Entries tagged with 'Children's Issues'
Learning About Appreciation
Maggie Lowenberg is a participant in the Machon Kaplan Summer Social Action Internship program, interning at Global Action for Children. I recently learned about appreciation - how I can appreciate the smaller things in life and truly take advantage...
Feeding Students' Success
Stephanie Matour is a participant in the Machon Kaplan Summer Social Action Internship program, interning at the Food Research and Action Center. Recently, I was sent to an Elementary School in DC to conduct interviews regarding the DC Hunger...
An Explosive Issue
Kerry O'Rourke is a participant in the Machon Kaplan Summer Social Action Internship program, interning at the Religious Action Center. Last week the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) published a list of goods reported to...
A Second Chance at Life
Randi Levine is a Staff Attorney at Advocates for Children of New York and a former Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center. All views expressed are her own. When Ian arrived at the prison processing center, nobody...
A Pesach Plea for the Child Nutrition Bill
Pesach is fast approaching, and as we've regularly reminded you here on the RACblog, the holiday is a great time to draw parallels between our history and the present. We've provided you some ways to integrate social action into your...
Our Child Nutrition Seder Experience
Zach Goldberg attends Congregation B'nai Shalom in Little Rock, Arkansas.Last Sunday during Confirmation class, Rabbi Gene Levy brought the JCPA Child Nutrition Seder to our attention. The short, brightly colored Haggadah contains "a Seder dedicated to child nutrition and hunger...
Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat
This piece first appeared in the Jewish Council for Public Affairs' Confronting Poverty e-newsletter and is republished with permission. As the deadline approaches for Congress to reauthorize billions of dollars to support vital child nutrition programs, the local Jewish community,...
Pesach: A Season for Social Justice!
Passover is coming, and it's a perfect time to engage in social justice advocacy and awareness while remembering the story of our slavery in Egypt. Each year during the Seder we read, "Let all who are hungry come and eat."...
Equal Amusement For All
Take a look at this interesting piece from the Sunday Washington Post on an "amusement park with a unique mission: to create a play space for individuals with special needs." Morgan's Wonderland, named for founder Gordon Hartman's daughter, is in...
Call Your Senators NOW: Oppose the Lieberman Voucher Amendment!
Last night, Senator Lieberman filed an amendment to a job creation bill in the Senate that has little if nothing to do with jobs, but instead would extend the DC school voucher program that has not served students well, and...
For NFTYites, Social Justice "Simply Feels Right"
Toby Cook is the Social Action Vice President of NFTY-OV, the Ohio Valley region of the North American Federation of Temple Youth.You are walking in a forest path or at a family gathering and suddenly you pause. You are overtaken...
"Seclusion and Restraint:" For Prisons or Public Schools?
February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month, and all month, we'll be featuring blog posts about disability inclusion. Read our posts here and visit our Jewish Disability Awareness Month page.Last week, I wrote about the issue of high unemployment among people...
Human Trafficking in Post-Earthquake Haiti
As aid flows to the victims of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, we cannot forget that those suffering the effects of this disaster will not be affected equally. Some will be shaken from lives of prosperity into poverty; others, those already...
Yemeni Child Bride Fights for Divorce
Headline: A Yemeni Child Bride Fights for Divorce. The far more incredible element is that she wins. I apologize for ruining the surprise, but this is perhaps one of the most incredible news stories I have ever read....
Give the Gift of Social Justice!
This Chanukah, give your favorite do-gooder the gift of tikkun olam. We've put together a Social Justice Chanukah Gift Guide, a collection of nine great suggestions for everyone on your holiday gift-giving list - with a social justice twist, of...
The Next Generation
Rabbi John Moscowitz is the Senior Rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Ontario. This post originally appeared in the November 2009 edition of the Holy Blossom Temple bulletin. All views expressed are his own. Our preeminent medieval commentator Maimonides teaches that,...
Saving Children's Lives: The Power of Vaccines
Allison Grossman is a Policy Association at Global Action for Children. She is a former Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center.Amidst all the attention surrounding the number of H1N1 flu vaccines that will be available in the U.S....
SoCAL Teens Learn to Lead through Social Action
Aaron Steinfeld is the Social Action Vice President of NFTY SoCAL, the North American Federation of Temple Youth's Southern California region.In early October, the teenagers of NFTY SoCAL walked into a dark room to begin the Leadership Training Institute,...
Human Trafficking: Giving Our Voices to the Silent
Nathan Markiewitz is the Social Action Vice President of (e)YGOW, the youth group of Wise Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. To subscribe to Wise Temple's social action-themed Global Updates, email nmarkiewitz@gmail.com. As my temple youth group's new Social Action Vice President,...
Economics 101: Compound Interest and Child Health Care
Anyone familiar with investment is aware of the enormous power of compounding interest. Compounding occurs when the interest earned on an initial investment of principal subsequently earns interest itself over a period of time. It is why small, long-term deposits...
Simple Data, Complex Problems
The U.S. Census Bureau released new figures yesterday measuring income, poverty, and health insurance levels in 2008 and, as should not come as a surprise to anybody, it paints a grim picture indeed. While real median household income in the...
Such Thing As a Free Lunch
Sarah Garfinkel is a participant in the Religious Action Center's Machon Kaplan summer program for college students. She is a student at Bradley University and an intern at the Food Research and Action Center. As we wrap up our...
Jailhouse Rock: Combating Youth Violence
Debra Fricano is a participant in the Religious Action Center's Machon Kaplan summer program for college students. She is a student at Brandeis University and an intern at the Student Peace Alliance.The US has the distinct honor of being...
A National Treasure
Donald Cohen-Cutler is a former Communications Manager at the Union for Reform Judaism. This post originally appeared at RJ.org. All views expressed are his own.In the days after we returned from our honeymoon the questions turned from "how was your...
All in a DC Day's Work
Raechel Banks is a participant in the Religious Action Center's Machon Kaplan summer program for college students. She is a student at Brandeis University and an intern at Global Action for Children. Sometimes it's when I'm walking in front of...
The Importance of Making Connections
Elyssa Pfeffer is a participant in the RAC's Machon Kaplan summer program for college students. She is a student at Emory University and an intern at the Food Research and Action Center. Making connections with others and with one's...
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