Beth Kander
Beth Kander is a writer who divides her time between Chicago, Illinois, where she and her native-Louisianan husband are already laying in supplies for winter; and Jackson, Mississippi, where she coordinates communications and development for the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life.
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Barbara Schwartzbaum and others singing during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964.
News and Politics
Interfaith, In Good Faith
“Mississippi is still the poorest state in the nation, and we have a 35% child poverty rate. We’re grappling with issues of economic and social justice: poverty, health disparity, discrimination, education.”
Committed to community engagement and social justice, Malkie Schwartz of the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life wants to “create opportunities for other Jewish activists to be involved with this milestone, and to stay involved.” That’s why she’s spearheading a Jewish activists’ summit in conjunction with Mississippi Freedom Summer 50.
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