Help us Help Others These High Holidays

Tzedek v’Shalom is collecting food for the Mitzvah Food Project on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.   Specifically, we are collecting:

 Canned Beans Kosher; lower salt preferred

 Canned Fruit Kosher; lower sugar preferred

 Canned Vegetables Kosher; lower salt preferred, no carrots

 Peanut Butter Kosher; lower salt preferred

 Soup Kosher; lower salt preferred

Canned Fish (canned tuna, salmon, sardines, etc.)

                        (Please no bulk sizes)

Please bring your cans to services on Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur.  There will be a box in the entrance way at Newtown Friends Meeting House.  

Mazon:

It’s Yom Kippur.  You and your family have just fasted for the day.  Think about taking the money you would have spent on food for this day and make a donation to Mazon to help feed those who go hungry every day.

Mazon is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing and alleviating hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds. Since its founding in 1985, MAZON, which means “food” or “sustenance” in Hebrew, has been the only national Jewish organization dedicated exclusively to fighting hunger. MAZON practices and promotes a multi-faceted approach to hunger relief, recognizing the importance of responding to hungry peoples’ immediate need for nutrition and sustenance while also working to advance long-term solutions. This approach symbolizes our desire to embody twin Jewish ideals: tzedakah and tikkun olam.

You  can make a donation three different ways:

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
PO Box 894765
Los Angeles, CA 90189-4765
Posted by: Jerry | September 21, 2011 2:38 am
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Planning for a Meaningful Bar/Bat Mitzvah Experience

Join us Sunday, September 18th at 10am at the Goodnoe Elementary School (in the modular classrooms) in Newtown PA for an interactive session on how to have a more meaningful Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience.

Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy will be leading the discussion, where the following aspects of planning the Bar/Bat Mitzvah will be explored:

• The Physical – Planning the Logistics
• The Emotional – What are your feelings surrounding this lifecycle event?
• The Intellectual – How will you grow through this process?
• The Spiritual – Connections to Judaism – individually and through community

Again, the event is Sunday, September 18th at 10am at Goodnoe Elementary School (in the Modular Classrooms)
298 Frost Lane Newtown, PA. If you’re planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in the near future, you won’t want to miss this!
Posted by: Jerry | September 2, 2011 3:36 am
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Family Friendly Kabbalat Shabbat Sept 9th

Join us Friday night, September 9th for a family friendly Kabbalat Shabbat and potluck at Newtown Friends Meetinghouse at 219 Court St, in Newtown, PA. Guests are welcome!

Posted by: Jerry | 3:29 am
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