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: 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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Global Citizen: Shabbas on Shabbat?

By jsiegel October 16, 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. My grandfather taught me the song, strumming his guitar of shades of brown, as we sat in his…

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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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