Want to help?
Tikkun Olam Team engages in social action activities. All are welcome to participate. Email for more info.
Have an IDEA?
Email Iris at TikkunOlam@beth-david.org or even text at 408-892-5654 if you’re want to share an idea.
Hitkansut: A South Bay Ritual Gathering for Yom Hashoah (Offsite)
Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
APJCC, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos
With fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors in our midst to share their own stories, the responsibility to remember is becoming a collective endeavor. We are called to listen to the voices of the past while drawing on our own memories, associations, and understandings in the present. Based on the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Hitkansut Haggadah: A Ritual Gathering for Yom Hashoah, the ceremony will weave together literary texts, testimonies, prayer, music, and moments of silence. Like the Passover Seder, it invites all who attend to participate in the act of memory. This gathering is meant for all ages: those whose families were impacted directly by the Holocaust and those whose families were not. Led by members from across our Silicon Valley Jewish community, including children, survivors and their descendants, and clergy. There is no cost to attend. More info and register | View Flyer
SafePark Returns to beth david in June
SafePark, a program providing safe overnight parking for individuals living in their cars, is returning to Beth David this June. Unlike the Rotating Shelter we previously hosted, most SafePark residents are employed but still unable to afford housing in the South Bay area. Similar to the Rotating Shelter, SafePark guests are vetted and approved by the parent organization and are hosted by various Houses of Worship in Saratoga, Cupertino, and San Jose for one month at a time. More info
run for their lives
Join weekly Run for their Lives walks Run4lives.org; our Saratoga group walks every Sunday at 11:30 from Chase parking lot through Downtown Saratoga. An easy 30 minute walk that keeps hostage release on people’s mind.
Abrahamic ALLIance International
Work with Christians and Muslims to help the needy
If you’ve not yet attended a really incredible AAi experience, of getting to know our Muslim and Christian neighbors check out the next AAi events at AAi.
- May 18: Food service at homeless shelter with Lincoln Glen Church and South Valley Islamic Center in Gilroy. Registration will open soon.
- May 4: 3-7pm 2nd annual Unity Walkathon at Martial Cottle Park Register here.
Dayenu Circle of Silicon Valley
Take climate action: fight back and shine a light on what is possible in these dark times.
- June 2: 5-6 pm Full Circle Meeting