If you thought her first bat mitzvah was trailblazing, wait till you hear about her second
At 83, Ruth Messinger stepped up to the bimah — just like she did 70 years ago
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Fast Forward Ruth Messinger endorses Scott Stringer for NYC mayor
Ruth Messinger, who in 1997 became the first woman to win the Democratic nomination for New York’s mayor, has announced her support of Scott Stringer for the job. In a press release on Thursday, Messinger called Stringer, the city’s comptroller, a leader “who is tested, serious, and up to the task at hand” to manage…
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Community Ruth Messinger: We Must Continue To Resist
“America has established for itself a tradition of fine, open-handed generosity in its response to appeals for help that come from beyond its borders. The respect for human rights, the understanding of the dignity of the individual, the reverence for personality, which are part of the American way of looking at life, carry with them…
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Forward 50 2015 Ruth Messinger
The hallmark of a good leader is not simply what she does while in office. It’s how she chooses to leave. The announcement in October that Ruth Messinger was stepping down after 17 years as president of American Jewish World Service wasn’t a complete surprise — despite her formidable stamina and almost youthful enthusiasm, she…
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Opinion Ruth Messinger, Jewish Madonna of Human Rights
Ruth Messinger and I were sitting in synagogue talking, as is our custom (much to the dismay of the rabbi, my husband). She and I get a lot done in between praying on Shabbat mornings, and it isn’t all gossip. This was during the height of the crisis in Darfur. Ruth had brought American Jewish…
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News Ruth Messinger Stepping Down as Head of American Jewish World Service
Ruth Messinger will step down as president of the international development group American Jewish World Service, the organization announced on October 13. Messinger, who has led the organization since 1998, will be succeeded in July 2016 by Robert Bank, the group’s current executive vice president. A former Manhattan borough president and Democratic candidate for New…
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Life 3 Women on Top (and How They Got There)
Women On Top from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. “It was a shock to come into a prominent leadership position in the Jewish community and realize that the Jewish community was behind all of those other systems,” remembers Ruth Messinger who was named to lead American Jewish World Service in 1998. I interviewed Messinger about…
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Opinion Why Ruth Messinger’s Granddaughter Is Also Her Roommate
Francesca Sternfeld and Ruth Messinger / Courtesy of the authors So, imagine sharing a large apartment with someone else who loves life, enjoys good food, cooks well, reads intensively and extensively [but not always the same material] and is not always but often willing to hear about your day or your life and offer wise…
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