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Ruth Messinger: Jewish Organizations Are Way Behind On Gender Equity
Many years ago, when I was in government, Mario Cuomo, then New York’s Governor announced the “Year of the Woman”; we joked that what we needed was not one year but as many years as it would take to realize full gender equality. It did not happen then, and it has not happened yet, despite …
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Ruth Messinger: Inspiring Generations of Activism
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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Ruth Messinger: We Must Continue To Resist
“America has established for itself a tradition of fine, open-handed generosity in its response to appeals for help that come from beyond its borders. The respect for human rights, the understanding of the dignity of the individual, the reverence for personality, which are part of the American way of looking at life, carry with them …
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American Jewish World Service Honors Ruth Messinger at ‘Messinger of Hope’ Gala
On November 15, 2016, the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) honored Ruth Messinger at Pier Sixty for her dedication to social justice as a leading and progressive elected NYC official, president of AJWS, and the Global Ambassador for AJWS. Guests were welcomed to a cocktail reception followed by an elegant dinner as well as a …
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Ruth Messinger’s Story
Ruth Messinger’s dedication to social justice runs deep. “I feel like I’ve been an activist my whole life.”
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Tributes to Ruth Messinger
Bill Clinton, Al Gore and others pay tribute to Ruth Messinger, AJWS’s former President, its first Global Ambassador a truly extraordinary leader.
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Ruth Messinger on Civil Rights
As is true for many in my generation, the civil rights movement was a formative part of my Jewish and American identities. In 1965, my mother Marjorie Wyler participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery, as did her colleague Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel—an iconic Jewish thinker who marched arm-in-arm with Martin Luther King, Jr. and who likened civil rights activism to “praying with my feet.”
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Ruth Messinger on Darfur
As the President of American Jewish World Service, I went to Sudan and Chad. I met a woman there who had fled her home with newborn twins after her uncle and brother were murdered in front of her. I met a teacher who led his students and their families through the desert and across the border, seeking refuge from destruction.
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