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volunteering
Millennials discovering Jewish identity through social justice work
Sharing experience in Israel
The after-school homework help program at the Mercaz Kagan community center in Katamon Tet, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Jerusalem, buzzes with activity, thanks in part to the Skilled Volunteers for Israel program.
Fred Zaidman: Feeding others is his emotional sustenance
Fred Zaidman, who had recently added helping the homeless to his list of volunteer passions, went into action, soon securing a commitment from Bristol Farms for 75 burritos for a breakfast for the homeless that The City School, a charter middle school, was sponsoring on Thanksgiving morning.
Tikkun Olam: Retired, but not from good deeds
Retirement hasn’t stopped Sharon Mayer from working, and she’s not alone.
Volunteer network aids Holocaust funds program
A network of volunteers from many of the nation\’s leading law firms, recruited through a Los Angeles initiative, is helping to write what appears to be the last chapter in the long and contentious history of reparations to Holocaust victims.
Big Sunday looks good in green
Environmentalism may be trendy, but expensive hybrid cars and solar paneling aren\’t the only ways of being fashionably green.
Mensches: Our third annual salute to big-hearted Angelenos
\”It is hard to convey the special sense of respect, dignity and approbation that can be conveyed by calling someone \’a real mensch,\’\” writes Leo Rosten in \”The Joys of Yiddish.\”\n\nThe Yiddish word infuses the basic German denotation — \”person\” — with an almost indefinable connotation. A mensch is a person who is upright, honorable, decent, as Rosten writes, a person to admire and emulate.