Social Action (Tikkun Olam)
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Our Annual Outdoor Summer Shabbat Service
with July Birthday Blessings
Friday, Jul 25, 6:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception
6:15 p.m. Shabbat Service
It’s one of the most highly anticipated events of the year! Join us for the uplifting prayers, the beautiful music and the amazing Oneg following the Service. Rain or shine, you’ll have a wonderful time!
We’ll meet at the Temple at 5:30 p.m. for a Wine and Cheese Reception, and walk to the Service together. The Service takes place in the beautiful backyard at the home of Temple members. Friends and loved ones are welcome!
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Monday Meal
Sponsored by the Brotherhood
Monday, Jul 28, 3:30 p.m.
(Temple Sholom)
Come help us serve food to the more than 50 people who come to the temple in search of companionship and a good meal. We will need volunteers to do the shopping and others to join them between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. at the temple to setup, serve, or clean up.
As we expand the Monday Meal, we need volunteers on a regular basis and sponsors for this coming fall. If you or your group is interested, please contact Linda Armitage at Linda@sholomchicago.org or 773-435-1536. This project will be starting its 5th year this fall and provides a weekly opportunity for Temple members to give back to the community and also to meet each other. Please consider making the Monday Meal a regular volunteer opportunity.
This Monday Meal is sponsored by Temple Sholom's Brotherhood.
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Social Action Event to Raise Awareness of Genocide in Africa
Wednesday, Sep 10, 7:00 p.m.
(Temple Sholom)
Join us for a FREE EVENT featuring a special showing of compelling images of Darfur from documentary photographer Ryan Spencer Reed.
Event will include a wine and cheese reception, Keynote Speaker,Refugee Roundtables and Social Action Tables: A chance to make your voice heard sponsored by: Anti-Defamation League;
Amnesty International;
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc;
Save Darfur Coalition
Donations support the Solar Cooker Project.
RSVP here: http://socialactiondarfur.googlepages.com/home
Tikkun Olam, ‘repairing the world’ is a cornerstone of Reform Judaism and an integral part of the on-going activities at Temple Sholom. Our Social Action projects and activities are constantly expanding, and working on these
mitzvot is a wonderful way to meet other Temple members.
Projects and activities include a monthly Feed the Hungry Program working shoulder-to-shoulder to pack bag lunches for the homeless of Chicago; High Holy Days Food Drives; clothing drives; visiting senior residences to sing and bring cheer; discussions and actions that impact social policy issues locally and nationally. In the summer of 2008, Temple Sholom will be expanding our Monday Meal and cooking and serving a hot meal to people in need once a week. This is a congregant-driven volunteer program and new participants are always welcome! See our calendar page for specific dates, times and sponsorship information.
Once a year, Temple Sholom’s Social Action committee organizes a Temple-wide “Mitzvah Day” known as
Olam Ha Mitzvot. Volunteer your time on Sunday, April 6th and join others in our community in the pursuit of
Tikkun Olam (healing the world). Donate blood with LifeSource; get your hair cut by Charles Ifergan’s salon so it can be donated to make wigs; stitch together blankets for those in need; bring your children to decorate lunch bags for the hungry and make Dolls for Darfur. Participate in a “Bark”
Mitzvah with your dog by visiting a senior residence, play Bingo at a home for the blind and much more! To register, download an
Olam HaMitzvot registration form. Contact Linda Armitage at 773-655-8101 x324 or
Linda@sholomchicago.org for more information.
Each year, a Social Action calendar is published, outlining the year’s events, programs, and volunteer opportunities. View the
2007-2008 Social Action Calendar.
For more information please email Linda Armitage at
Linda@sholomchicago.org or Rabbi Taron Tachman at
RabbiTachman@sholomchicago.org or call 773-435-1536.
