The Tzedakah Box is located outside the sanctuary, and it collects funds that are allocated to a different social justice cause each month.

This month, we are directing all Tzedakah donations to Congregants for Reproductive Justice in support of their Post Abortion Care Kit Collection.

Join CASA and committee lead Marilyn Komessar as we help address food insecurity by volunteering together at the Greater Boston Food Bank main warehouse, located in Boston. GBFB is the largest hunger relief organization in New England. Join us at the warehouse as we work on the conveyor belt, sorting and bagging donated grocery items for individuals and families in need.

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Join the Green Team in the important earth day activity of clearing invasive plants with Wellesley Conservation Land Trust at the Guernsey Sanctuary in Wellesley.

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TBE is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive in our building. Please schedule your next donation appointment now to help prevent another blood shortage. Consider donating blood, the source of life, to those in need & help fulfill our temple’s mission of bringing light to our world.

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Plant the Eretz herb garden in front of TBE. Kids can plant seeds in their own egg-carton pots to bring home!

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Scratch-made, medically tailored meals supplied by Community Services for those with chronic and critical illnesses and their families, has provided fulfillment to CASA volunteers. These meals bring comfort, human connection and stability to many needing a nutritious and delicious diet. CASA volunteers will mainly help in packing complete meals for storage and transport.

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From the turn of the 20th century through the 1960s, the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan were thriving Jewish communities. Explore the famous landmarks in a walking tour and learn how federal, state, and local housing policies contributed to the exodus to the suburbs and Boston’s segregated neighborhoods. Lew Finfer will lead our tour that will also include historical highlights of the 60s and 70s Civil Rights Movement in Boston!

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Help strengthen our democracy by encouraging and protecting voter participation. TBE is once again joining with the URJ’s Religious Action Center (“the RAC”) to partner with the Center

for Common Ground’s non-partisan “Reclaim Our Vote” campaign. We will be contacting under-represented voters in states with a history of voter suppression and intimidation to encourage them to vote and provide needed information. We begin by writing postcards to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) voters in Virginia, in advance of their June Congressional primary elections. Click here for information and to sign up for your postcard writing packet. Email Nicole Roos with questions. Sign up by April 17 for this round of postcards.

At the Shabbat service on March 29, some 60 Immigration Justice Group volunteers were recognized and honored for all their efforts in the resettlement of 16 family units during the past eight years. These families were refugees from various countries including Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Venezuela and most recently, from Algeria where the IJG welcomed two LGBTQ+ individuals. Volunteers are also now engaged through the new US Welcome Corps program in sponsoring the immediate family members of the two Syrian families that were the first refugee families we helped in 2016.

At the Shabbat service, on behalf of the IJG Leadership Team, special tribute was given to Debbie Gotbetter who has served as the Volunteer Coordinator since day one of the refugee resettlement project and a member of the IJG Leadership Team. Speaking during the service, Michael Gilman said of Debbie: Debbie has not only interviewed and provided orientation to each volunteer,... but has cared for each new immigrant in as loving a manner as you would a member of your own family... Debbie taught each of us by instruction and by example that our goal was not to make decisions or choices for these adults who were adapting to a new way of life, but rather to give them the information and tools they needed to make their own decisions and become independent thinkers in what for them was a challenging new and different country. How many of us volunteers when faced with a difficult situation have asked ourselves, “What would Debbie do?”

As Passover approaches, we all have the opportunity to fulfill the beautiful mitzvah of Maot Chittim (“wheat money”) by making a donation to Yad Chessed to ensure that every member of our community can afford food and joyfully celebrate this cherished holiday.

Maot Chittim is a mitzvah which dates to ancient times when individuals would contribute funds so that everyone in their community could afford the necessary provisions for the Passover holiday. Yad Chessed, an organization focused solely on assisting Jews in our community currently struggling with financial hardship and food insecurity, is committed to upholding this tradition by helping families purchase food on Passover. Your generous donation will contribute to ensuring that no one is left behind during this special time of year.

By giving to Yad Chessed, you are not only fulfilling a fundamental mitzvah but also spreading hope, joy, and unity throughout our community.