HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 7 -- The Jewish Council for Public Affairs issued the following remarks on Nov. 5, 2023, by CEO Amy Spitalnick at a JTConnect conference for Jewish teens: * * * Over the last four weeks, I've been asked a lot: "how are you?" And my instinct is to say what I usually say: "I'm ok." But over the last four weeks, I've been forced to grapple with a challenging truth: I'm not ok. None of us are ok. On October 7th, we witnessed the deadliest day for the Jewish people s  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Nov. 9 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following statement on Nov. 8, 2023: * * * Hundreds of Afghan children are crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan every day with nowhere to live and no money for food after Pakistan announced that all undocumented foreigners must leave the country voluntarily by 1 November or face deportation, Save the Children   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Nov. 7 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following statement on Nov. 6, 2023: * * * More than 80 children were killed in an earthquake in remote northwestern Nepal at the weekend - over half of the total fatalities - with an estimated 5,000 forced from their homes and sleeping in freezing conditions at risk of pneumonia, Save the Children said. Latest   more