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| What is Tikkun Olam?Tikkun Olam (literally, "world repair") has come to connote social action and the pursuit of social justice. Tikkun Olam is a key element of the Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ) mission statement. The UPJ and its members, including Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation, support a range of projects in Australia and around the world. This page has been developed to provide a portal for our members and supporters to access some of these projects and other organisations who contribute to Tikkun Olam. As we become aware of projects, new links will be added. If you know of a new program, or would like us to add a link to an existing project, please contact us.
Featured Projects and Organisations
Click on a link above for more information. Click on the organisation's logo to access their site.
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 | Call 1800 173 349 and provide your credit card details (24 hours a day)
| Visit any Queensland branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, NAB,
Westpac Bank, ANZ Bank, The Bank of Queensland or Suncorp
| Via internet banking: Account Name: Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal, BSB:
064 013, Account number: 1000 6800
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| Or by mail, with cheques made payable to The Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal ABN: 69 689 161 916 and addressed to: Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal |
Any and all assistance is appreciated, and no donation is too small. Every dollar will help our communities to recover from the storm. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Djarragun
College is situated 20 km south of Cairns in the sugar cane fields of
Gordonvale in Far North Queensland. Most of the students are of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islands descent. Djarragun College opened its doors for the first
time in the middle of the wet season in January 2001 with only a handful of
students. Its grounds, still raw from the building activities, were a sea of
mud. Since then the school has grown to an enrolment of around 400 students and
the school grounds have become an attractive campus with grassy playing fields,
shady trees, rock gardens and native shrubs. The UPJ is coordinating fundraising
for the purchase of school uniforms and shoes. More information is
available from the UPJ offices.
Nothing But Nets. The
moral test of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable. Each year,
malaria causes over one million deaths and infects 500 million people. The
large-scale impact of this disease devastates society and the economy.
Yet, the spread of malaria is preventable and the solution is simple and
cost-effective. Studies show that using insecticide-treated bed nets can reduce
transmission as much as 90%. A $10 donation to the Union for Reform
Judaism's Nothing But Nets Campaign goes directly towards the purchase,
distribution, and education about the proper use of a family bed net.
Contributions raised will assist Sudanese refugees who have crossed borders into
Uganda, the Central African Republic and Chad. Save a life – one net at a
time, one family at a time.
Whoever saves a life saves the world
entire.
The UPJ and its members throughout Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia
have joined the Nothing But Nets campaign, with a pledge to raise 5,000 nets!
You can contribute by making a donation or incorporating the campaign into your
Bar or Bat Mitzvah or other life cycle celebrations. More information is
available from the UPJ offices.
When we learn to see past
stereotypes to humanity's common values, we can fully appreciate each other as
we really are and the richness of our racial, cultural and religious diversity.
The Together for Humanity Foundation conducts programmes in schools which
challenge misconceptions and encourage children to focus on our common values.
The programmes foster understanding where there has been ignorance, a sense of
shared purpose where there has been division and prejudice, empathy and caring
where there has been indifference. The Australians Together in Values and
Goodness and Kindness workshops inspire children to work Together for
Humanity.
Their mission is to mobilise the Australian Jewish Community to participate and assist, both locally and overseas, in under resourced humanitarian projects in the wider community that promote social justice, improves the sustainability of individuals in their communities or provides emergency relief.
JewishCare strengthens the resilience and autonomy of people who are disadvantaged or experiencing difficulties in the Jewish community. Core values include: Kindness - Chessed, Justice - Tzedaka, and Making the world a better place -Tikkun Olam.
Helping Israel, ideas from the National Jewish Outreach Program. Here are a variety of suggestions for Jews in the Diaspora to help Israel - so you can do "one extra good deed or one extra act of kindness each day on behalf of the People of Israel." Tax deductible donations to the UIA Refugee Relief Fund can be made via the UPJ.
The "independent non-profit body which provides a national focus for the process of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider Australian community".
Each time you visit this site and click on the "Give Free Food" button, sponsors give a unit of funding towards feeding the hungry. Also provides links to other "Tikkun Olam" causes for similar "free donations".
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