American Jewish World Service
Eight over 80: Ruth Messinger’s long second act honors ‘an obligation to respond’
By Soumya Shankar — August 22, 2022
(RNS) — After her two decades as a New York City politician, anyone may have reasonably assumed Messinger’s career in public service complete. But Messinger was hardly done.
Religious leaders urge Congress to protect foreign aid
By Adelle M. Banks — March 16, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Trump’s 2018 budget calls for $25.6 billion in funding for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, a 28 percent decrease from the 2017 budget.
Ruth Messinger entrusts American Jewish World Service to her deputy
By Lauren Markoe — April 7, 2016
(RNS) What will the American Jewish World Service look like without Ruth Messinger at its helm? The president of the AJWS sits down alongside her successor for a Q&A.
Faith-based aid groups face a hurdle: the faith that drives them
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 6, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Faith and foreign aid make a complex, controversial mix. Yet leaders of faith-based nonprofits say the two can't be separated.
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