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tzedakah
Getting Out Before Katrina Still Painful
It\’s hard for Gideon Daneshrad to imagine himself on the receiving end of tzedakah (charitable giving). In the 30 years since he arrived from Iran to study computer science at North Louisiana University in Monroe, Daneshrad, 56, has built himself a full life — with four children, a lakefront home and New Orleans\’ only kosher restaurant.
\”Just close your eyes and imagine that you wake up in the morning and you are stripped of your identity,\” Daneshrad says. \”You are nobody. You are nothing. You have no money coming in. You don\’t have clothes. You don\’t have food. And all the people you knew are scattered around the world.\”
Daneshrad and his family have been in Los Angeles for more than a week, and he still finds himself imagining this is all a nightmare.
MATCH Puts Giving in Students’ Hands
At Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, a unique program is giving teenagers the opportunity to put those lessons to work by serving as board members of their own philanthropic foundation.
Teens Gear up for Bicycle Tzedakah
With their hands all but frozen, lips blue and feet soaking, nearly 50 South Bay teens and a large handful of adult volunteers braved the storm on Sunday, Dec. 5, to devote their afternoon to testing, cleaning and repairing bicycles.
Tips to Avoid a Charitable Rip-Off
Every Jewish New Year we recite the words, "Repentance, prayer and charity avert the evil decree." It sounds straightforward enough, but trying to navigate myriad charities, especially Jewish charities, is confounding.
It’s Time to Change
It\’s not the birth of the prehominid that scientists have named \”Toumai\” that marks the beginning of our moral evolution, but rather the birth of Adam and Eve.
Q & A With Simha Lainer
"If you have a piece of fruit," said Simha Lainer, "throw away the skin and eat only the good part inside." Such a wise and optimistic statement could fit right in with the list of "zayde-isms" that Lainer\’s granddaughter, Lisa, is compiling for the family in honor of his upcoming 100th birthday.
Summer Tzedakah
The rabbis say that the world stands on three things: learning, prayer and righteous deeds.
Director, Neighbors Rescue ‘Collector’
In 1998, Alice Elliott received a disturbing call from Larry Selman, the remarkable man with developmental disabilities she was profiling in her Oscar-nominated short documentary, "The Collector of Bedford Street."
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