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Originally posted on the Global Circle blog. We know there just aren’t enough gallery openings in NYC these days, which is why we’re hosting one just for you. Earlier this year AJWS launched the Where Do you Give? National Design Competition, challenging artists to create new vehicles for giving tzedakah that reflect our increasingly interconnected, global …
Today’s New York Times article about India’s “paradox of plenty” is a painful reminder that hunger is acutely political. The article boils the problem down to this: “Spurred by agricultural innovation and generous farm subsidies, India now grows so much food that it has a bigger grain stockpile than any country except China, and it …
On June 2nd, I went to the Mae La refugee camp, the largest refugee camp in Thailand that houses 50,000 refugees, to greet Aung San Suu Kyi (“Mother Suu” or “The Lady”), the democracy icon of Burma. People of multiple Burmese nationalities, wearing hijab, beautiful long Karen traditional dress, Kachin costumes, and other ethnic dresses, …
We have something exciting to share with you! Our brand new annual report is fresh off the proverbial press. Not only is it totally green—no paper, period!—it’s chock full of info about all of the issues that you come to this blog to read about… recovery in Haiti, promoting LGBTI rights, reversing global hunger and …
Last week, former President Charles Taylor of Liberia was sentenced by an international tribunal to 50 years in prison for his role in instigating murder, mutilation, rape, sexual slavery and the use of child soldiers in Sierra Leone. This ruling against a former head of state is a major win for international justice since the …
