Mitzvah Day 2025
SAVE THE DATE – Sunday January 12th
From 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
(Lunch will be served)
A day of Social Action, Service Learning, Charitable Giving and Acts of Loving Kindness
This is a collaboration between Hebrew Tabernacle & Beth Am.
Full schedule to the right
Activities will include things for families, grownups and kids in their own groups, like:
- Families: Sort food & clothing and assemble Care Kits for homeless/migrant neighbors
- Grownups: Climate Justice & Immigrant Justice Workshops
- Kids: Art project, stories, knitting and baking
- Plus, see how to get involved with advocacy & fundraising for social justice
Get ready to: Collect winter clothing, buy food for Fort Fridge, donate funds for 100 Care Kits contents, learn and take action!
To make a Mitzvah Day donation click below for details
SCHEDULE FOR MITZVAH DAY
12:30pm-1:30pm
- Pizza Lunch – Hebrew High Fundraiser for Teen Lobby Trip to DC with Reform Religious Action Center
1:00pm to 3:45pm:
- Kids & Parents 100 Care Kits Assembly Line
- Winter Outerwear/Blanket Sorting/Bagging
- Art Project for Kids: Kindness Quilt
- Judaica & Needlework Book Sale for Middle East Dialogue & Relief
- Advocacy Letters, NYS Climate Bills, Immigrant Rts & more
- Knitting Circle & Learn-to-Knit hats/scarves
SPECIAL WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS & KIDS
1pm-2pm
- Cooking with Rabbi Paula for the Fort Fridge (kids aged 7 & up)
2pm-3pm
- Adult Workshop on Reform Jewish NY Climate Justice Campaign
- Early Childhood Story time (1/2 hour)
3pm-4pm
- Adult Workshop How Our Synagogues Can Support & Defend Our Immigrant Neighbors – Synagogue Coalition on the Refugee and Immigration Crisis
- Elementary Fruits of the Earth Workshop & Story Time (3-4th grade)
4pm
- Food Caravan with Carts & Kids to the Fort Fridge (181 St/Ft Wash Ave)
- Car Caravan with Care Kits & Winter clothes/blankets to Uptown Wagon volunteers’ homes