World Food Prize laureate

At #WorldFoodPrize, @SecClinton congratulates winner Israeli scientist Dr. Hillel for saving "every last drop" of water http://pic.twitter.com/4rz5z67B


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Dire reports, impending genocide in Nuba, Sudan.

JCRC Action Alert.    Please help save people in Sudan from genocide. The time to speak out is now!  The situation is getting worse.

 

  In sum:  Refugees from Sudan have come to us pleading for help in saving the residents of Nuba Mountains from almost certain genocide at the hands of the Sudanese government.  Just this morning, we received a report from Ryan Boyette, one of the only witnesses on the ground in the Nuba Mountains. 

 

The report is clear and succinct.

 

Ryan reporting for NubaReport.org: June 6, 2012 at 8:20am

17 bombs were dropped in villages in Buram County in Southern Kordofan Sudan. The government of Sudan is trying to stop the already starving people of Nuba from planting.

This is planting season in Nuba and the people have about 1.5 months to plant. If the people don't plant in that time then it will be too late. The government of Sudan knows this and has increased their bombing campaign in Buram County over the past week.

 

We also call your attention to Nicholas Kristof’s June 6^th column in the NY Times about what he observed in the Nuba Mountains.   Please read the excerpt below:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/opinion/kristof-if-only-our-leaders-had-mariams-guts.html?_r=2

 

“World leaders …. have said little and done almost nothing as President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has — for a year now — undertaken daily bombings in the Nuba Mountains and the neighboring Blue Nile region, blocked food from entering, expelled aid groups and tried to bar witnesses. I entered illegally on a dirt track from South Sudan, and, as noted in my last column, I found that hundreds of thousands of people in the Nuba Mountains have run out of food and are surviving on leaves, wild roots and insects.”

 

“I’d like to explain to [the people of  Nuba]  why the world lets this happen without even speaking out strongly, and I just don’t know what to say.”

 

 

JCRC calls upon you to contact your Congressman and Senators.   (They need evidence that people are concerned.)

 

 Ask them to act immediately in any way possible to save the people of Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile from genocide. 

 

 

 

 

Contact numbers:  or access   http://www.alllaw.com/state_resources/iowa/congress/default.asp

 

 

Senator Grassley (515) 288-1145

Senator Harkin  (515) 284-4574

 

Cong. Boswell  (515) 282-1909

Cong. Latham  (515) 232-2885

Cong. Loebsack  (319) 364-2288

Cong. Braley  (319) 287-3233

Cong. King  (712) 277-2114

 

Thank you.   For JCRC,   Mark Finkelstein    jcrc@dmjfed.org

 

For updated information, it is recommended that you consult  http://helpnuba.net

 

 

Save the Date of July 8! P2G Arts Chair Kim Goldberg: "People, Process and Product - The Arts within Partnership2Gether with Israel"

                              The Jewish Federation’s Cultural Project, Partnership2Gether with Israel (P2G), is delighted to present

                                                                      Kim Goldberg, Arts Chair, of the U.S. Central Consortium,

                                                                                                    Sunday, July 8, 2012  

                      1:00 pm at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 924 Polk Boulevard, in Des Moines.  Refreshments provided.  All are welcome.

 

                           People, Process, and Product - The Arts within Partnership2Gether*   

                                                              For more information or to RSVP, contact jcrc@dmjfed.org or call 987-0899 x 212 

 

 about Kim Goldberg

A multifaceted, seasoned designer, Kim is an artist who loves creating. With a background in branding, visual communication and fine art, she specializes in printed materials, website design and object design.

Art and design are obsessions for Kim, but in a 'good' way. Her focus is on building strong relationships with clients and giving each project a great deal of attention, dedication and creativity. The ultimate goal is to create meaningful, appropriate, and high quality results.

Her client list includes: Ann Taylor Stores Corporation, The Center for Health Transformation, Suze Orman, TD AMERITRADE, Healthways, The University of Nebraska in Lincoln, The Clifton Strengths School, Building Bright Futures, Wells Fargo, The Jewish Federation of Omaha, HCA Hospital Corporation of America, Best Buy, Aylward Enterprises, Gallup University, The Institute for Holocaust Education, Teens Finding Hope, Inc., MyWay Collection clothing, Lori Stohs Consulting, and Partnership2Gether.

Kim is also a strong and committed advocate for Israel traveling there each year since 2006. As the Arts Task Force Chair of the U.S. Central Area Consortium of Partnership2Gether she has been instrumental in developing numerous art-related programs that connect people in the U.S. to the Western Galilee. Kim is the co-creator of Just Another Day, a multimedia dance performance that made it's debut at the 30th Anniversary of the Israeli Alternative Theater Festival in Akko, Israel and has toured the U.S. at Ballet Austin and in Europe at the Israeli Cultural Institute in Budapest. She has been a four-time Artist in Residence in the Western Galilee. Her current work includes an upcoming solo exhibition at the Haifa Rappaport Art and Culture Center scheduled for January 2013 and the development of an Israeli Art and Design online resource center called Schmear.

Partnership2GETHER is a project of the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines, online at jewishdesmoines.org