Tikkun Olam

The Thousand Turkey Challenge - Help TODAY!

You can help collect 1,000 frozen turkeys (preferably not more than 12 lbs.) for the West Side Campaign Against Hunger to give to low income families for Thanksgiving. Click here for a flyer with details on how you can help.

Or more information on how to get involved and for contributions, please click here for information sheet. Read more»

The Thousand Turkey Challenge Kick-Off Event

On Tuesday, November 8, 5:45PM to 7:00PM, at West Side Campaign Against Hunger, 263 West 86th Street, between West End and Broadway, [lease join us for the launch of The Thousand Turkey Challenge, our major joint initiative with West End Synagogue that is being supported by a grant from UJA-Federation of NY as part of Jewish Social Action Month. The purpose of the project is to collect 1,000 frozen turkeys (preferably not more than 12 lbs.) for West Side Campaign Against Hunger to give to low income families for Thanksgiving. Read more»

SAJ Hebrew School Bake Sale Raises over $1,000 for Haiti Relief

With a table loaded with sweets set-up in front of SAJ on January 31 and on February 9, SAJ Hebrew School students, parents and teachers raised over $1,000 for Haiti Relief. The children announced the bake sale up and down West 86th Street with posters and their voices and many passers-by supported their efforts for this timely cause. You can also click "READ MORE" for a list of places you can make a donation. Read more»

Haiti Earthquake Relief - Responding to the Disaster

Haiti Earthquake ReliefJRF is encouraging our member communities and people everywhere to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti due to the recent earthquake there. On January 31, The SAJ Hebrew School's Bake Sale raised over $400 for Haiti Relief. The next bake sale will take place on Tuesday, Feburary 9, 4:30 PM - 6:00PM. Please stop by to support it. You can also click "READ MORE" for a list of places you can make a donation. Read more»

Manhattan Together (MT)

In Judaism, as Rabbi Hillel put it, we believe “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”

What We’ve Accomplished Working with MT

The SAJ has worked directly with MT in many ways:

We evaluated the compliance of polling places with election laws.
We trained poor people in preparing résumés and in interviewing skills so they’d be better equipped to get jobs that pay a living wage.

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Tikun Olam - Making a Difference

“You are not required to finish the work. Nor are you free to turn from it.” This well-known saying from the Pirke Avot captures the struggle with tikkun olam (repair of the world) that contemporary Jews face — what to do? how much? for whom? At the SAJ, we have several ways of answering those questions.

Social Concerns Committee