Jewish groups urge Bush to take action on Sudan genocide

American Jewish World Service is taking the lead in bringing together major national Jewish organizations, denominations and hundreds of synagogues, federations and other Jewish groups to sponsor a unity statement demanding action to end the genocide occurring in Darfur, Sudan.

The leaders of American Jewish Committee; American Jewish Congress; Anti-Defamation League; Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life; Jewish Council for Public Affairs; United Jewish Communities; and World Jewish Congress have joined American Jewish World Service, as well as the heads of every religious stream, some federations, hundreds of synagogues and dozens of other...