During the coming year, Temple B'Nai Israel would like to lend its support to our community by collecting and donating much need items for the less fortunate. We have always been a giving group and we know that you will not disappoint us in this endeavor. Our first collection will be pencils, a much needed school supply for many of our school students. Rosenwald High School with be the recipient of this gift.
"Jews provided major financial support for civil rights causes. Julius Rosenwald, the Chicago businessman who transformed Sears, Roebuck and Co. into a national mail order colossus, was one of them. Inspired by his Rabbi,Rosenwald used his wealth to advance black education in the South, battling reluctant officials defiant education departs, and the KKK to build more than 5,3000 public schools for black children."
Our local Rosenwald High School is one of those 5,300 schools. It has been a high school, college, middle school and now a high school once again.
Let's continue Julius' work by making this donation. Bring your pencils to the next Sabbath Service and we will deliver them! If you don't have time to do that then you can offer a donation marked for this worthy cause and and we will buy them for you!
We will be rotating what we are collecting and for whom over the course of time, so if you know of a project that could use this type of support please let us know. As always you can leave a comment on the blog, catch up with us at services, or give a call.
Together we can repair the world...one step at a time.
We will be rotating what we are collecting and for whom over the course of time, so if you know of a project that could use this type of support please let us know. As always you can leave a comment on the blog, catch up with us at services, or give a call.
Together we can repair the world...one step at a time.
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