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Connecting refugees to jobs is a win-win for employers and refugees. This Jewish humanitarian is making it happen.

Summarizing Larry Luxner in JTA · Published Thursday, February 20, 2025
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JL;DR SUMMARY Gideon Maltz, leading the Tent Partnership for Refugees, significantly impacts the lives of refugees by allowing them access to employment with major global corporations. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Refugees  Hias  Charles Bronfman Prize  Social Change  Employment  Corporate Responsibility  Global Network  Jewish Humanitarian  Gideon Maltz  Tent Partnership 

Places mentioned

Stockholm, Sweden
"Youssef, a Syrian refugee now living in Stockholm, is in the unique position of having a job where he helps other refugees."
New York, United States
"Maltz said in an interview at his office at Chobani headquarters in New York in February, just after the announcement that he received this years Charles Bronfman Prize a $100,000 award given annually to a Jewish humanitarian under 50 whose innovative work has significantly improved the world."
Canada
"Aram, an Iranian refugee in Canada, found a job as a business analyst at a Tent partner company, TD Bank."
Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"Fernanda, a refugee who fled Cuba and eventually got a job as a hostess at the JW Marriott Hotel in Mexico City, said, Marriott opened the doors for me, knowing that I have all the capabilities to work."
United States
"One of Tents closest U.S. partners is HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society."
France
"Tent works in the United States, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom."
Germany
"Tent works in the United States, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom."
Poland
"Tent works in the United States, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom."
Spain
"Tent works in the United States, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom."
Netherlands
"Tent works in the United States, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom."
United Kingdom
"Tent works in the United States, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom."
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
"Maltz, 47, was born and raised in Durban, South Africa, and came to the U.S. in 1996 to study at Yale."

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