Charity News from Friday, Nov. 17, 2000American Jewish Committee Leading Debate on Jewish Education PrioritiesAmerican Jewish Committee | Eighteen prominent Jewish scholars offer their perspectives on the state of Jewish education in an American Jewish Committee publication, A Statement on Jewish Education: Text and Responses, published today. The policy statement, writes Dr. Bayme,... Building democracy in Lesotho Mennonite Central Committee | MASERU, Lesotho -- After fighting surrounded the elections in 1998, people in this southern Africa country are asking what democracy means, Lira Theko of the Democracy Project in Lesotho said. The Transformation Resource Centre is one of Mennonite... Violent toys more than child's play, say volunteer toy inspectors Mennonite Central Committee | , - A group of volunteer toy inspectors has called for the removal of violent toys from the shelves of Winnipeg stores. Approximately 30 volunteers -- most of them Mennonite -- performed a violent toy assessment on 12 Winnipeg stores in early ... Flood relief continues in India Mennonite Central Committee | RAMNAGAR, India -- Flood water rushed into Ramnagar Village in eastern India the night of Sept. 23. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) supplied Sreema Mahila with rice, lentils, milk powder, biscuits, bleaching powder, tarpaulins and medicines. MCC celebrates 30 years in Bangladesh Mennonite Central Committee | DHAKA, Bangladesh -- At an all-day celebration in Dhaka, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) workers recognized 30 years of MCC work in Bangladesh. The celebration began with addresses by special guests Matia Chowdhury, Bangladeshi Minister of ... Bangladeshi families benefit from MCC's work Mennonite Central Committee | The water level on their 1/20 acre homestead was often too high to grow rice or vegetables, so with assistance from Mennonite Central Committee's (MCC) Farm Family Development Program (FFDP), Hossain dug a small pond to try cultivating fish. At ... American Cancer Society Elects New National Board Members; New Volunteer Leadership Comes From States of NC, CA, PA, NE, NY, GA American Cancer Society | Mr. Murray has been an American Cancer Society volunteer since 1987 and has served as treasurer and Budget/Finance Committee chairman of the Society's Southeast Division. He has been an American Cancer Society volunteer since 1990. Yale Physician Conducts Endoscopic Surgery Using High Definition Television Yale School of Medicine | A Yale physician has conducted what is believed to be the first endoscopic surgical procedures using high definition television (HDTV), which more than doubles the sharpness of the image when compared to current technology.
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