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Caring Kids: Working with the Senior Community
Congregational families with children visit a local senior community. Community Contact Information: Congregation Beth Am Buffalo Grove, IL http://www.congregation-betham.org/ Goals: Spend time with the elderly in the community. Lead Shabbat services for nursing home residents.
Charity 5K Walk/Run
Synagogue sponsors an annual charity 5K walk/run. Community Contact Information: Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI www.tbeonline.org Goals: Engage congregants in hands-on tzedakah project. Involves the community-at-large.
And Justice for All
Local clergy work together to create an inter-religious coalition to combat homophobia. Community Contact Information: Temple Kol Emeth Marietta, GA www.kolemeth.net/ Goals: Challenge discriminatory legislation in the community. Work with other religious groups to fight anti-gay prejudice.
How to Host a Friendsgiving Shabbat
Shabbat dinner parties are a great way for friends and family to connect, have fun, and engage in rewarding conversation – and for American Jews, the Thanksgiving weekend – when far-flung loved ones return home together for the secular holiday – can provide a perfect opportunity to make it happen.
Aboriginal Peoples: Working for Justice and Reconciliation
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES: WORKING FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION Questions You Can Ask: 1. How will you and your party respond to the continuing reality of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls? 2.
Beit Tikvah: Building a Home with Habitat for Humanity
Congregation built a house with Habitat for Humanity Community Contact Information: Congregation B'nai Israel Bridgeport, CT www.congregationbnaiisrael.org Goals: Engaging the congregants in a hands-on, tangible act of tikkun olam.
The Deep Jewish Legacy of Comic Books and the Superhero Genre
Marvel Studio’s latest blockbuster, Avengers: Infinity War, is banking on the superhero genre conceived in the early 1930s by two Jewish high school students.
ASK: Asking Saves Kids
Initiative to educate community about issues of gun control, safety measures and awareness.
Our Community. Your Legacy.
Now is the time to turn your extraordinary commitment to URJ into an enduring legacy.
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Celia Amster Bader thought girls should be educated and have opportunities to impact the world outside the home – so she took her daughter, Ruth, to the library.