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, … [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 Un … [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 as … [Read more...] about Poverty: It’s About Us
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