NEW YORK (JTA) — In July I traveled to Ghana with 17 American rabbis. We spent 12 days constructing the walls of a school compound in partnership with a local Ghanian community ravaged by hunger, poverty and labor exploitation. More important than our efforts to mix cement and schlep… Read more »
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Riding across the U.S., Hazon bikers are spokespeople for food justice
Particpants in the Hazon Cross-USA ride biking across Montana, June 2012. (Courtesy Hazon) WASHINGTON (JTA) — Eleven Jews are pedaling — and peddling — their message across the country. Joined by more than three dozen other bicyclists at segments along the way, participants in the Hazon Cross-USA Ride, a 10-week journey across America, are on a multifold mission. They are bringing attention… Read more »
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