On Finding Home and Opening our Hearts on Sukkot
Our family gathered together in the sukkah each day for meals, inviting in congregants and neighbors to join the celebration of this holiday.
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Malka Friedman-Rosner
How to help earthquake victims in Mexico
Two more earthquakes shook southern Mexico over the weekend as the country is trying to recover from a magnitude 7.1 quake last week that killed more than 320 people. The temblors Saturday registered magnitudes of 6.1 and 4.5. Earlier this month, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake was centered in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s southern coast, killing more than 90 people. …
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News Briefs: Local Rabbi Named Global Justice Fellow; Shanah Tovah from Archbishop; Maccabi Scouting for 2018
Rabbi Ariella Rosen of Temple Adath Israel in Merion Station was named one of 14 2017-18 Global Justice Fellows by American Jewish World Service (AJWS). The fellowship program trains American Jewish leaders “to advocate effectively in support of international policies that advance the human rights and well-being of the world’s poorest and most oppressed communities,” …
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Haiti’s LGBT Rights Groups Find Their Feet Amid a Rising Tide of Animosity
Since Haiti was devastated by an earthquake in 2010, the country’s already-marginalized LGBT community has faced a surge of attacks at home, including attempts to pass harsh legal measures that would further restrict LGBT rights. In response, Haiti’s LGBT community has become progressively more organized and active, pushing back for the first time. In an …
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Pride Uganda has been crushed. Please don’t look away
Since 2012 we have celebrated Pride in Uganda. Our Pride is very different to the Pride parades in London or New York. Rather than hundreds of thousands, we have a few hundred LGBT Ugandans, and our friends who sympathise with our struggle, attending our event. We usually keep away from big public crowds and public …
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‘No gay promotion can be allowed’: Uganda cancels pride events
Activists are outraged over the Ugandan government’s decision to cancel a week of gay pride celebrations in the country for a second consecutive year, describing the move as a violation of fundamental human rights of minority groups.
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We Need To Talk About Child Marriage
As I have every August in recent years, I am busy preparing my children to return to school. While I am excited for them to continue learning and growing, I can’t help but think about the millions of children—especially girls—in other parts of the world who are denied the right to an education. Tragically, many …
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Chronicling A Forgotten Disaster: Hurricane Matthew, 10 Months Later
I just returned from my summer research in Haiti, traveling through the South and Grand-Anse provinces, which were devastated by Hurricane Matthew overnight on October 4, 2016, barely ten months ago. Visitors to the Grand-Anse whose only experience of Haiti is the West department, which houses Port-au-Prince, are often stunned at the level of vegetation. …
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Attacked for Activism: How do we protect activists in Latin America?
A record number of activists are being killed in Latin America – and old methods of security aren’t working. How do we protect activists facing threats from shadowy actors and complicit governments?
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Mexico: Civil Society does not endorse NAP on Business & Human Rights due to lack of standards, among other issues
Nine NGOs signed a letter to UN Working Group outlining concerns, including absence of due diligence and transparency requirements, limitations on free, prior and informed consent application, lack of obligations for state-owned companies. NGOs also call for NAP for requirements on access to justice and actions to prevent attacks against human rights defenders.
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