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Ruth Wyler Messinger (born November 6, 1940) is a former American political leader in New York City and a member of the Democratic Party. She was the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 1997, losing to incumbent mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Ruth Messinger is a former president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and a current human rights advocate and activist. She engages rabbis and interfaith leaders to speak out for oppressed and persecuted communities worldwide and has received many awards and honors for her work.
Learn how Ruth Messinger became a lifelong activist for social justice and a leader of AJWS, a Jewish organization that supports grassroots groups around the world. Read about her childhood, education, career, and achievements in this biography.
7 de dic. de 2021 · Following successive careers as a New York City politician president and director of a major Jewish organization, Ruth Messinger has become nothing less than an icon of American Jewish progressive leadership. She became Manhattan borough president in 1990.
15 de dic. de 2023 · Ruth Messinger, 83, celebrated her second bat mitzvah at SAJ, a Reconstructionist synagogue in New York, after being the first girl to have one at Park Avenue Synagogue in 1953. Learn how her mother, her faith, and her activism shaped her life and her Jewish identity.
Ruth Messinger on the Holocaust and Human Rights. Ruth Messinger’s remarks at the National Human Rights Month Lecture. Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, 2014. I do this work—proudly—as a Jew, for Jewish reasons, with a Jewish vision for repairing the world.
8 de abr. de 2009 · Ruth Messinger, former New York City politician and current president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), talks about her career and the mission of AJWS. She explains how AJWS supports grassroots development projects around the world and educates the Jewish community about global social responsibility.
