbaric treatment of immigrants…

Aug 17, 2018

Heading to the Mexican Border

Aug 17, 2018

Five Ways Harvey Milk Inspires My Work for Social Justice Today

Originally published by Jewish Lives, a partnership of Yale University Press and the Leon D. Black Foundation.

Jun 4, 2018

Five Ways Harvey Milk Inspires My Work for Social Justice Today

Jun 4, 2018

The Revolution Must Include Boys

Young men learn to be allies for gender equality in India

Apr 3, 2018

The Revolution Must Include Boys

Apr 3, 2018

United, We Demand Justice for the Rohingya People

48 local organizations and 248 rabbis and communal leaders — raised our collective voices to demand justice for the Rohingya people.

Jan 18, 2018

United, We Demand Justice for the Rohingya People

Jan 18, 2018

Why I’m hopeful.

As 2017 draws to a close, I know how easy it is to feel the weight of despair. And yet, I’m taking time to celebrate global victories for…

Dec 18, 2017

Why I’m hopeful.

Dec 18, 2017

Echoes of Kristallnacht in Today’s Rohingya Crisis

I am reflecting today, as I do every year, on Kristallnacht (“The Night of Broken Glass”), which took place in 1938 and marked a grim…

Nov 9, 2017

Echoes of Kristallnacht in Today’s Rohingya Crisis

Nov 9, 2017

My Jewish Responsibility to Help the Rohingya People

I have been haunted for weeks by a photo of a Rohingya woman mourning her dead baby on the shores of Bangladesh. This photo appeared in The…

Oct 25, 2017

My Jewish Responsibility to Help the Rohingya People

Oct 25, 2017

Robert Bank

Robert Bank

President and CEO of American Jewish World Service. Working at the intersection of Jewish values and global concerns. Traveling the world and playing the piano

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