Teens to choose among array of social action projects Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | December 8, 1995 Rabbis and Jewish teachers will speak on Jewish texts related to tikkun olam, healing the world. Eight social services agencies, including Mazon; Contact, a teen hotline; Jewish Family Service of Santa Clara County; and Hebrew Free Loan will introduce themselves. Participants will choose one of eight workshops. They may write letters to government officials about environmental concerns; assemble personal kits for Next Door, which helps victims of domestic violence, and InnVision, a system of homeless shelters; fix lunches for Loaves and Fishes Family Kitchen; assemble AIDS information kits for the Aris Project; repair children's books for the San Jose Day Nursery; assemble Chanukah kits for seniors and the homebound; or write letters to Jewish teens in Bosnia/Herzegovina. Sponsors include the Jewish Education Council (JEC) of the Jewish Federation of Greater San Jose, AZA (American Zionist Association), BBG (B'nai B'rith Girls), Saratoga USY (United Synagogue Youth), Temple Emanu-El Youth Group, Shir Hadash Youth Group, Congregation Beth David's Community Hebrew High School, Temple Emanu-El Religious School Program, Shir Hadash Wednesday Evening Program and Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center Teen Council. Participants will decide where the requested $5 tzedakah donation will be directed. For information, call Slavitt Moore at (408) 358-3033, extension 44. J. Correspondent Also On J. Religion Who is Elijah anyway? And will he be at your seder this year? Bay Area Ex–San Jose firefighter says her superior was a ‘known Nazi sympathizer’ Books How Judy Blume broke taboos around interfaith marriage Recipe These crispy li’l matzah balls go with everything Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up