Resources
1,000,000
people in India live without running water.
-Charity Water
2,000,000
children in India die every year from malnutrition.
-CNN
By GPM Staff
Lecture: Understanding Power Dynamics in the Development Sector
Thaiza Dias, Ben Azzai lecture series (16.35min) 2023
Climate Change, Urban Migration, and Tribal Communities: a Cycle of Marginalization
Rachel Gerber and Jacob Sztokman, Glocal International Development Magazine 2020
Innovative Education for Girls and Women in Rural India
Thaiza Diaz and Jacob Sztokman, Glocal International Development Magazine 2019
Jewish Peoplehood: A View from Mumbai
Jacob Sztokman and Elana Sztokman, Peoplehood Papers 13
Global Poverty and Hunger
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925 million people do not have enough to eat, this and more facts about food insecurity, Pulitzer Center
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Nearly 50,000 people die everyday from hunger, Hearts and Minds End Poverty
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One out of every seven people on the planet is hungry, 2012 World Hunger and Poverty Report
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Over half the world, 3 billion people, live on less than $2.50 a day, Poverty Facts and Stats
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Some 98% of the world's poor live in underdeveloped countries, The Hunger Project
India
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Some one million people live in the Dharavi slums in Mumbai, Asia's biggest slum, The Economist
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50,000 people live per square kilometer in Mumbai, The Guardian
Social Justice in the Jewish Tradition
Jewish Ethics and Social Justice
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
Strangers and Kindness in Jewish Culture
Dr. Elana Sztokman
Large collection of educational resources on hunger.
American Jewish World Service
A series of commentaries on the Torah portion using the lens of social justice.
Repair the World
Exploration of how to educate for social justice in Jewish schools and educational environments.
Avodah
Perspectives on social justice around the Jewish holidays and other Jewish themes using Torah texts.
Jewish Texts About Social Justice