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140 Jewish leaders vow to help US reach Paris climate accord goals

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Over 140 Jewish organizational leaders signed a letter encouraging Jewish institutions across the U.S. to support the goals of the Paris climate accord. “We call upon all Jewish federations, JCCs, synagogues, camps, day schools, Jewish organizations, leaders, businesses, and community members to identify ways in which we, the organized and powerful American Jewish community, can and must …

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Jordan Namerow Named a Schusterman Fellow

Jewish Boston

Jordan Namerow confesses that she was one of those rare kids who enjoyed Hebrew school. Namerow, who grew up in northern New Jersey, has parlayed her early affinity for Jewish education into a thriving career as a Jewish professional. Over the years, she has developed an impressive resume that has most recently earned her a Schusterman Fellowship, …

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Senegal: in Casamance, the hope of a new era

France24

“Neither war nor peace.” It is in these terms that the Casamancais describe the conflict that has long shaken this region of southern Senegal. With the lull of recent years, they hope to finally return to a lasting peace and economic development.

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Mexico’s 100 Most Powerful Women Forbes 2017

Forbes Mexico

Mexico’s 100 Most Powerful Women Forbes 2017 contribute to improving the lives of those around them. They positively impact through actions and projects. They are also a source of inspiration for breaking any glass or concrete roof. They are the sign that gender is not an impediment to conquer any goal traced. What does represent a real obstacle to professional and …

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How Can Silicon Valley Help Save The World?

Fortune Magazine

Retired Stanford computer science professor Terry Winograd is known as much for what he’s done as whom he’s taught. A renowned expert on artificial intelligence long before AI became sexy in the corner office, Winograd advised Larry Page on his graduate research at Stanford. Page repaid his teacher by asking him to advise Google, for which …

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Ruth Messinger: Inspiring Generations of Activism

Jewish Women's Archive

Most of us, if not all of us, want to do the right thing in this life. But the hard truth that many activists and citizens must learn is that doing the right thing looks different to different people. Even people on the same side of the political spectrum who oppose the same politician can …

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Why I Care About Climate Justice

Westchester Jewish Life

Climates shape identity. The harsh Minnesota winters and high-altitude Colorado summers of my youth, the heat of my college semester in West Africa, and the transitions from season to season in my current home in Westchester each played a role forming my identity.

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Gender Lens: Sustainable Solutions in Global Health

Pulitzer Center

On day one of the Pulitzer Center’s Gender Lens Conference, June 3, 2017, a wide-ranging panel of experts discussed current public health initiatives and problems that face the world. The panelists included documentary photographer and Pulitzer grantee Allison Shelley, documentary filmmaker and Pulitzer grantee Rob Tinworth, senior program officer on sexual health and rights for …

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Through Her Photographs, Stephanie Sinclair Is Putting a Face to Child Marriage

Glamour

When noted photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair learned she’d won this year’s Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award—given by the International Women’s Media Foundation and named for the German photojournalist who was killed in 2014 while completing an assignment in Afghanistan—things were a bit chaotic in her life. Just two weeks prior, she had returned home to New York …

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