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Reflections on Rosh Hashanah...By Stacey Swimer Everyone in the WJR offices is making preparations for Rosh Hashanah, sharing recipes for honey cake and planning family get-togethers. With all this activity, I found myself thinking of 85-year-old Nadezhda, who I met in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine in June, and wondered what her preparations for the Yom Tayvim would be. Find out more |
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Mission Impossible is on the Way!By Mark Gershinson Nine of us left Hampstead on Sunday morning at 8.15am in two Ford transit vans loaded with gifts, after having photos taken with the Ambassadors of Latvia and Lithuania and the President, Chairman and CEO of World Jewish Relief. Find out more |
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Bernie the Bagel Rolls into Action...By Bernie the Bagel Time flies when you're having fun - and what a time I've been having! World Jewish Relief's mass participation event, The Big Bagel 2 (BB2), has officially kicked off (launched by myself of course) and it's a busy bagel time. I've been in Leeds, Manchester and London telling people how they can get involved and make a 'hole' lot of difference! Find out more |
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE JEWISH...By Eric Brookes Born in Cyprus it is often assumed that I am Jewish, and it's now something that I am used to. Working for WJR I have embraced the amazing work that the chartiy do and previously took part on the WJR Mission Impossible 2008 to Moldova. Find out more |
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I've not seen a disaster as complex as this....By Paul Anticoni The scenes from Haiti on our television screens are hard for any of us to comprehend. Despite having spent almost 25 years in the international humanitarian world, working in pretty much every major natural disaster zone in the 90's and early noughties, I've not seen a disaster as complex as this. Find out more |
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