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MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger is a national, nonprofit agency which allocates donations from the Jewish community to nonprofit organizations providing food, help and hope to hungry people of all faiths and backgrounds. Click here for the complete story.
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Tzedakah Opportunities
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Old Ink Cartridges
Taking Up Space?
Bring your used
printer and copier cartridges to Traditional. Alan Elfanbaum brings them to
Office Depot for recycling, and we receive gift cards that we can use to
purchase office supplies for Traditional. It’s a win for the environment and a
win for our budget, so your support of this project is greatly appreciated.
Just drop your used cartridges in the collection box outside the office. Thank
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Jewish Fund for Human Needs
Our Jewish
tradition of tzedakah is clear: we are required to perform mitzvot
for Jews and non-Jews in need (Leviticus 19:34: “The stranger...shall be
unto you as your home-born: you shall love him as yourself.”).
The Jewish Fund
for Human Needs (JFHN) is one vehicle in the Jewish community for performing
this mitzvah. The goal of the JFHN is to provide an organized Jewish presence
in non-Jewish, direct relief agencies that provide assistance to individuals
facing critical human problems such as, but not limited to, hunger,
homelessness, abuse, lack of health care and unemployment. These agencies must
provide their services on a non-denominational basis. Founded in 1985, the
JFHN is a joint project of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and the
Rabbinical Association (RA) with major funding from the Jewish Federation of St.
Louis and its Lubin-Green supporting foundation. The JFHN also relies on
individual donations.
The Fund serves a
unique role in the Jewish and general communities. It is the only agency in St.
Louis whose mission is providing Jewish visibility in interfaith philanthropic
efforts. For most of the organizations receiving grants, the Fund represents
the first and only organized Jewish involvement. As a result, the JFHN enhances
interfaith relations and shows the interest of the Jewish community in making
St. Louis a better place in which to live.
Since its
founding in 1985, the Fund has awarded grants totaling over $640,000 to
approximately 155 St. Louis area organizations.
For further
general information or to donate household goods to these agencies, please
contact Marilyn Ratkin, Jewish Fund for Human Needs Consultant, at 314-442-3873
or visit our website:
www.jfhn.org.
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The Jewish Food Pantry
For the month of May the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is looking for these specific items in order to
provide well-balanced nourishment for the community in need:
Items should be placed in the grocery cart
in our lobby or brought directly to the Food Pantry.
Currently, the Jewish Food Pantry is feeding
over 3,500 individuals in a month. They have an increase of 48 percent in new
clients. The need is great so please help in any way you can. Thank you. For
further information, please contact Louise Levine, 636-227-1259.
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The birds need food, too!
Donations of wild
birdseed would be appreciated to feed the birds who use our bird feeders.
Please bring to the office and give to Micky. Thank you.
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Hanukkah Hugs Program
D rop
off new, unwrapped books, toys, gift cards or school supplies for a needy
child. Collection box is in our lobby.
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Clothing Drive
Winter Clothing Needed
Want
to do a Mitzvah? It’s that time again! Start looking
through your closets and see what you’re not using
anymore and bring it to Traditional Congregation. What a great way to
recycle your sweaters, coats, blankets and gloves and help those in need. |
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Jewish Seniors Feeling
Economy’s Pinch
Community responds with
Lifeline Fund ...and
more. |
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And speaking of food,
The
Seudah Shleesheet cupboard always needs refilling! Won’t you help us by
contributing to the “cause”? This will help us provide you with the 3rd
meal of Shabbat. And thanks to all who have generously
donated! |
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