Founded on the shared history of the Jewish people and the principle of '' Tikkun Olam '' ( repairing the world ) , Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis ( z " l ) and Janice Kamenir-Reznik created Jewish World Watch ( JWW ) in 2004 after learning of the ongoing genocide in Darfur , Sudan . Recalling the deafening silence during the Holocaust , and the 1994 Rwandan genocide , Rabbi Schulweis believed that we must not be silent in the face of yet another genocide ; that we must educate ourselves and raise our collective voices , and that we can not stand idly by . The " we " at the time was the Jewish people , but since its founding JWW has grown from a collection of Southern California synagogues into an organization that draws support from schools , churches , individuals , communities , and partner organizations across the country all sharing a vision of a world without genocide
1994 Rwandan genocide
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