Tikkun Olam Category
Ghost Nets and Garbage Patches: An Interview with Miriam Goldstein
By: Julia Glassman on: Nov 17,2009 In: Environment, Tikkun OlamLast summer, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography teamed up with Project Kaisei to form SEAPLEX, a 20-day expedition to gather data about the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” a massive whirlpool-like current between North America and Asia that’s filled with trash. SEAPLEX sought to develop a better understanding of the size of the garbage patch, [...]
A Prayer For Voting
By: Rabbi David Seidenberg on: Nov 1,2008 In: 2008 elections, Tikkun Olam, VotingWhen I composed the first version of a voting prayer more than ten years ago, someone said to me that prayer doesn’t belong in a voting booth. But for me, nothing I do in civic life feels more like a sacred act than voting. It’s not just the ceremony of it, not even the aspect [...]
Revolutionize Your Resources!
By: Cole Krawitz on: Feb 20,2008 In: Events, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Tikkun Olam, TzedakahOK, I try not to just post events, but this just rocks, so I’m putting it up for folks–if you’re in the Bay Area, check out this Three-Part Series on Judaism, Consumer Power, and What It Means to Work for the Greater Good! Big love to AJWS, AVODAH and Congregation Emanu-El Young Adult Community for [...]
This poster is sold signed. Half of the proceeds goes to Parners in Health for earth quake relief. PIH is the grassroots organization established in Haiti by Dr. Paul Farmer. It is Haitian-led and provides direct assistance in Haitian communities without the costs of an administrative bureaucracy. Thanks, Ricardo www.rlmarts.com
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