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A Social Justice Guide
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n search of a unique Chanukah
gift for the social justice hero in
your life? Look no further than
this guide for all your gift-giving
needs — with an emphasis on tikkun
olam, the repair of our broken world.
Give the Gift of Life: Help your
loved ones give the most meaning-
ful gift of all — the gift of life — by
having them join the National
Bone Marrow Registry. Thousands
of adults and children need blood
transfusions or life-saving bone
marrow transplants each year and
depend on matches from donors
like you. You can run a drive in
your community, donate the cost of
processing a swab kit to Gift of Life,
or order kits to get tested yourself.
(www.giftoflife.org/)
Give Nothing But Nets: This
Chanukah, help eliminate malaria
death in sub-Saharan Africa by join-
ing the U.N. Foundation and the
Union for Reform Judaism's Nothing
But Nets campaign. With a $10 dona-
tion, you can provide a lifesaving bed
net to families who have fled conflict
and are living in refugee camps.
Make a donation to help save lives
today. (http://urj.org/socialaction/
issues/nets/)
Give Support to Ebola Victims
and Families: Light a candle and
give a gift to support those facing and
responding to the deadly outbreak
of Ebola in West Africa. The Reform
Jewish community has partnered
with American Jewish World Service
to raise funds to assist with contact
tracing, burial and community out-
reach throughout the countries most
hard hit by this terrible virus.
Give the Gift of Music: Have any
musicians in your life? Have any-
one who believes music can change
the world? Give the ultimate social
justice songbook — Tzedek Tirdof
— featuring songs that resound with
Jewish values and transcend personal
boundaries. Start a (musical) revolu-
tion!
Give Thoughtful Travel: Know
someone who is always on the road?
Whether it's towels in your hotel
room or the carbon emissions associ-
ated with your flights, buying offsets
through the Religious Action Center
of Reform Judaism's Travel Justly
fund ensures environmental justice
through our grant-making and advo-
cacy work. (http://rac.org/advocacy/
specialresources/neutral/)
Give Ethical Food: The foodie
in your family will love the healthy
and ethically sourced foods that
come with a share in your local
Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) project, purchased through
Hazon's Tuv Ha'aretz Jewish CSA
program or a farm near you. A few
hundred dollars buys an entire sea-
son's worth of nutritious food and
the opportunity to connect with your
community, Jewish values and the
environment in the most delicious
way. (http://hazon.org/)
Give Something Jewish: When
was that last time you gave some cool
Judaica to someone? It's Chanukah,
after all, so consider giving that
Jewish social justice junkie in your
life some fair trade Chanukah gelt
from Guilt Free Gelt or a new tallit
(prayer shawl) or challah covering
made by Guatamalan artisans receiv-
ing fair wages available at Fair Trade
Judaica. Check out the fair trade jew-
elry at Bead for Life or the delicious
coffee beans at Equal Exchange.
(http://fairtradejudaica.org ). ❑
Courtesy of the Religious Action Center
of Reform Judaism.