Tzedakah
Contribute to a CBI Fund
A contribution to a CBI fund is a special way to
remember friends or loved ones who have passed away,
to honor people or special occasions, or express
wishes for recovery from an illness.
Click here for
the CBI Contributions Form.
Mitzvot You Can Do
| Reading Mentors
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Sponsor: |
Hartford Jewish Coalition for Literacy |
| Description: |
Become a reading mentor for children in grades Kindergarten through Third. |
| Contact: |
Jim Friedman |
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Join Team Hanna
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Sponsor: |
Rosenfield Family |
| Description: |
The Rosenfield Family is participating in the Walk to Cure Diabetes. |
| Contact: |
Amy Rosenfield |
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Got a Green Thumb?
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Sponsor: |
Silver Garden Committee |
| Description: |
Help keep our beautiful new Silver Garden looking its best. |
| Contact: |
Lea Rubenstein |
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Give the Gift of Life
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Sponsor: |
American Red Cross |
| Description: |
Give blood during the summer months, when the supply is low and the demand is great. |
| Contact: |
Matt White |
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Vista Position
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Sponsor: |
Habitat for Humanity |
| Description: |
Americorps VISTA position through Hartford Area Habitat For Humanity. |
| Contact: |
Krista Colletta |
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Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen
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Sponsor: |
Social
Justice Committee |
| Description: |
Fourth Monday
of every month |
| Contact: |
Carol
Fine through our office, 233-8215 |
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8th Grade Mitzvah Corps! |
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Sponsor: |
Religious
School |
| Description: |
Eighth graders
go out into the world and do wonderful deeds! |
| Contact: |
Cantor
Siskin |
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Support our ongoing Food
Drive! |
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Sponsor: |
Social
Justice Committee |
| Description: |
We need:
Macaroni & cheese, Cereal, 100% Fruit Juices,
Tuna, Rice, Spaghetti & Sauce, Chunky Soups, Canned
Fruit, Beef Stew, Beans, Canned Meats, Oatmeal,
Canned Vegetables, Peanut Butter |
| Contact: |
Jim
Friedman |
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Host Someone from Jewish Community Living |
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Sponsor: |
Jewish
Community Living |
| Description: |
Volunteers
wanted to help residents of the Jewish Community
Living program celebrate Shabbat in their group
home. Enjoy a catered dinner with these working
adults and help them learn about Jewish living.
Dates available beginning in July. |
| Contact: |
Abby
Mayou |
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A Light Among
the Nations |
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Sponsor: |
Social
Justice Committee |
| Description: |
Replace your incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs.
Pick up a brochure on the table outside the office, fill out the order form and
leave it in the office. You'll be conserving energy, help stop global warming,
and make the earth a safer and healthier place in one simple step. |
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Foodshare |
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Sponsor: |
Foodshare and
Congregation Beth Israel |
| Description: |
Continuing Beth
Israel’s long-time commitment to feeding
the hungry and our long-term association with
Foodshare, the regional food bank, the Temple,
through the Social Justice Committee, will be
hosting Foodshare’s food pantry truck every
four weeks. If you know of people who need a food
donation, please let them know about our program.
If you would like to volunteer in helping with
the distribution of food contact Marlene Wenograd
through our office. |
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Make
a donation to Foodshare |
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Sponsor: |
Foodshare |
| Description: |
While most of us
are enjoying the holiday season, many of our hungry
neighbors are going without. As the cost of living
continues to rise, growing numbers of the working
poor here in greater Hartford simply cannot provide
for themselves and their families, even if they
work two jobs. Your gift will ensure that your
hungry neighbors have something to celebrate this
holiday. |
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Bring
in the Food of the Month |
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Sponsor: |
Social Justice Committee |
| Description: |
Bring in the Food
of the Month every time you come to Temple! |
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| Balloon
Twisting & Face Painting |
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Sponsor: |
Mitzvah Jugglers |
| Description: |
The Mitzvah Jugglers
entertain at various functions. |
| Contact: |
Eric
Schneider |
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| Backpack
Program |
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Sponsor: |
Youth Education
Program |
| Description: |
Fill backpacks on
a monthly basis with non-perishable, child-friendly
food items |
| Contact: |
Pamela Siskin |
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| Adopt-A-Grandparent
Program |
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Sponsor: |
Amy Selzer Mitzvah
Fund |
| Description: |
Create a personal
relationship with a senior citizen at the Hebrew
Home in West Hartford |
| Contact: |
Pamela
Siskin |
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| Caring
Visits |
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Sponsor: |
Caring Committee |
| Description: |
Visit or make phone
calls to our sick or homebound congregants |
| Contact: |
Ellen
Mayer |
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| Save
a Child - Save the World |
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Sponsor: |
Social Justice Committee |
| Description: |
Make contributions
in the boxes in the lobby: Clothing, books, food,
toys for children; Toiletries for children and
families. |
| Contact: |
Jim
Friedman |
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| Mentor |
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Sponsor: |
Nutmeg Big Brother/Big
Sister Program |
| Description: |
Become a mentor
and receive more than you give. |
| Contact: |
Laura
Green |
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| Recycle
TechnoTrash |
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Sponsor: |
Social Justice Committee |
| Description: |
Cell phones, pages,
PDAs, CDs, DVDs, Video, audio tapes, Rechargeable
batteries |
| Contact: |
Jim
Friedman or Green Disk |
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| Jewish
Family Services |
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Sponsor: |
Jewish Family Services |
| Description: |
Various Volunteer
opportunities |
| Contact: |
Read
the list |
Others in need
Victims in Georgia and Russia
In response to the escalation of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia, the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has instituted emergency measures to provide Jews trapped in the war zone with food, water, and medicine and assist those who relocated to safer areas either in Georgia or Russia. Click here for more information.
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Nothing But Nets
Each year, 350-500 million people are infected with
malaria. In Africa, more than one million of those
infected die each year. Ninety percent of deaths
caused by malaria occur in Africa where the disease
is a leading killer of children. Every 30 seconds
a child dies from malaria. Children who are able
to survive the disease are faced with physical and
mental impairments, such as poor growth and development.
Every day 25 million pregnant African women risk
severe illness and harm to their unborn children
from a malaria infection. Malaria incapacitates people,
it keeps them from working, it keeps countries poor.
“NOTHING BUT NETS” is a global campaign to save lives by
preventing malaria. The Union for Reform Judaism has joined this initiative
with the hope of providing 50,000 nets to save lives.
Each anti-malarial bed net costs $10. That donation goes directly toward
the purchase, distribution, and education about the proper use of an
insecticide-treated bed net. Bed nets work in two ways: they stop mosquitoes
from biting during the night and spreading the disease, and the insecticide
on the net kills the mosquitoes when they land on it, stopping them from
flying to their next victim. Bed nets can prevent malarial transmission
by 50 percent. They are distributed through the Measles Initiative -
a partnership of the United Nations Foundation, American Red Cross, U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization,
UNICEF, and local country governments and ministries of health.
To make a donation: either (1) send a $10 check for every net you would
like to purchase to Congregation Beth Israel, noting “Nothing But
Nets” on the information line OR (2) make a donation at www.nothingbutnets.net.
(If you do (2), please let Jim Friedman at jpf7332@comcast.net or Andy
Packer at ajpacker@aol.com know so we can keep track of the number of
nets Beth Israel members are purchasing.) REMEMBER: If you save a life,
it’s as if you save the world!
SAVE THE DATE!
What:“Hope for Darfur: A Future Beyond Genocide”
Where:
St. Thomas Seminary
467 Bloomfield Avenue
Bloomfield, CT
When:
Sunday, November 2, 2008
2:00 PM
A multi-faceted educational event to help bring an end to the ongoing genocide in Darfur
Please contact Betsy Richards at 860-727-6169 or Brichards@jewishhartford.org if you’d like to help planning this important event.
A CHANCE TO HELP THE REFUGEES IN THE DARFUR
REGION OF SUDAN
Just $25 provides one family with two solar cookers,
two pots, and training for the women, which greatly
reduces the need to collect firewood and the danger of attack. Jewish
World Watch, a coalition of synagogues in Southern California, is working
with Solar Cookers International to purchase and provide cookers. For
information about how you can contribute to this project, see
Jewish World Watch.
Crisis in Darfur
Much has been done, but there is still more work to
do. Take the next steps! Visit the
American Jewish World Service website to learn more.
Dolls for Darfur
Dolls for Darfur is a national advocacy campaign desired to raise awareness about -- and bring an end to -- the atrocities committed in Darfur, Sudan, where five hundred people are dying every day. Sign up and you’ll receive an advocacy kit, which will help you contact your elected representatives and make your voice heard, as well as doll-shaped pins that you can wear and distribute to friends and colleagues as a way to raise awareness of the genocide
