Social Justice at Temple Israel

Let’s take action together!

Mitzvah Minute

Opportunities to get involved with Temple Israel's social justice projects and partner organizations.

JEANS FOR TEENS
April 3-18

Temple Israel's Housing Justice Working Group is collecting jeans for our neighbor, The Bridge for Youth:

  • New and gently used jeans

  • Kids' sizes 10 through adult

If you have jeans to donate, please drop them off at Temple Israel's front desk.

For more information, contact Rabbi Ricky Kamil.

The Bridge has provided safe housing and supportive services to unhoused young people ages 10-17 for nearly 50 years. Youth often arrive with only what they're wearing, so a well-stocked clothes closet is essential.

FILL A KITCHEN WASTE BASKET FOR EMERSON VILLAGE

Emerson Village is a deeply affordable housing development in Northeast Minneapolis that Temple Israel congregants helped build. Residents are moving in and need help filling their kitchens. Below is a list of needed items; we hope to fill ten baskets. If you can fill one on your own, that’s great, but you can also add to one with any of the items listed below. In either event, if you’d like to donate, please contact Rabbi Ricky Kamil to arrange a pick-up and donation.

Fill a 13-gallon kitchen waste basket and a large tote bag with:

  • Dishrack

  • Flatware (eight settings)

  • Spatula and other cooking utensils

  • Can opener

  • Hand mixer

  • Mixing bowl

  • Pizza cutter

  • Baking sheet

  • Pot holders

  • Kitchen scissors

  • Notepad/pen

  • Extension cord

  • Batteries

Temple Israel Housing Group is looking for volunteers to help our community partner Align Minneapolis. Welcome guests and serve a community meal for our low-income and unhoused neighbors. This takes place the second Sunday of each month from 4:15-6:15 p.m. Find more information here and contact Rabbi Ricky Kamil to sign up.

HOW CAN I HELP?

Contact Rabbi Ricky Kamil, our Justice Task Force Organizer, at rkamil@templeisrael.com.

Rabbi Ricky will be happy to answer your questions, discuss your interests in helping, and outline specific actions that can address our community’s most pressing needs.

Your support can transform the lives of those facing urgent needs.

Guided by the core mitzvahs of our faith, we’re currently focused on the following key initiatives:

  • Immigrant justice

  • Racial justice

  • Sustainability and climate action

  • Antisemitism

  • Reproductive rights, and

  • Housing justice

Our mission is to pursue social action and justice through education, direct action, and advocacy.

Contact Rabbi Ricky Kamil, Justice Task Force Organizer, at rkamil@templeisrael.com.