By Hannah Hess “I like to refer to God as a nudnik. A tikkun olam nudnik,” quips Jacob Sztokman, founder of Gabriel Project Mumbai (GPM). The former Israeli hi-tech and marketing executive has made it his life’s mission to help children in the slums of Mumbai, India integrate into Indian society through inspired education. “God tells us over thirty times in the Torah to help the orphan, help the widow and leave food for the poor,” continues … [Read more...] about In India, Connecting to the Local Community and Each Other through Service
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Considering The Place of Tikkun Olam in British Jewish Identity
By Liam Hoare eJewish Philanthropy The United Kingdom is decidedly more mid-Atlantic than its actual geopolitical position belies. British politics, culture, and society would be recognizable to both continental Europeans and Americans, and yet not; it would be hard to define Britain as being either fully European or totally Americanized. Indeed, it would be fair to say the same of British Judaism and Jewish identity, too, including in its … [Read more...] about Considering The Place of Tikkun Olam in British Jewish Identity
Fifteen Teenagers Win Tikkun Olam Awards
San Francisco, Ca, June 25, 2015 - The Helen Diller Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, has announced the recipients of its annual Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards. Now in its ninth year, the national award recognizes and further empowers young, socially-minded leaders who’ve successfully worked for change on issues from education to public policy, … [Read more...] about Fifteen Teenagers Win Tikkun Olam Awards
Australia’s Stand Up brings Tikkun Olam to the Down Under
By Maayan Jaffe eJewishPhilanthropy.com “For I have been a stranger in a strange land” (Exodus 2:22). It is a quote straight out of the Torah, but one wrought with meaning for the Jewish community of Australia. The Australian Jewish Community has the highest number of Holocaust survivors in the Diaspora and today, according to Gary Samowitz, that history “informs our Jewish identity and the way we see the world.” Samowitz is chief … [Read more...] about Australia’s Stand Up brings Tikkun Olam to the Down Under
‘Make Real Change’ – New Efforts Bring Tikkun Olam to South African’s Social Change Vocabulary
By Maayan Jaffe eJewishPhilanthropy.com How do you define tikkun olam? According to a new organization, OLAM, tikkun olam is the Jewish people’s moral obligation to care for the stranger and repair the world. OLAM, a collaboration of the Alliance for Global Good, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and Pears Foundation, is on a journey to promote stronger Jewish engagement in global humanitarian issues, according to Dyonna … [Read more...] about ‘Make Real Change’ – New Efforts Bring Tikkun Olam to South African’s Social Change Vocabulary
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