Jewish tradition actually forbids food waste, with the commandment of bal tashchit (not to destroy or waste) being an important religious and environmental ethic.
Some plans to reverse childhood poverty and social alienation are complex and require ambitious networks and strategies. Sometimes, it's just giving a kid a sandwich.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Eleven years after the July 2011 socioeconomic protests, disgruntled consumers are headed back to the streets.
Jews, Arabs and Christians alike suffer from a high degree of poverty – a phenomenon that has only grown in recent years.
The Israeli ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome initiated an event with 40 other women UN leaders to encourage women to strive for key positions and develop women's leadership.
Meet the man behind the Great American Deli Schlep: a 75-day trek across the US, stopping at 41 Jewish delis to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity.
“I struggled a lot to accept the Jewishness inside of me,” Hertz said. “I always thought that I lived a deep-rooted prejudice for being gay.”
"All the symptoms that he had before, they remain the same. Numbness in the arms and legs, back pain - they aren't going away... The situation is only getting worse," Alexei Liptser told Reuters.
The United Nations describes Yemen as the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, with 80% of its people in need.
Civil war leads to crash in value of money sent back home that many families depend on to survive
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