The 30th Anniversary of the KAVOD TZEDAKAH FUND

3 Online Classes with Mitzvah Heroes & Jewish Study about Tikkun Olam

Sundays, October 15, 22, and 29, 2023  

11am Texas Time [ = Noon Eastern Time / 9am Pacific Time]

Please Register here to join and receive the Zoom Link

Each class will feature text study with some great Jewish teachers and conversations with some of Kavod’s most extraordinary Mitzvah Heroes. We want to share great Jewish values and great Jewish teachers. We look forward to learning and celebrating with you!

October 15: Torah study with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and our mentor and teacher Danny Siegel, and a discussion with Rabbi Susan E. Lippe and Kris Wade of The Other Ones Foundation, doing extraordinary work with unhoused people in Austin, TX.

October 22: Torah study with Rabbi Jacqueline Ellenson, and a discussion with Rabbi Jay Moses and Dr. Beth Weinstock of BirdieLight, working to save the lives of young people with education and action around the dangers of Fentanyl, the #1 cause of death among 18-45 year-olds in the US.

October 29: Torah study with Rabbi David Ellenson and Rabbi Sydney Mintz, and a discussion with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of JCC KRAKOW, on the frontlines of work and rescue of Ukrainian refugees.

I hope you can join us for these 3 opportunities for learning and inspiration about the art and skill of Tzedakah [just giving] and Tikkun Olam [repairing what is broken in our world].

What is the Kavod Tzedakah Collective? 30 years ago, a group of rabbinical students in Jerusalem established the KAVOD Tzedakah Fund with the intention of seeking out, supporting, and promoting individuals and organizations that do the work of justice, caring, and peacemaking. 

This was the brainchild of my friend R. Yoshi Zweiback who named our group KAVOD, since human dignity is the common denominator of all our projects and donations.

Three decades later, the Kavod Tzedakah Fund has distributed over $1.7 million in the United States, Israel, Ukraine, and around the world. We continue to be dedicated to the art of grassroots, no-overhead giving.

Special thanks to R. Neal Gold and A Tree with Roots for hosting our classes online!

To learn more about Kavod’s work, please check out the most recent Annual Report here. There is no cost for these events, and we encourage participants to make a contribution of any amount (nothing too big or small) to our Kavod Tzedakah Fund at www.kavod.org.

Thank you!