Tikkun Olam
Heal the World
Part of the spirit of Congregation Bet Haverim is to contribute to improving our community and the world around us. To that end we offer a number of opportunities within CBH to participate in activities to help improve the lives of our friends and neighbors.
There are groups at Bet Haverim that channel our passion for healing:
We also share information about programs and activities in neighboring communities that can use our helping hand. If you know of an activity or organization that should be mentioned, please contact the office or our Communications Coordinator.
You can follow up with current postings listed below.
Things we can do to support Ukraine
Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine under attack. As we bear witness to the horrors of this unjust war, let us do what we can to support those in need. Here are ways you can help: Call and/or write to the White House and our elected officials to ask for immediate economic and […]
Social Justice Committee seeks participants
WE NEED YOU!!!! Dear CBH Partners, The Social Justice Committee (SJC) aka Team Tikkun Olam is off to a zooming start this year. We have been brainstorming and clarifying our priority areas, and we hope there is something on the list that speaks to you! Each interest area and sub-committee will welcome your energy. […]
CBH HIAS Refugee Shabbat on Saturday, March 6
Rabbi Lee Bycel to be Featured Speaker at CBH HIAS Refugee Shabbat, Saturday, March 6th 10 am for the service, 12:15 for the Lunch & Learn Rabbi Greg and the Social Justice Committee are thrilled to welcome Rabbi Lee Bycel, humanitarian, teacher and author, to join us for a very special HIAS Refugee Shabbat, Saturday, […]
Election Day is Over, What’s Next?
This has been an extraordinary year, culminating now in a period of waiting as the dust settles after a tumultuous election season. But what remains crystal clear is that the challenges that our country faces, challenges that deeply divide us as a nation, will not magically disappear when all the votes are counted. This means […]
Davis Emergency Shelter Program, Winter 2020-21
As most of you know, CBH has hosted the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter (IRWS) for many winter seasons. This season, however, congregations in Davis, including ours, are unable to provide overnight shelter to guests who are homeless due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, IRWS will be leasing apartments in Davis to house those homeless folks […]
2020 California Elections step by step
Time for Mitz-VOTE! REGISTER TO VOTE – deadline October 19 New to register https://registertovote.ca.gov YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION Check on mailing address and other details https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov If your signature has changed a lot, email elections@yolocounty.org and explain your concern. They can verify your ballot signature on file to ensure it matches. BALLOTS ARRIVE […]
Contemporary usage of the phrase shares with the rabbinic concept of mipnei tikkun ha-olam a concern with public policy and societal change and with the kabbalistic notion of tikkun, the idea that the world is profoundly broken and can be fixed only by human activity.
Tikkun Olam, once associated with a mystical approach to all mitzvot, now is most often used to refer to a specific category of mitzvot involving work for the improvement of society — a usage perhaps closer to the term’s classical rabbinic origins than to its longstanding mystical connotations.
(from My Jewish Learning)
