Social Action Upcoming Programs and Events
Social Action
Congregation Beth El has long and proudly devoted itself to social action concerns. While Jewish law and tradition demand it, we joyfully partner with our neighbors and collaborate relationships, advocate, educate and open our minds, hearts and hands to those around us. This mission is made possible by engaged and caring congregants, the support of our Board of Directors, our active Hebrew School and the guidance of our Rabbi. Easing hunger and homelessness, in particular, are challenging pursuits we embrace as a congregation. We invite you to join our caring community as we strive to make life a little easier for those less fortunate.
Beth El’s Social Action Outreach is dedicated to involving our congregants in the work of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.
The Social Action Outreach Committee welcomes your help, as a committee member or a participant in any of our programs.
Cradles to Crayons 2024
The children who received your generosity wish to say thank you.
There are not words to describe how much it means
to a child living in poverty to have warm clothing.
Beth El Builds: Habitat for Humanity October 2023
Cook for a Friend
Cook For a Friend
Monthly, Tuesdays, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
We gather together once a month on Tuesdays, throughout the year, for our Cook for a Friend Program. Cook for a Friend prepares and packages meals for the home bound elderly, who are serviced by the JCC Klein Branch in Northeast Philadelphia.
Donations may be made to our Cook for a Friend initiative by calling the office , 215-493-1707 x4 or click here.
Wheels to Meals
For more information contact
Felice BErnstein
215-499-9368
AHTN (Advocates for Homeless and The Needy)
Beth El is participating in a program to feed homeless people through AHTN (Advocates for Homeless and The Needy), along with many other local places of worship. It’s easy!
Then cook one or several hot meals at your house. Deliver them to Felice at 129 Knights Bridge Drive at 4:15 pm. From there they go to St. Johns where they are picked up by AHTN at 5:00 pm and delivered directly to the folks living in cars and tent camps.
Call with any questions, or contact the Beth El Social Action Committee, socialaction@bethelyardley.org, for more information:
Felice Bernstein 215-499-9368
Jewish Views on Women's Reproductive Rights Healthcare Panel
A panel discussion featuring:
Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy (Kol Emet, Reconstructionist)
Rabbi David Cantor (Beth El, Conservative)
Rabbi Paula Goldberg (Pennswood Village/Shir Ami, Reform)
Sponsored by Congregation Kol Emet's Tikkun Olam Committee in partnership with Beth El Social Action
Bucks County Interfaith Coalition for Refugee Resettlement (BCICRR)
Congregation Beth El is pleased to be engaged with the Bucks Council Interfaith Coalition for Refugee Resettlement (BCICRR) as the community plans to settle a refugee family from Afghanistan in the new year. There are many moving parts to this process and there is a big need for additional volunteers to assist with short term transportation and child-care. Offers of help do not need to be a regular weekly commitment.
To sign up to volunteer, click here https://forms.gle/d1YfDLXVZ8xyRErw5.
More more information, contact Debbie Wachspress, co-chair of social action at debwachspress@gmail.com.
Tikkun Olam Resource Library
Beth El Embraces Tikkun Olam:
From its beginnings Congregation Beth El has been proudly dedicated to upholding Torah and Constitutional laws which promote and protect human rights regardless of race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. These underpinnings of equality and justice help sustain the Jewish people and our entire nation at large. At the same time, we strive to respect and safeguard our planet’s precious natural resources from pollution and waste. Given these multiple challenges facing us today, our Social Action Committee will post reference materials here for our membership who wish to learn more about how we can make our world a better place.
ADL Resource Guide - The mission of ADL is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. -Anti Defamation League
https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/3222/File/
ADLMIRespondingtohateAAPIresourceMarch2021.pdf
Bucks County Opportunity Council - Non-profit organization that works to reduce poverty in Bucks County.
https://www.bcoc.org/who-we-are/about-us/