Tag: non-profit
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Health, Nutrition & Torah: Yitro
Feb 3rd 2010
The Text: The Context: Moses is developing as the leader of this newly freed people. His father-in-law, a Midianite priest, Jethro advises him about a more effective model to adjudicate. The people reach Mount Sinai and Moses ascends to receive the Ten Commandments. What it Means for Advocates: This Torah portion marks the moment when ... continue reading »
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Seizing the Moment
Sep 9th 2009
by H. Eric Schockman, Ph.D. Every year at the High Holy Days, I am reminded of an old family friend whose unflagging optimism always fueled my great admiration. ”How are things going?” I would ask whenever our paths would cross, to which he would make the inevitable reply: ”Today is going to be the best ... continue reading »
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Go You Forth: Four Years After Hurricane Katrina
Sep 3rd 2009
To make a contribution for this event visit www.mazon.org/donate-now. Please indicate that your donation is for “New Orleans.” ... continue reading »
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Making the Grade
Aug 27th 2009
A MAZON donor was recently highlighted in The News-Gazette newspaper of Champaign-Urbana, IL. August 13, 2009 Making the Grade “For his bar mitzvah – a coming-of-age ceremony for Jews – Saul Downie elected to give gifts instead of receive them and collected thousands of dollars for two charities in the process. The Urbana Middle School ... continue reading »
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El Salvador Days 6 and 7 (March 15 and 16, 2009)
May 1st 2009
March 16, 2009 marked a day in history for the El Salvadorian people and we were able to be a part of it as we witnessed the nation’s presidential elections as international observers. At 5 a.m. we entered a polling place, a high school, in the southern part of San Salvador. In El Salvador, citizens ... continue reading »
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El Salvador Days 4 and 5 (March 13 and 14, 2009)
May 1st 2009
The past day and half has been incredible. On Friday morning we made the two-hour drive to Chalatenago in the northern part of the country. We met with the leaders form the community of Guarjila to discuss their partnership with SHARE as the CCR, a grassrooots board of leaders in the neighboring communities. Many of ... continue reading »
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El Salvador Day 3 (March 12, 2009)
May 1st 2009
We spent the day in the southeast region of El Salvador visiting two cooperative programs. After our hour and a half bus ride, we visited Los Frailes cooperative with CONFRAS, a grassroots organization that cultivates organic and agro-ecological basic grains and vegetables. CONFRAS, with the support of SHARE, organizes the Peasant to Peasant program, where ... continue reading »
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El Salvador Day 2 (March 11, 2009)
May 1st 2009
Today began by interacting with all of the participants (MAZON’s delegation of eight people is part of the larger SHARE delegation of 150 individuals) while also going through an in-depth orientation on health, safety, and the elections as well as on the SHARE Foundation. Important health, safety and election takeaways: 1. Brush your teeth with ... continue reading »
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El Salvador Day 1 (March 10, 2009)
May 1st 2009
Eric Schockman (President of MAZON) and I, along with some of our board members, arrived safely in El Salvador early this morning after our short overnight flight from Los Angeles. The sun was just about to peak as we met the representatives from our long-time grantee, the SHARE Foundation: Building a New El Salvador Today. ... continue reading »
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Searching for the Promised Land
Apr 6th 2009
Every year at this time, Jews around the world celebrate Passover, which marks the ancient Israelite’s exodus from Egyptian slavery and a period of desert wandering that lasted 40 years. It seems appropriate, as we continue to descend into a downward economic spiral of historic proportions, that Americans of all faiths and backgrounds consider the ... continue reading »
