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The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the nation’s oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, is a membership-based organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice. At the local level, in addition to carrying out the mission of the national JACL, the local chapter seeks to educate others about the Japanese American experiences and Japanese culture and to promote the appreciation of differences among residents of our area.
Japanese Language School of Greater Cincinnati
Work MP 102 Northern Kentucky University, Nunn Drive Highland Heights KY 41099 work
Work Phone: 859-572-6197work
Work Email: jls_cinci@nku.eduINTERNET
Website: http://www.jls-cincinnati.edu/
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Here at Northern Kentucky University, we open our Saturday school 44 times a year. The school was founded in 1975 by a small group of Japanese parents who wished their children to learn Japanese Language & Culture in the States.
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Dr. Jeep’s specialties range from German culture to German language, Medieval Germany, Linguistics, German-Jewish Relations, Liberal Education, Study Abroad, and the History of Germany.
Jewish Family Service and Adoption Connection
Contact: Bruce Baker
Work 8487 Ridge Road Cincinnati OH 45236 work
Work Phone: 513-469-1188work
Work Phone: 1-800-458-6233work
Work Email: info@jfscinti.orgINTERNET
Website: http://www.jfscinti.org
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Jewish Family Service is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit social service agency that serves all individuals without regard to religion, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, or ability to pay. Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati strengthens lives and our community by providing professional social services to families and individuals in times of need.
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The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati cares for those in need, rescues those in harm’s way, and renews and strengthens our community in Cincinnati, in Israel, and around the world. We are the largest Jewish non-profit fundraising organization in Cincinnati, charged with building community resources, leadership and trust. We were founded on the Jewish people’s commitment to “tzedekah”- that it is righteous and just to ‘do right’ by others. For 114 years we have been helping to create a spirit of giving and hope for ourselves and around the world.
Jewish National Fund
Contact: Melissa Fabian
Work 9918 Carver Road, Suite 102 Cincinnati OH 45242 work
Work Phone: 513-794-1300work
Work Email: mfabian@jnf.orgINTERNET
Website: http://www.jnf.org
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Jewish National Fund is a non-profit organization founded in 1901. It all started with a dream. Theodor Herzl, a Viennese journalist, witnessed virulent anti-Semitism at the Dreyfus trial. He knew it was time to take action, and was determined that before the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland came to an end, a national fund would be established to purchase land for a Jewish State in Ottoman-controlled Palestine. Over the past 108 years, JNF has evolved into a global environmental leader by planting 240 million trees, building over 200 reservoirs and dams, developing over 250,000 acres of land, creating more than 1,000 parks, providing the infrastructure for over 1,000 communities, bringing life to the Negev Desert and educating students around the world about Israel and the environment.
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Dr. Johnson’s research interests include Lincoln and the Civil War, as well as Modern Europe. He has published several works on the subject of Abraham Lincoln, the most recent of which was Writing the Gettysburg Address in September of 2013. Dr. Johnson plans to extend his research into the last year of the Civil War by exploring the continuing development of Lincoln’s policies and writings in the context of early Reconstruction.
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Rabbi Samuel K. Joseph, Ph.D. is Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Education and Leadership Development at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, where he teaches in the rabbinical school. His special interest is how Jewish institutions and organizations, from schools to synagogues to national groups, can be most excellent as they seek to fulfill their mission and vision. Toward this end, Rabbi Joseph works with such groups throughout the world. Most recently he taught at the first rabbinical seminary in Germany since the Holocaust, the Abraham Geiger College in Berlin as the Jacobs Fellow. In past years he worked with the Jewish community in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Argentina. He is the founding rabbi of the liberal congregation in Hong Kong. Rabbi Joseph consults with rabbis, educators, administrators, communal leaders and lay leaders, supporting them as they lead their institutions and organizations. He is the author of four books and more than fifty articles in the area of education and leadership.
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Karama Connection is an all volunteer organization, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA dedicated to helping children affected by HIV/AIDS. Karama Connection supports orphanages, individuals and self sustaining projects in Tanzania. We have built an orphanage for HIV children and supported it for 5 years. We are now helping 2 orphanages, a sewing school, providing water to 2 communities and hope to help the orphanages and surrounding community with self sustaining gardens.
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Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. (KRM), a non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing resettlement services to refugees through faith- and agency-based co-sponsorship in order to promote self-sufficiency and successful integration into our community. KRM is committed to offering access to community resources and opportunities and to promoting awareness of diversity for the benefit of the whole community.
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Keshvar Project produces ancient Middle Eastern rhythms, styled through a 21st century lens, creating an exciting mix of original and traditional compositions. The music is highlighted by tribal belly dancers who dramatically express both the sensual and earthy, with a remarkable group of synchronicity and artful movement.
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Borne out of the ancient sounds of the Middle East and the movements of American Tribal Belly dance, Keshvar Project brings together the passions of musicians and dancers to create a unique 21st century expression of music and movement. The Cincinnati bellydance troupe that combines live, original song and dynamic, heart-felt dance to create powerful, mesmerizing performances.
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Professor Kim is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Cincinnati. Kim’s research and teaching interests are in geographic information science, urban transportation, networks, location analysis, and spatial modeling. His research addresses theoretical and practical questions in urban and economic geography through the application of GIS methods. Kim investigates a range of urban and economic concerns including transportation, urban sprawl, commuting, public health, airline industry, and retailing. His current research focuses on spatial and temporal analysis and modeling.
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Specialties include medieval and early modern French literature, critical theory, LGBT studies, women writers in the pre-modern period, and 21st c. French literature written by women.
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David Knutson is a native of Iowa. He began studying Spanish in high school and was a Spanish major at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. While in college, he spent his junior year at the Universidad de Granada in Spain. After completing his bachelor’s degree at Hamline, he served as a VISTA volunteer with literacy and English-as-Second-Language programs in the Twin Cities before beginning graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Knutson taught for two years at Clarke College in Dubuque, IA, and became a Xavier faculty member in August, 1994.
While at Xavier, he has accompanied groups of students to Nicaragua, Mexico, and Spain, and he has served on the Academic Computing Committee, the Committee on Public Honors, the Diversity Advisory Council, Board of Undergraduate Studies, Pilot Core Curriculum Committee, and the Faculty Committee. He served as Chair of the Department of Modern Languages from 2006 to 2012. During the 2007-08 academic year, he participated in the first cohort of the Xavier Leadership Academy.
Dr. Knutson lived in Madrid during the 2003-04 academic year as a visiting professor with the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) in the fall semester and on a research sabbatical in the spring. He also worked as a USAC visiting professor in Alicante during July sessions in 2011 and 2012. In addition to his scholarship on the Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza, he has published articles and given presentations on numerous topics relating to 19th- and 20th-Century Spanish literature.
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Korean Focus Cincinnati is a support organization for families with children from Korea. We provide families touched by Korean adoption with information and programs on Korean culture and the adoption experience. Membership is open to anyone involved with Korean adoptions, and those persons wishing to support Korean adoptions.
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You’d have to travel a good distance from Cincinnati to visit a rainforest and a desert – or come to Krohn Conservatory, Cincinnati Parks’ nationally recognized showcase of more than 3,500 plant species from around the world. Our “world” changes throughout the year with special exhibits and programs, including the ever-popular springtime “Butterfly Show,” where thousands of butterflies are let loose in a specially-themed garden. But you can always visit the rainforest waterfall and exotic plants on permanent display in the Palm, Tropical, Desert and Orchid houses.
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Home 3500 Columbia Parkway Cincinnati OH 45226 United Stateshome
Home Phone: 5134490368home
Personal Email: JLCRefugeeConnect@gmail.comINTERNET
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Work 3500 Columbia Parkway Cincinnati OH 45226 United Stateswork
Work Phone: 5134490368work
Work Email: JLCRefugeeConnect@gmail.comINTERNET
