Originally posted on the Pursue blog. You know those cornucopia cartoons that pop up everywhere around Thanksgiving? The ones in which the fresh produce practically bursts out of the horn? I’ve never seen a cornucopia in real life, but now I’ve seen the modern day iteration and…it…is…good! A week ago Sunday my car was overwhelmed …
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With the Jewish High Holy days fast approaching, check out Ruth Messinger’s JTA Op-Ed “Holidays Remind of What We Still Need To Do in Haiti,” which calls upon our individual and collective responsibilities to the Haitian people. Reflecting upon the ubiquitous liturgical refrain asking “Who shall live and who shall die?” that we recite in …
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Though media coverage of the flooding in Pakistan is far less robust than the coverage of the Haiti earthquake, there’s been some recent buzz in the blogosphere. In assessing Pakistan’s crisis, many bloggers have asked some version of the question “Why is no one helping?” Some suspect the reason is donor fatigue. Others stress it’s …
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Originally posted on the Pursue blog. AJWS alumna and Pursuer Sara Hahn is currently participating in the 6th Annual UNESCO Intergenerational Human Rights Forum at the University of Connecticut. Sara wrote about an exercise on food security that took place during the Forum: “I was given the role of a single father raising three children, who has …
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Originally posted on the Pursue blog. It was 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday night and already a line had formed outside the Local: Mission Eatery, the four month old restaurant founded by Yaron Milgrom-Elcott. Dinner wasn’t served on this chilly summer evening. Instead guests were sampling a chilled avocado soup, bread, olive oil, almonds, and tangy deviled …
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