This is the second in a series of eight profiles of American religious leaders who are still making an impact after the age of 80. (RNS) — New Yorkers of a certain age remember Ruth Messinger as a ...

Ruth Messinger will step down as president of the American Jewish World Service, the international relief organization she has guided to prominence since taking its helm in 1998. Messinger, who during ...

The hallmark of a good leader is not simply what she does while in office. It’s how she chooses to leave. The announcement in October that Ruth Messinger was stepping down after 17 years as president ...

NEW YORK — Ruth Messinger was a history-making politician in New York City as the first woman to secure the Democratic nomination for mayor. But Messinger isn’t backing a woman in this year’s race, ...

When the magnitude of the Ebola crisis became clear in August, Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and her team contacted the 10 Liberian organizations AJWS supports to ...

Ruth Messinger, who in 1997 became the first woman to win the Democratic nomination for New York’s mayor, has announced her support of Scott Stringer for the job. In a press release on Thursday, ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Ruth Messinger is an Executive Director for the American Jewish World Services with eight videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1988 Forum as a Member ...