Nominate a Mensch for our 2011 Top 10 List

It’s time for the Jewish Journal’s annual “Mensch” issue, and we need your help.

We are looking for people in the Los Angeles area who give of their time and energy to work for the welfare of others in the Jewish community and get little or no recognition for it.

Our mensches are unsung heroes who don’t get paid (or don’t get paid near enough) for their charitable work, whose lives are the embodiment of menschlikeit, tzedaka and gemilut hasadim. This isn’t about giving money, but about giving talent, compassion and time.

If you know people who fit this description, please pass their name and contact info on to us and tell us why you think they should be featured as one of our ten top mensches of 2011.

If you have submitted names in the past that have not been chosen, feel free to resubmit those names and descriptions. (We will be discreet about your recommendations if you wish.)

We will choose ten mensches to profile, and all nominees will be listed on our website. 

Our Mensch issue has become one of our most popular and widely appreciated cover stories. As a result of the profiles, mensches have been able to raise thousands of dollars for their causes and attract new volunteers.

Nominate your mensch by sending an email to: {encode=”menschlist@jewishjournal.com” title=”menschlist@jewishjournal.com”}.

Please get your nominations in by Friday, Dec. 2 so we can compile our list and conduct interviews.

Here are some of our past lists:
  – Our first annual big list o’ mensches 
  – Mensches: Our third annual salute to big-hearted Angelenos
  – L.A.‘s Top Ten Mensches: Our fourth-annual salute to big-hearted Angelenos
  – Our Fifth Annual Salute to Big-Hearted Angelenos