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Community Cooks
Community Cooks is a network of volunteers who offer free, home-cooked meals to vulnerable populations. Volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds share the idea that delivering home-cooked food carries a message from the heart, that your neighbors care about you. In this way Community Cooks offers individual volunteers the opportunity to join other like-minded community members in helping to create a more caring and compassionate society. Temple B'nai Brith’s team prepares home-cooked meals for The Mystic Project’s GED program participants.
Community Cooks is a network of volunteers who offer free, home-cooked meals to vulnerable populations. Volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds share the idea that delivering home-cooked food carries a message from the heart, that your neighbors care about you. In this way Community Cooks offers individual volunteers the opportunity to join other like-minded community members in helping to create a more caring and compassionate society. Temple B'nai Brith’s team prepares home-cooked meals for The Mystic Project’s GED program participants.
Keshet
Temple B'nai Brith is a member of Keshet, a national grassroots organization working for the full equality and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Jews in Jewish life. Led and supported by LGBT Jews and straight allies, Keshet strives to cultivate the spirit and practice of inclusion in all parts of the Jewish community. We began as a small, grassroots group working for change in the Greater Boston area and are now a national organization with a west coast office in the Bay Area in addition to our national office in Boston.
Temple B'nai Brith is a member of Keshet, a national grassroots organization working for the full equality and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Jews in Jewish life. Led and supported by LGBT Jews and straight allies, Keshet strives to cultivate the spirit and practice of inclusion in all parts of the Jewish community. We began as a small, grassroots group working for change in the Greater Boston area and are now a national organization with a west coast office in the Bay Area in addition to our national office in Boston.
Save Our Homes Walk
A team of TBB members and children's school students participate each year in the annual Save Our Homes Walk to fight homelessness, supporting grants to needy families and individuals for security deposits, back rent, utility bills, and moving costs associated with stabilizing housing. The walk is organized by the Somerville Affordable Housing Organizing Committee (AHOC), an advocacy coalition comprised of Somerville residents and community organizations
A team of TBB members and children's school students participate each year in the annual Save Our Homes Walk to fight homelessness, supporting grants to needy families and individuals for security deposits, back rent, utility bills, and moving costs associated with stabilizing housing. The walk is organized by the Somerville Affordable Housing Organizing Committee (AHOC), an advocacy coalition comprised of Somerville residents and community organizations
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Temple B'nai Brith is a founding member of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and supports it in initiatives such as reforming health care, affordable housing and its campaign to end usury.
Temple B'nai Brith is a founding member of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization and supports it in initiatives such as reforming health care, affordable housing and its campaign to end usury.
Family Table
Family Table is the largest kosher food pantry in New England, providing healthy food on a monthly or emergency basis to individuals and families in need. Temple B'nai Brith has committed to donate 30 cans of fruit and 30 packages of raisins to Family Table each month. Collection shelves are located in the synagogue entrance hall. The mission of Family Table is to offer food in a way that meets nutritional and spiritual needs. They serve more than 100 towns across eastern Massachusetts, currently helping more than 400 families each month. Family Table offers balanced and nutritious food items, including fresh produce, and collaborates closely with the JF&CS Hunger and Nutrition program to provide education about healthy eating. They also provide Jewish holiday and ritual items, including challah and Shabbat candles, personal hygiene items such as soap, toothpaste, and shampoo, healthy recipes, and connections to programs that help families move from crisis to stability.
Family Table is the largest kosher food pantry in New England, providing healthy food on a monthly or emergency basis to individuals and families in need. Temple B'nai Brith has committed to donate 30 cans of fruit and 30 packages of raisins to Family Table each month. Collection shelves are located in the synagogue entrance hall. The mission of Family Table is to offer food in a way that meets nutritional and spiritual needs. They serve more than 100 towns across eastern Massachusetts, currently helping more than 400 families each month. Family Table offers balanced and nutritious food items, including fresh produce, and collaborates closely with the JF&CS Hunger and Nutrition program to provide education about healthy eating. They also provide Jewish holiday and ritual items, including challah and Shabbat candles, personal hygiene items such as soap, toothpaste, and shampoo, healthy recipes, and connections to programs that help families move from crisis to stability.
Jewish Climate Action Network
Temple B'nai Brith is a member of the Jewish Climate Action Network, an organization mobilizing communities to take leadership in bold climate campaigns through education and reducing carbon footprints. JCAN's work includes holding educational conferences, workshops, and talks on issues relating to climate change, including greening our synagogues, lifestyles, and homes; engaging in local, national, and global campaigns such as #LightforLima and the People's Climate Marches, and advocating for laws, regulation, and funding that combat climate change and related environmental harms; as well as coordinating efforts to reduce energy use in Jewish institutions, working with green teams, and encouraging Jewish institutions to move their investments from environmentally destructive companies to portfolios that have a positive impact on people and the environment.
Temple B'nai Brith is a member of the Jewish Climate Action Network, an organization mobilizing communities to take leadership in bold climate campaigns through education and reducing carbon footprints. JCAN's work includes holding educational conferences, workshops, and talks on issues relating to climate change, including greening our synagogues, lifestyles, and homes; engaging in local, national, and global campaigns such as #LightforLima and the People's Climate Marches, and advocating for laws, regulation, and funding that combat climate change and related environmental harms; as well as coordinating efforts to reduce energy use in Jewish institutions, working with green teams, and encouraging Jewish institutions to move their investments from environmentally destructive companies to portfolios that have a positive impact on people and the environment.
Kids4Peace
Founded in Jerusalem in 2002, KIDS4PEACE is a global movement of youth and families, dedicated to ending conflict and inspiring hope in divided societies around the world. Kids4Peace operates international summer camps, leadership programs and a six-year, year-round program for more than 500 Palestinian, Israeli and North American youth. Kids4Peace is a grassroots, community-based organization, representing a wide diversity of religions, cultures, national identities, economic status and political point of view. Kids4Peace facilitates honest dialogue about different historical narratives and current realities. Youth are invited to listen to each other, to proudly share their own identities, and to hear painful and unfamiliar stories in a respectful environment. Kids4Peace prepares youth to be public leaders, equipping them with skills and practices to resist violence, influence others toward peace, and work together for lasting change.
Founded in Jerusalem in 2002, KIDS4PEACE is a global movement of youth and families, dedicated to ending conflict and inspiring hope in divided societies around the world. Kids4Peace operates international summer camps, leadership programs and a six-year, year-round program for more than 500 Palestinian, Israeli and North American youth. Kids4Peace is a grassroots, community-based organization, representing a wide diversity of religions, cultures, national identities, economic status and political point of view. Kids4Peace facilitates honest dialogue about different historical narratives and current realities. Youth are invited to listen to each other, to proudly share their own identities, and to hear painful and unfamiliar stories in a respectful environment. Kids4Peace prepares youth to be public leaders, equipping them with skills and practices to resist violence, influence others toward peace, and work together for lasting change.
Yad Chessed
Yad Chessed supports Jewish individuals and families by alleviating economic distress and helping them reach financial stability. Temple B'nai Brith is proud to support Yad Chessed throughout the year and to raise funds for their annual Purim drive. On Purim Yad Chessed works with 65 synagogues, colleges and day schools across Massachusetts to collect AND give away matanot l’evyonim (gifts to the poor) to Jewish families in need. Last Purim, Yad Chessed distributed $143,500 in food vouchers to more than 700 local families. Temple B'nai Brith collected $1,858 for the 2017 Purim drive, and our contribution has increased each year we’ve participated.
Yad Chessed supports Jewish individuals and families by alleviating economic distress and helping them reach financial stability. Temple B'nai Brith is proud to support Yad Chessed throughout the year and to raise funds for their annual Purim drive. On Purim Yad Chessed works with 65 synagogues, colleges and day schools across Massachusetts to collect AND give away matanot l’evyonim (gifts to the poor) to Jewish families in need. Last Purim, Yad Chessed distributed $143,500 in food vouchers to more than 700 local families. Temple B'nai Brith collected $1,858 for the 2017 Purim drive, and our contribution has increased each year we’ve participated.
RESPOND
Respond is a Somerville based organization working to end domestic violence. Temple B'nai Brith has hosted several fundraising events such as concerts and dances to benefit this worthy cause, often around Purim, in order to acknowledge Vashti, the deposed queen in the Purim story who may have been a victim of domestic violence.
Respond is a Somerville based organization working to end domestic violence. Temple B'nai Brith has hosted several fundraising events such as concerts and dances to benefit this worthy cause, often around Purim, in order to acknowledge Vashti, the deposed queen in the Purim story who may have been a victim of domestic violence.
Jewish Big Brother Big Sister
JBBBS helps to connect children to adult mentors, and introduce adults who have disabilities to new friends in their communities. In this way, and in the spirit of chazak v’nithazaik (strengthening one another), JBBBS seeks to support and empower individuals and families to engage, to participate actively in the life of their communities, to live inspired and to inspire others.
JBBBS helps to connect children to adult mentors, and introduce adults who have disabilities to new friends in their communities. In this way, and in the spirit of chazak v’nithazaik (strengthening one another), JBBBS seeks to support and empower individuals and families to engage, to participate actively in the life of their communities, to live inspired and to inspire others.
Jewish Community Relations Council
Temple B'nai Brith is a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council, whose purpose is to define and advance the values, interests and priorities of the organized Jewish community of Greater Boston in the public square. JCRC and the Greater Boston Jewish community work toward a strong infrastructure of community relations, articulated through building our community's connection and commitment to civil society, developing the next generation of Jewish leaders, weaving a strong network of Jewish organizations, and investing in deep ties with actors in the public square.
Temple B'nai Brith is a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council, whose purpose is to define and advance the values, interests and priorities of the organized Jewish community of Greater Boston in the public square. JCRC and the Greater Boston Jewish community work toward a strong infrastructure of community relations, articulated through building our community's connection and commitment to civil society, developing the next generation of Jewish leaders, weaving a strong network of Jewish organizations, and investing in deep ties with actors in the public square.
Jewish Family & Children's Service
Jewish Family & Children's Service cares for individuals and families by providing human service and health care programs, guided by Jewish traditions of social responsibility, compassion, and respect for all members of the community. JF&CS is especially responsive to the needs of vulnerable members of our community: newborns and their parents, individuals with developmental disabilities or persistent mental illness, families at risk, and the frail elderly.
Jewish Family & Children's Service cares for individuals and families by providing human service and health care programs, guided by Jewish traditions of social responsibility, compassion, and respect for all members of the community. JF&CS is especially responsive to the needs of vulnerable members of our community: newborns and their parents, individuals with developmental disabilities or persistent mental illness, families at risk, and the frail elderly.
Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy
The Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy (GBJCL) mobilizes the Jewish community to help elementary school children discover the joy of reading. Through partnerships with synagogues, Jewish community organizations, day schools and local businesses, GBJCL engages volunteers in school based one-to-one reading tutoring, book drives and advocacy efforts in under-served communities.
The Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy (GBJCL) mobilizes the Jewish community to help elementary school children discover the joy of reading. Through partnerships with synagogues, Jewish community organizations, day schools and local businesses, GBJCL engages volunteers in school based one-to-one reading tutoring, book drives and advocacy efforts in under-served communities.
Awards
- Massachusetts Community Preservation Act Grant recipient 2015, $450,945 (for Project Aliyah)
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 leading fundraising team for the Somerville’s Affordable Housing Organizing Committee's Save Our Homes Walk (supporting grants to needy families and individuals for security deposits, back rent, utility bills, and moving costs associated with stabilizing housing).
- Recipient of Combined Jewish Philanthropies Innovation Grant and Engagement Grant
- Recipient of Gateways Grant (enabling Jewish children with special educational needs to become successful participants in the Jewish community), 2016
- The key project manager and congregation member, Mr. Frank Valdes, AIA, has received numerous awards and recognition for his work, including the Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award in 2010, the Paul E. Tsongas Award in 2012 from Preservation Massachusetts, and the J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation.
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