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Intention and Action: Responding to Global Hunger

The Torah recognizes that sustenance and food security are the necessary foundations of life. Pirke Avot 3:21 says: "Without sustenance, there is no Torah." This means that without food, there can be no education, no progress, no justice. The verse continues in the inverse: "Without Torah, there is no sustenance," meaning, without justice, the world is not nourished. As Jews, we must address the injustice of hunger before we get to anything else because its resolution is a precondition for a moral Jewish life. Global Hunger Shabbat, taking place in synagogues, on campuses, and at homes across the country on March 19 and 20, was created by AJWS as a way for the Jewish community to mobilize around ending global hunger. Click here for sources to help you teach and learn about the Jewish response to global hunger and click here to register to participate in Global Hunger Shabbat, or to find a program near you.  

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Deuteronomy 10:18-19 | 01/22/2009 | Sarah Margles
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