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Sarah Meyer
American Jewish World Service
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Sarah Meyer is an education officer at American Jewish World Service. At AJWS, she is responsible for developing curriculum on international development issues for AJWS service trips and domestic audiences. Previous to this, Sarah interned at the Brookings Institution’s Internal Displacement Project in Washington D.C. She previously worked as a research associate for the Refugee Law Project in Kampala, Uganda. She has a B.A. in history and politics from Monash University, Australia, and a Master’s degree in development studies from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Is What's Ours Really Ours?
Ownership, Inequality, and Justice
- Saturday 4:30PM–5:45PM Sun Burst
Global distribution of resources, opportunities, and goods to fulfill basic needs – food, shelter, health care and education – is radically unequal in today’s world. Given our place in this picture, can we truly say that we deserve what we have? How did resources come to be distributed in this way, and is it fair? This session will draw on concepts such as ownership, reparations, and merit in both Jewish and secular traditions and texts, and will apply this investigation to a picture of global inequality and economic injustice.
The Universe of Obligation
American Jewish World Service
- Sunday 9:00AM–10:15AM Starslide
Judaism has a broad and deep language and tradition of social justice. What is less clear in Jewish teaching and tradition is how to prioritize among the seemingly infinite needs that surround us. In this session, we will define and explore the concept of the universe of obligation. Through text study, we will think about who we are obligated to and how we prioritize among the different groups of people we have connections to. Can we construct a more broadly based universe of obligation based on our understanding of human need globally?
We Are What We Eat
Judaism, Justice, and Food
- Sunday 7:45PM–9:00PM Foxfire
Rising food prices and significant food shortages are currently affecting hundreds of millions globally. Economist Jeffrey Sachs has called it “the worst crisis of its kind in thirty years”. The global food system has made us inextricably connected to farmers, producers, retailers and consumers around the world. This session will examine Jewish texts relating to hunger, food, and livelihoods, as well as responses from grassroots organizations and food researchers to the current crisis, to investigate the role of our own eating and consumption in global food issues.
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