The Global Citizen: Take a moment with TED

By arandel January 7, 2010

             The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS                        Being that I am…

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The Global Citizen: Tolerating Intolerance

By feabdelhak January 6, 2010

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. In the beginning of my time living…

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The Global Citizen: Competition or Fragmentation?

By feabdelhak December 11, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism, and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. Once again, healthcare reform is at the…

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The Global Citizen: Not First Class? Move On Back!

By feabdelhak November 30, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism, and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. “We will now begin boarding flight 398…

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The Global Citizen: A Little Bit of Change

By ngoodis November 20, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism, and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. It was a typical drizzling Oxford night….

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The Global Citizen: Male, Female, Other

By jsiegel November 19, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. Let’s talk about the birds and the…

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The Global Citizen: When the U.N. Fails a Litmus Test

By feabdelhak November 11, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. I believe I’m not the only one…

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Global Citizen: Monopoly, Anyone?

By jsiegel November 5, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development.  Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent AJWS. The book One Nation, Underprivileged talks about…

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The Global Citizen: The Merits of Marxism

By feabdelhak October 28, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development. Opinions expressed by Global Citizen bloggers do not necessarily represent those of AJWS. In Michael Moore’s newest exposé,…

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The Global Citizen: One Avodahnik’s Contemplation on Social Capital

By feabdelhak October 14, 2009

The Global Citizen is a joint project of New Voices and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Throughout the year, a group of former AJWS volunteers will offer their take on global justice, Judaism and international development. As this is my first blog post, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Faigy, and I…

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Taking Jewish Guilt Global

By Ben Sales July 9, 2009

Where does our moral responsibility end? That was the question I confronted at Campus Progress‘s national conference yesterday in Washington, DC. Campus Progress, a division of the liberal flagship Center for American Progress, is a group dedicated to bringing the concerns of college students to the fore of the US political discourse. Think of it…

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