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Afghans crowd at the tarmac of the Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021, in an effort to flee the country as the Taliban retook control after 20 years. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA August 16, 2021

Two major humanitarian crises are eliciting the involvement of Jewish aid organizations, although it is unclear whether much can be done from afar to support Afghans now that the Taliban […]

Members of the neo-Nazi South African group AWB.(Photo/JTA-David Turnley-Corbis-VCG via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I grew up a white Jew in South Africa. We cannot sit out today’s fight against institutionalized racism.

Robert Bank by Robert Bank June 22, 2020
Women in India served by programs supported by American Jewish World Service. (COURTESY AJWS)
Posted inLocal Voice

The fight against child marriage in India is my fight, too

by Shoshana Gould March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Carol Weitz (pink top, holding an issue of J.) with her AJWS delegation in India
Posted inOpinion

My trip to India was another reminder of our sacred duty to others

Carol Weitz by Carol Weitz April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

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