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MAZON to Host Tours of Hunger Museum (Cleveland Jewish News)

May 22, 2023 — MAZON, a national organization fighting to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel, will hold a virtual guided tour of The Hunger Museum on May 25th.

MAZON Launches The Hunger Museum: A Digital Journey Through America’s History of Hunger (Food Tank)

May 22, 2023 — MAZON recently launched The Hunger Museum. The digital project explores the history of hunger in America, revealing how the past can inspire hope for a hunger-free future.

Let’s Really Try to Abolish Poverty (The New York Times)

April 1, 2023 — Readers respond to a guest essay about the excessive level of poverty in the U.S.

New All-Digital Hunger Museum Charts US Response to Food Insecurity Through a Jewish Lens (JTA)

March 28, 2023 — A virtual project of MAZON, the museum’s six galleries chronicle well over a century of U.S. hunger and anti-hunger public policy, from the Civil War through 9/11, the 2018 government shutdown and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lawmakers: Expand Federal Aid for Hungry Troops (Roll Call)

March 27, 2023 — House members from both parties have signed on to two bills filed late last week aimed at expanding federal aid to hungry American troops and their families, and a similar push is underway in the Senate.

Mensch – Abby Leibman (JLiving Profile)

March 17, 2023 — This issue's Mensch is Abby J. Leibman. Abby has been President & CEO at MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger since 2011.

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