Tikkun (Social Action)

THE SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE (SJC) identifies, evaluates, and provides opportunities for Temple members to engage in Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) and Maasim Tovin (Good Deeds) while building bridges, through dialogue and action, with other institutions and persons in the greater St. Augustine, St. Johns and Flagler County areas. Our activities include:

Dining with Dignity: Every 3rd Monday of the month, TBY partners with St. Paul’s AME Church to help feed the homeless and indigent in St. Augustine. We meet at 5 PM at St. Paul’s AME. The St. Paul’s congregants do the cooking, we do the setup and load the van. Everyone helps serve.

Dinner is served to about 100 people. The clients have always been courteous and appreciative. This is a great opportunity to meet people from other backgrounds and to do good and necessary work in the community.

TBY participates in the events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the mass arrest of sixteen reform rabbis who had joined Martin Luther King and other civil rights activists in marching to protest segregation in St. Augustine.

SJC sponsors food drives for needy families raising over 1000 pounds of food, participates in the annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service, and engages in outreach activities with area churches, nonprofit groups and local government agencies to address ways to improve the lives of vulnerable populations in our community.

If you are someone who prefers action over talk when you see a need and are willing to roll up your sleeves to help make a difference in the lives of your neighbors, then consider volunteering for one or more of these activities.

For more information about the Social Justice Committee and/or to participate on the committee or volunteer for Dining with Dignity, please contact Temple Bet Yam (904)819-1875

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