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Repair the World, along-
side AEPi and Moishe
House and other Jewish Service
Alliance partners, announced
the “Passover Earth Day
Challenge,
” aiming to contrib-
ute 5,000 Passover Earth Day
Challenge service actions leading
up to Passover and Earth Day
— both occur April 22, and as a
part of Global Volunteer Month
throughout April.
The Passover Earth Day
Challenge will launch on
Saturday, April 13, with daily
acts of service running until
Tuesday, April 30. Challenge
participants will be encouraged
to participate by either down-
loading a digital workbook or
posting their act of service to
Instagram or TikTok, using
#PassoverEarthDayChallenge
and tagging @RepairtheWorld to
submit their completed service.
The challenge includes the fol-
lowing 10 environmental plagues
and 10 acts of service:
• Environmental Plague:
Water pollution; Acts of
Service: Clean up a waterway.
• Environmental Plague:
Plastic waste; Acts of
Service: Clean up plastic
waste.
• Environmental Plague: Fast
fashion and overconsumption;
Acts of Service: Recycle or
donate clothing or old house-
hold items.
• Environmental Plague: Air
pollution; Acts of
Service: Carpool, use public
transit, bike or walk.
• Environmental
Plague: Industrial agriculture;
Acts of Service: Cut food
waste, compost, and donate
excess food.
• Environmental
Plague: Deforestation; Acts of
Service: Plant a tree.
• Environmental
Plague: Environmental disas-
ters: Acts of Service: Prepare a
first aid kit to share.
• Environmental
Plague: Invasive species; Acts
of Service: Remove invasive
plants and replace with wild-
flowers.
• Environmental
Plague: Energy consumption;
Acts of Service: Unplug for
the day.
• Environmental
Plague: Environmental
unawareness; Acts of
Service: Host an environmen-
tal plagues seder or conver-
sation.
For more info, go to werepair.
org/get-involved/campaign/pass-
over-earthday.
Haggadahs to over 200,000
families over the past
six years. PJ Library will
once again offer anyone
celebrating the holiday a
downloadable PDF version
of In Every Generation:
A PJ Library Family
Haggadah.
Aside from the
traditional prayers and
readings, this interactive
guide to the Passover seder
offers up specially curated
videos of songs and
blessing and explanations
that help make the holiday
a fun, engaging and
family-friendly experience.
Finally, PJ Library
curates age-specific books
for its subscribers from
birth through age 8. Last
year, children ages 3 to
4 received a delightful
spin on a classic Yiddish
folktale In Our Teeny Tiny
Matzah House, written by
Bill Wurtzel and illustrated
by Claire Wurtzel (Apple
& Honey Press) in which
Kitzel the cat can’t hear
himself meow, as his house
is too noisy. But it’s about
to become noisier because
Passover is about to begin!
Kids ages 6 to 7 were
sent A Persian Passover
(Kalaniot Books), set
in 1950’s Iran, written
by Etan Basseri and
illustrated by Rashin
Kheiriyeh, which finds
Ezra and Roza looking
forward to celebrating the
holiday until they have an
unfortunate mishap with
the community matzah
baking oven.
If families don’t want to
miss out on getting books
each month, including for
future holidays, sign up
today at PJLibrary.org.
Repair the World Launches ‘Passover
Earth Day Challenge’
Initial preparations are under-
way for the next U.S. election
for the World Zionist Congress
(WZC). The American Zionist
Movement (AZM), which
administers the vote, has
announced that any group that
may be interested in running a
new party slate for the election
must file an application by May
15, 2024, with its proposed
platform and candidate list.
Procedural details are posted at
azm.org/elections.
The 39th Zionist Congress
is currently scheduled to be
held in the late fall of 2025 in
Jerusalem. The vote in the U.S.
Jewish community to elect
the American delegates to the
WZC will likely be conducted
during the early part of 2025.
As the international “parlia-
ment of the Jewish people,” the
WZC is the only democratical-
ly elected global Jewish forum
and is the direct continuation
of the Zionist Congress first
convened by Theodor Herzl
in 1897 in Basel. The delegates
and the bodies they form at the
WZC determine the leadership
and influence the policies of
Israel’s National Institutions:
the World Zionist Organization
(WZO), the Jewish Agency for
Israel (JAFI), Jewish National
Fund-Keren Kayemet LeIsrael
(JNF) and Keren Hayesod —
which together allocate nearly
$1 billion annually in funding
in support of Israel and Jewish
communities around the world.
As there are many required
steps in qualifying a slate for
candidacy, interested organi-
zations should contact Herbert
Block, executive director of
AZM at hblock@azm.org or
elections@azm.org for further
details on the election rules,
procedures and criteria.
How New U.S. Slates Can Run for the 39th
World Zionist Congress
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