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Let One Who Is Hungry Enter and Eat: MAZON
Integrates Passover observance with combating hunger by partnering with MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Contact Information: MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger www.mazon.org Goals: To provide an action plan for that correlates to the meaning of the Passover holiday.
Mishpacha Mitzvah Missions (M3)
Hands-on service opportunities for families that include a strong educational component.
Tikkun Olam Religious School Project
The Temple created a Tikkun Olam project for every grade of the religious school. In this way, students learned Jewish texts throughout the year, were involved in the project with their families, and were able to build ongoing relationships with other Temple families.
Time for Tikkun Pledge Drive
The Temple revamped its Social Action Committee by creating pledge cards in which congregants can indicate which type of Social Action projects they are interested in doing and how often they are available.
S.O.S. Save Our Soldiers
Raised awareness to the plight of the three Israeli soldiers captured in the 2006 Lebanon War.
Working at the URJ
Staff share their experiences...
Donating Chametz
The Passover ritual of removing leavened products from the home provides an opportunity to collect soup kitchen donations.
The SHOFAR Project--Synagogues Helping Others Foster AIDS Resources
The Temple created a multifaceted AIDS awareness/action Project. The project provides assistance, support, advocacy, and education for all who are infected, affected, at risk, or concerned about HIV/AIDS. Temple Emanuel 280 May St.
GUCI Camp Tikkun Olam Program: "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful"
GUCI campers worked throughout the summer in a Tikkun Olam project facilitated by Keep Indianapolis beautiful. They helped create parks, staffed the Boys and Girls Club, and fixed up neighborhood gardens. URJ Myron S.
RUSH (Rural Self Help) Initiative
Congregation supports local underprivileged community using Maimonides' teaching that the highest form of tzedakah is to help people help themselves. Community Contact Information: Temple Emanu-El Birmingham, AL www.ourtemple.org Goals: Assist an impoverished local community.