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Social Action was my first love in life. From the beginning, I always felt the yearn for change and the call to action. It picks me up when I’m down and I am more passionate about Social Action than anything else in my life.

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With summer quickly approaching, I have many asking me what I will be doing for the next 2 months. Summer is often associated with relaxing on the beach, spending quality time with family, and kicking back with old friends. However, my answer is different.

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At 9:30am on Friday, December 14, 20 children and 7 adults had their innocent lives tragically taken from them at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Tonight, we gather together as Jews to offer prayers of healing, comfort, love, and peace for every single being affected by this heinous massacre.

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Today is The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is day one of the international campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. All around the world individuals and organizations are spending twenty four hours working to end one of the most pervasive evils in our world: violence against women.

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Sunday began an international campaign called 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. NFTY-CAR Alumni Ari Lorge and Sari Lipsett have taken on this issue in an important and active way.

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By Claire Dodinval, ESTY When planning started for JYG Kallah, I was pumped to be able to contribute my ideas to THE event that introduces 7th and 8th graders to NFTY, the same event that got me excited to be a NFTYite back when I was in 8th grade.  The theme for this year’s kallah:  “Your NFTY Journey Starts Here.”  As a NFTY Leader for the event, I expected to spend a lot of time prior to the event planning and programming with other NFTY Leaders, the co-chairs, Regional board members, and advisors to make the event as exciting as possible.  [...]

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