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Mitzvah Day: A Day of Service
Date: January 19, 2009
Location: Varies by project
Contact: Jane-Rachel Schonbrun, Adult Community Program Manager Phone: 650-543-8602 Email: jschonbrun@paloaltojcc.org
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“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A community is too heavy for anyone to carry alone.” Based on Deuteronomy 1:9 |
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OFJCC Mitzvah Day is Almost Here!
The event is filling up fast, but there are still ways for YOU to get involved!
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MLK Day of Service 2009 |
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There is a nationwide expectation that the MLK Day of Service 2009 will be the biggest ever!
If you are not able to join your project of choice, check out the America Serves website for additional opportunities to get involved at www.mlkmobilization.org/america_serves! |
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| A Time to Serve, a Time to Learn |
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Congregation Based Community Organizing Training |
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A visionary and dynamic leader, Rabbi Jonah Pesner will lead a workshop called "Issues of Injustice: Organizing an Engaging and Effective Campaign." Rabbi Pesner works with synagogues across the country pursuing social justice and is the founding Director of the Union for Reform Judaism's Just Congregations initiative. For more information, please contact Rabbi Adam Allenberg (650-493-4661, rabbi_allenberg@betham.org).
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Adults |
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Thursday, January 15 |
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6:30 PM |
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Congregation Beth Am
26790 Arastradero Rd, Los Altos Hills
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Free! |
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American Jewish-Muslim Relations &
Martin Luther King's Dream |
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| Don't miss this intriguing discussion about the relationship between the American Jewish & Muslim communities, presented in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Speakers include the Jewish Federation's CEO Daniel Sokatch, who will focus on social justice and the Jewish community's priorities, as well as Aaron Hahn Tapper and Huda Abu Arqoub (co-Executive Directors of Abraham's Vision), who will share their vision of inter-communal relations. |
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Adults |
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Sunday, January 18 |
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7:00 PM |
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Kehillah Jewish High School
3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto |
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$5 at the door |
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