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“It is not the study of
Torah that is the essential thing; it is the doing of Torah;
And, the doing of Torah means the doing of social justice.
Tikkun Olam, the creating of a better world,
provides a powerful answer to the question of why be Jews."
--Rabbi David Saperstein
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The mission of our
Social Action Committee is to:
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Enable
synagogue members to integrate Jewish values into community
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Promote social
change in and out of the immediate community and provide help for
people in need. |
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Incorporate
Tikkun Olam into all aspects of the congregation and into all
aspects of the congregants’ lives. |
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- Bring Them Home:
Freethesoldiers.org is an advocacy and awareness
campaign on behalf of the Israeli soldiers who were
captured last summer, Gilad Shalit, Ehud "Udi"
Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. The campaign is a joint
initiative of a broad coalition of Jewish
organizations rallying together in an unprecedented
display of solidarity and humanitarianism.
The primary focus of this
campaign is an
online petition addressed
to incoming U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon,
demanding that the U.N. take immediate action to
secure the freedom of Udi, Eldad and Gilad
Join us in our effort to bring
international attention to their plight by adding
your name to the petition at this website -
www.freethesoldiers.org.
Help us to make sure
that their families know that they are not alone in
their struggle to bring their sons, their brothers
and their husbands home.
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If you'd like to leave comments about these, or
any other issues, please visit our
Forum
pages.
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