Student making a global difference
In September, the Forward — a weekly publication widely regarded as the essential, independent source of news, arts, and opinion for American Jews — asked readers to nominate Jews, age 21 and younger, who are working to make a difference locally or globally. Forward pared the nominations down to 10 young people, including Harvard student Rebecca Kantar ’14. Kantar is founder of Minga, a nonprofit organization that aims to combat the child sex trade in the United States. “When we were 14 and high school freshmen, my friends and I learned that the average age of entry into prostitution in the United States was estimated to be just 13,” said Kantar. “The fact that any teenagers were trapped in the sex industry sickened me.” After raising more than $35,000 for an organization helping exploited teens in the Philippines through “small community events” like yard sales, the Newton, Mass., native and her crew...