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Gear Up for Global Hunger Shabbat, Nov 4th
Published on 2011-10-27 14:49:41
Do you know where you’re having dinner on Friday, November 4th? (Because, doesn’t everyone coordinate their Shabbat dinners a week in advance?) If you’re still firming up plans, make sure you get yourself an invite – or start inviting people to your house – for Global Hunger Shabbat. Sponsored by Repair the World grantee-partner American… Read more »
Repair Interview: Daniel Lesser Talks Community Empowerment with ECCO
Published on 2011-10-26 13:44:23
Anybody who thinks they are too young to change their communities or the world should talk with Daniel Lesser. Just 25-years old, Lesser is a rising star in the fields of justice and community organizing in Massachusetts. An alum of Repair the World grantee-partner, the Jewish Organizing Initiative (JOI), he is the current Executive Director… Read more »
Help Turkey Recover from the Earthquake
Published on 2011-10-25 11:54:48
Yesterday, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey, killing hundreds of people and wounding thousands more. The quake also damaged scores of homes and knocked out power across the southeastern part of the country. Turkey is known as a seismically active country, sitting atop two major fault lines. And yet, this is shaping up to be… Read more »
Monday Link Roundup
Published on 2011-10-24 10:24:40
Happy Monday! We hope you had a meaningful high holiday season, from Rosh Hashanah all the way through Simchat Torah. To get you back in the swing of non-holiday scheduling, here’s your weekly collection of inspiring and thought-provoking bits from around the web. An interview in Huffington Post with Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Director of Miss… Read more »
Celebrate Fair Trade Month with Conscious Consumption…and Chocolate
Published on 2011-10-20 10:33:51
It can be bitter-sweet, a bit nutty and you’ve probably craved its magic. But what if the next chocolate bar you ate could actually change the world? With fair trade products, that’s the idea. Fair Trade Month, which began this October, raises awareness about products that are produced in an ethical manner. This means that… Read more »
Raise the Roof Torah on Simchat Torah with Service
Published on 2011-10-19 11:30:23
Reading the Torah is kind of a big deal in Judaism. So naturally, Simchat Torah, which begins October 19, is filled with singing, dancing and other festivities. Marking the conclusion of our annual reading and repetition of the Torah, Simchat Torah also celebrates the beginning of a new cycle and invites us to share our… Read more »
PRESS RELEASE: Repair the World Named One of North America’s Most Innovative Jewish Nonprofits
Published on 2011-10-18 15:04:48
Seventh Annual “Slingshot” Guidebook Names 50 Most Innovative Jewish Nonprofits in America Repair the World, a national organization dedicated to making service a defining part of American Jewish life, has been named one of the nation’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’11-‘12, a resource guide for Jewish innovation. To be listed in Slingshot,… Read more »
Introducing the Slingshot Class of 2011-2012
Published on 2011-10-18 14:02:27
Slingshot present’s the seventh annual edition of Slingshot: A Resource Guide for Jewish Innovation, featuring 50 inspirational organizations in Jewish life in North America; and for the first time ever, 10 projects which have helped define Slingshot for the past seven years. While many lament the changing nature of Jewish life and long with nostalgia… Read more »
Slingshot names top 50 Jewish innovators, plus 10
Published on 2011-10-18 14:00:37
Slingshot added a Top 10 list to its newly released annual guide to innovative Jewish programming in North America. A list of 10 top “standard bearers” was added to the annual list of the 50 “most inspiring and innovative organizations, projects, and programs in the North American Jewish community today” by Slingshot, a project of… Read more »
Repair Interview: Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Sharsheret
Published on 2011-10-18 08:33:47
This month, pink is the new black. That’s because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a partnership of national public service organizations, medical associations, and government agencies who’ve united to promote breast cancer awareness, to share information on the disease, and to provide greater access to screening services. This year, for the 25th anniversary… Read more »