Tikkun Olam - Real World Examples by Murphy Hansen https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r Please make a post that includes your name, a description of your selected event/organization/etc., and the URL to that resource! en-us 2021-10-14 14:56:30 UTC 2023-07-26 14:50:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817565876 https://www.google.com/amp/s/foodtank.com/news/2020/04/18-jewish-organizations-feeding-all-who-are-hungry/amp/]]> 2021-10-14 16:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817565876 Charlie https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817567015 ZAKA is a series of voluntary community emergency response teams in Israel, each operating in a police district.]]> 2021-10-14 16:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817567015 https://reformjudaism.org/beliefs-practices/social-justice-reform-judaism https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817572215 The Jewish community fights for womens rights, voting rights, racial equality, immigration justice, and gun violence prevention.

Aleah ]]> 2021-10-14 16:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817572215 Paige Sayler https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817572322 Tikkun Olam Makers is an international not-for-profit group that utilizes modern design and digital manufacturing to help communities and people in need

]]> 2021-10-14 16:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817572322 Expressing Judaism through social justice https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817572954 Aiming for solutions rather than temporary fixes
  1. In systemic causes of poverty and injustice in our communities and country
  2. questions are asked about how to create permanent solutions for the most pressing issues, including racism, poverty, hunger, and immigration, and analyze how these challenges manifest themselves across cities, communities, and institutions
  3. “spot so much more of the injustice threaded through daily life, a skill that is essential for progress.”
  4. https://www.jtsa.edu/hidden-page/expressing-our-judaism-through-social-justice/

Gaby

]]> 2021-10-14 16:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817572954 Sydney Dinser https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817573155 No Kid Hungry is an organization centered around ending childhood hunger. It works mainly within the USA providing resources to help children have access to a nutritious and delicious meal. ]]> 2021-10-14 16:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817573155 Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit - Delaney Christy https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817573742 The Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit is a volunteer service organization with a "vision for a community in which no person faces life’s challenges alone." They provide "more than 30 programs," and "serve thousands of people each year with services for older adults, mental health and wellness, safety net concerns, and the Russian speaking community."]]> 2021-10-14 16:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817573742 Elizabeth https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817573895 COEJL is a Jewish organization dedicated to helping better the environment and the earth through activism. They are focused on sustainability and conserving our earth's resources. ]]> 2021-10-14 16:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817573895 https://www.usy.org/about-usy/ Chloe https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817574504 USY is USCJ’s youth movement for Conservative Jewish teens across North America. For more than 60 years, USY has taught young Jews the values and skills they need to become exceptional leaders in their religious and secular communities.]]> 2021-10-14 16:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817574504 Jewish National Fund https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817575519 An organization accepting donations to complete land restoration projects in Israel. Currently the big push is to get jews to donate about 20 dollars to plant trees. 🌳
Morgan ]]> 2021-10-14 16:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817575519 https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817576603 https://www.templesanjose.org/tikkunolam]]> 2021-10-14 16:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817576603 Bikur Cholim of Detroit Georgia Fletcher https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817576641 Bikur Cholim of Detroit is dedicated to supporting individuals and families in our community who are experiencing medical challenges as well as supporting elderly, homebound, and isolated individuals]]> 2021-10-14 16:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817576641 Jewish Youth for community action https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817577269 Jewish Youth for Community Action is a youth-led organization that empowers Jewish youth to take action for social justice through innovative leadership development, community organizing and education.  JYCA continues to create a safe space for youth to connect to their own identity in a way that is meaningful to them and to build a community based on shared values ranging from social and racial justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, to environmental advocacy and prison abolition. 


Sophia Marr

]]> 2021-10-14 16:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817577269 Gracie - Helping Afghan Refugees https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817578311 https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/helping-afghan-refugees/ 
Recently most people in the U.S, especially the Jewish community, want to see Afghans who have worked in American offered resettlement in American, in efforts to help escape the taliban rule. ]]> 2021-10-14 16:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817578311 Cole Sheldon https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817580335 This Jewish climate inititive is all about combating the affects of global warming. The are a non-profit organization that does projects around th world, like planting trees and getting more renewable energy avalible. ]]> 2021-10-14 16:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817580335 Cole Warren https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817583768 MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger is a national organization that is fighting to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in The United States and Israel

They advance policy solutions that confront hunger's root causes, particularly for populations and problems that have been previously overlooked or ignored including hunger among military families, veterans, single mothers, Native Americans, and LGBTQ seniors.]]> 2021-10-14 16:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817583768 Chloe - JewishCares https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817585574 Provides strong Jewish role models for children and provide them with home-cooked meals made of entirely fresh ingredients. ]]> 2021-10-14 16:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817585574 Jewish Values on Fighting Hunger https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817588565 The Torah and Jewish tradition are explicit in commanding that we feed the hungry. "And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger. 
​The Talmud explains that each Jewish community must establish a public fund to provide food for the hungry.
Claire]]> 2021-10-14 16:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817588565 Caleb https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817589092 Mazon is a Jewish organization inspired by the Jewish value of Tikkum Olam. This organization recieves support from the Jewish community in order to try and confront hunger's root causes and effectively end hunger in every community.]]> 2021-10-14 16:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817589092 Bema’aglei Tzadak https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817596181 Is a non-profit organization which gives certifications to restaurants for conforming to “kosher” rules that incorporate good employment and customer standards.]]> 2021-10-14 16:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817596181 Natalie-Aleph institute(support for Jewish members of the USA Armed Forces) https://aleph-institute.org/wp/programs/military-program/ https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817616938 It is an institution that services to the Jewish community in the Armed Forces. It provides religious and educational materials for military personnel and their families.They provide prayer books, religions articles, traveling Torah scrolls, holiday services and more…]]> 2021-10-14 16:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817616938 Jonas https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817892212 Food pantry near Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor where you can bring food and other goods for people in need to use. In Hebrew school we often had drives to bring canned food, especially around Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot.]]> 2021-10-14 18:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hansenm20/33r9vb27xnhbag1r/wish/1817892212