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unicef
Iraq fights cholera epidemic
Health officials in Iraq are working to contain an outbreak of cholera that could threaten millions of Shi’ite pilgrims due to visit holy sites in Iraq early next month.
For Jewish UNICEF official, it’s all about the children
Whether Caryl Stern, the president and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, is touring a war-torn country, a natural disaster or a refugee camp, she always sees children playing.
Pakistan’s Malala challenges world leaders to educate Syrian refugees
Pakistani education crusader Malala Yousafzai and other youth activists challenged world leaders on Monday to come up with $175 million to educate 400,000 Syrian children who fled to neighboring Lebanon to escape a civil war in their homeland.
UNICEF: Israel mistreats Palestinian children in custody
Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military are subject to widespread, systematic ill-treatment that violates international law, a UNICEF report said on Wednesday.The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) estimated that 700 Palestinian children aged 12 to 17, most of them boys, are arrested, interrogated and detained by the Israeli military, police and security agents every year in the occupied West Bank.
Joe Sherwood: Honoring good police work
It started with the morning paper. Every day, when Joe Sherwood read the news, he was struck by an imbalance he saw in law-enforcement reporting.
Israeli tablets to purify water for Syrians
Israeli government blesses a deal for Israel Chemicals to sell AquaTabs to UNICEF for Syria despite a law nixing trade with an enemy state.
NGOs call on Israel to lift Gaza blockade
Some 50 nongovernmental organizations called on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Circuit
Twenty-five years of great music and great Judaic art were celebrated at the 25th annual Festival of Jewish Artisans at Temple Isaiah in West Los Angeles.
Vibrato Jazz Grill joined forces with Vista del Mar Child and Family Service\’s Presidents Club to draw more than 200 young professionals from throughout Los Angeles to help at-risk youth.
Stars sparkled brightly inside and out at the Regent Beverly Wilshire recently when CBS Chair Leslie Moonves received UNICEF\’s Champion for Children Award at the first UNICEF Snowflake Ball for his dedication to positively impacting children around the world.