Thirty years ago, while still a rabbinical student in Israel, Stephen Wise Temple’s Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and a group of fellow students established the Kavod Tzedakah Fund. To celebrate Kavod’s three decades of tikkun olam (repairing the world), Rabbi Yoshi and Kavod are offering a special three-session class this month, hosted by A Tree With Roots.
- October 15: Torah study with RABBI YOSHI ZWEIBACK, our mentor and teacher DANNY SIEGEL, and a discussion with RABBI SUSAN LIPPE and KRIS WADE of The Other Ones Foundation, doing extraordinary work with homeless men and women in Austin, Tex.
- October 22: Torah study with RABBI JACQUELINE ELLENSON, and a discussion with RABBI JAY MOSES and DR. BETH WEINSTOCK of BirdieLight, working to save the lives of young people with education and action around the dangers of Fentanyl, the No. 1 cause of death among 18-45 year-olds in the U.S.
- October 29: Torah study with RABBI DAVID ELLENSON and RABBI SYDNEY MINTZ, and a discussion with RABBI YOSHI ZWEIBACK and JONATHAN ORNSTEIN, CEO of JCC KRAKOW, on the frontlines of work and rescue of Ukrainian refugees.
All are welcome to join for some truly enlightening and inspirational sessions about the skills of tikkun olam.
Participants are requested to learn more and to make a donation of any amount to the Kavod Tzedakah Collective.
The KAVOD Tzedakah Fund was established with the intention of seeking out, supporting, and promoting individuals and organizations that beautifully and creatively do the work of justice, caring, and peace. It was named it “Kavod,” since human dignity was the common denominator of all these projects. Three decades later, the Kavod Tzedakah Fund has distributed over $1.7 million in the United States, Israel, Ukraine, and around the world. Kavod has also trained numerous “Tzedakah Fellows” in conjunction with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and inspired countless others in the art of grassroots, no-overhead tzedakah-giving.
