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11BUSINESS ETHICS — The Role of Wealth Any discussion of business ethics, within any cultural or religious framework, requires at the very outset a definition of the role of material wealth, financial assets, and other forms of economic possessions. Furthermore,… …
12Chiapas — Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas   State   …
13Brussels — /brus euhlz/, n. a city in and the capital of Belgium, in the central part, with suburbs 1,050,787. Flemish, Brussel /brddyuus euhl/; French, Bruxelles. * * * French Bruxelles Flemish Brussel City (pop., 2000 est.: 133,900), capital of Belgium.… …
14INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF JEWISH COM-MUNAL SERVICE — INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF JEWISH COM MUNAL SERVICE, international body originating as an informal gathering of Jewish social workers who attended the First International Conference of Social Work in Paris in 1928. The International Conference… …
15UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITIES — UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITIES, organization incorporated in 1999 as a result of merger discussions held between representatives of the council of jewish federations , (CJF), United Israel Appeal (UIA), and United Jewish Appeal (UJA). Prior merger… …
16PERU — PERU, republic in South America; general population (2005) 27,000,000, Jewish population (2004) 2,600. Colonial Period The discovery of Peru and its mineral potential attracted a large number of crypto jews known as Portuguese, who disregarded… …
17CHILE — CHILE, South American republic; population 15,600,000 (2003); Jewish population 20,900. Colonial Period crypto jews were known in the earliest days of Chilean history. Rodrigo de Orgoños, one of the Spanish officers in the company of Diego de… …
18SOCIETIES, LEARNED — Learned societies among Jews, whose prototypes existed in the talmudic period, flourished in the late Middle Ages and were particularly widespread in Eastern Europe even into the 20th century. They were conceived on a broad basis. Unlike… …
19Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future — The Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University convenes the intellectual resources of Yeshiva University with the goal of shaping, enriching, and inspiring the contemporary Jewish community. It consists of six divisions:* The Max Stern… …
20Gentrification — and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people ( gentry ) acquire or rent property in low income and working class communities.[1] Urban gentrification is associated with movement. Consequent to gentrification,… …
