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Jewish Poverty Rate in the U.S. Higher Than in Israel

I just read a Haaretz.com article about Jewish poverty in the United States. The article points out that the U.S. has a higher Jewish poverty rate than Israel. That means that a higher percentage of the United States’ Jewish population lives in poverty than Israel’s Jewish population. This news may shock some people because they […]

CROP Hunger Walks in the United States

I just found an article that Kathryn McConnell wrote in October about Crop Hunger Walks in 2007. Church World Service sponsors these walks. Like most charity walks and marathons, walkers get donations from people for walking. Of course, the walks themselves become major local events, which raises awareness about world hunger and poverty. People who […]

FoodShare Volunteers

Today while at community service, I worked with a group of volunteers from Bank of America. I know they are Bank of America employees because they all wore red “Bank of America” t-shirts. They also told me so. 🙂 Perhaps only a few local Bank of America employees organized that volunteering. Of course, having employees […]

Vocabulary Fights World Hunger

I found out about a neat website today. FreeRice.com lets you improve your vocabulary and fight world hunger at the same time. The service is both fun and free. On the website, you try to choose the correct definition for a word. For each word you get correctly, they donate 10 grains of rice to […]

Near-Panic Atmosphere As Federal Reserve Chairman Testifies

I just read a disheartening article about Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke’s bleak outlook on the American economy. I include an excerpt: On Thursday, one day after American stock markets plummeted in the face of mounting bank losses, soaring oil prices and record lows for the US dollar, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke […]

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