OUR ROLE AS JEWS IN CREATION IS IMPORTANT.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN PLAY THIS ROLE IS TO LIVE AS JEWS.
TO STUDY TORAH
- MAKE A COMMITMENT TO SPEND ONE HOUR PER WEEK IN JEWISH STUDIES (There are plenty of opportunities at Temple, in new York, online)
- READ AT LEAST THREE BOOKS ON JEWISH SUBJECTS IN 5760 (there are recommendations in Reform Judaism and we have a library)
- SUBSCRIBE TO AT LAST ONE JEWISH PERIODICAL
- GO TO AT LEAST THREE JEWISH CULTURAL EVENTS IN 5760 (We live in New York. You’ll find something you like)
TO LIVE IN JEWISH TIME
- MARK EACH HOLIDAY AND EVERY SHABBAT WITH RITUALS AND CELEBRATIONS AT HOME
- MAKE SHABBAT SPECIAL
- COME TO A SERVICE AT TEMPLE AT LEAST ONCE PER MONTH
- GIVE A JEWISH SPIN TO THE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN YOUR LIVES
BE PART OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
- FIND SOMETHING TO DO AS A TEMPLE MEMBER (and join if you are not a member)
- JOIN A JEWISH ORGANIZATION BESIDES TEMPLE YOU CAN BE ACTIVE IN.
- TAKE PART IN AT LEAST ONE COMMUNITY EVENT OUTSIDE OF TEMPLE SHOLOM
- ATTEND (and bring friends) AT LEAST THREE NON-RELIGIOUS EVENTS AT TEMPLE SHOLOM THIS YEAR
TIKKUN OLAM
- DO TZEDAKAH EVERY WEEK
- DO GEMILUT HESED EVERY WEEK
- TRY TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY EVERY TIME
- MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR SOMEONE EVERY DAY.
THIS IS HOW YOU TAKE YOUR PART IN WHO AND WHAT WE ARE AS JEWS.
"You are not required to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from doing it."