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Travel! Volunteer! Learn!
College-age students — we have a few last openings. Come spend your summer in India or Uganda. Volunteer Summer 2012 is accepting applications for a limited time. Apply now for an incredible opportunity!
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Reverse Hunger: What’s Going On?
Hear the latest updates on Reverse Hunger and the Farm Bill from our conference call, May 3, 2012.
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New LGBTI Report
AJWS is the Jewish voice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex rights worldwide. Check out our new report about the many ways our grantees are empowering LGBTI people to come out, speak out and pursue recognition, inclusion, security and equality. Download »
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AJWS and Oxfam Create Infographic on Food Aid System
More than 17 million people could receive life-saving food aid at no additional cost to U.S. taxpayers if Congress cuts red-tape in the U.S. Farm Bill – according to new research from AJWS and Oxfam America. More »
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What’s really happening in Northern Uganda?
Listen to former child soldier and founder of AJWS grantee Friends of Orphans, Ricky Richard Anywar, along with Ruth Messinger and Gitta Zomorodi discuss peace-building efforts in Northern Uganda.
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AJWS Earns Top Rating from Charity Navigator
4-Star rating indicates sound fiscal management and transparency. More »
This Land is Your Land
Woodie Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” is perhaps the most celebrated love song for the varied wonders of American terrain. Although its verses reveal Guthrie’s love for the land, the song’s title and catchy refrain, “this land was made for you and me,” express how many of us relate to the land: as something we possess.
In contrast, Parshat Behar offers a very different paean to the land, as it describes the precepts of Shmitah (the sabbatical year). It states... Read more »
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