Social Justice

Non-profit organization that serves the Jewish elderly of the Lower East Side in New York City. Community Contact Information: Project Ezra New York, NY www.projectezra.org Goals: Provide comfort to elderly Jews. Welcome elderly Jews into the synagogue for a special day of honor.

Synagogue works to infuse congregational life with social justice, learning, and action. Community Contact Information: Temple Israel Boston, MA info@tisrael.org Goals: Solicit congregants’ social action stories to find important themes and interests. Involve congregants in creating the social action curriculum for the synagogue.

The synagogue created a Mitzvah Day Carnival in which the most vulnerable children received a happy and carefree afternoon at the Temple. Children of immigrants and those with Down's Syndrome partook in the carnival and were welcomed to an afternoon diversion by Temple members.

The synagogue created a Mitzvah Day Carnival in which the most vulnerable children received a happy and carefree afternoon at the Temple. Children of immigrants and those with Down's Syndrome partook in the carnival and were welcomed to an afternoon diversion by Temple members.