By David Eisner (An installment in the series Spotlight on Poverty, a partnership between JFN and eJewish Philanthropy.) Poverty too often appears as a cause, effect, and perpetuating factor in various social crises, including failures in our systems of health, education, food distribution, housing, and other social services. Social ruptures of hatred, blame, and fear toward groups based on race, ethnicity, and other forms of identity often … [Read more...] about Poverty: Calling for Meaningful Jewish Attention
Spotlight on Poverty
Poverty:
We Can Do Better Than That
By Alex Roth-Kahn and Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld
(An installment in the series Spotlight on Poverty, a partnership between JFN and eJewish Philanthropy.)
Fifty-four years ago, President Lyndon Johnson first uttered the now famous phrase “the war on poverty” in his State of the Union address. When he spoke in 1964, a staggering 19% of Americans were considered poor, equaling 36 million Americans at the time. Today, the poverty rate may have … [Read more...] about Poverty:
We Can Do Better Than That
Poverty: It’s About Us
By Eric S. Goldstein and Andrés Spokoiny (First in the series Spotlight on Poverty, a partnership between JFN and eJewish Philanthropy.) Poverty is about other people, not American Jews. That’s not something we hear out loud, but it does seem to be a subconscious assumption underlying too many American Jewish conversations - and actions - about poverty. As leaders of, respectively, the largest Jewish Federation and the global networking … [Read more...] about Poverty: It’s About Us
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