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New York
Giving doesn’t look like it used to. Our sense of community is evolving and expanding. We give globally as much as locally and the technology of giving has certainly gone beyond doling out coins.
Earlier this year, American Jewish World Service brought together talented designers nationwide to translate the concept of tzedakah - Judaism’s imperative to give to those in need – into compelling, relevant design. The Where Do You Give? National Design Competition challenged designers, artists and conceptual thinkers to create a 21st century icon inspired by the values and imagery of the traditional tzedakah box that reflects our increasingly interconnected, global and technologically accelerated world.
Join us on June 20 as we kick off a national exhibit of winning designs from the competition and celebrate a new movement toward thoughtful, imaginative and inspired giving.
Wednesday, June 20
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
92YTribeca
200 Hudson Street
New York, NY
Speakers include Rebecca Stone, Karen Pittelman, Ryan Clifford. Facilitated by Sasha Feldstein. Read more →
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 Please join us for the next People of the Book Club! The discussion will be facilitated by Amarilys Estrella, AJWS program officer for the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Light refreshments will be provided.
When: Wednesday, June 6th, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Where: AJWS 8th floor conference room, 45 West 36th St.
Who: The discussion will be facilitated by Amarilys Estrella, AJWS program officer for the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Special discount! RSVP for details about a 15% discount on the book at a local bookstore.
RSVP: slipkin@ajws.org Read more →
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Join us to learn from and be energized by local Jewish change-makers and to celebrate the multitude of ways we are working to create a more just world.
Inside the Activists’ Studio 2012 will help us explore the parameters of a global movement and find our place as Jewish social justice activists within it. Learn tools to help reflect on what’s most important to you, amplify your voice, and participate in a meaningful way in the global effort towards a more just world.
When: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Registration at 2:30 p.m.
Where: The Elisabeth Irwin High School (40 Charlton Street, Greenwich Village) Read more →
Join Pursue, Uri L’Tzedek, and Congregation Beth Elohim / Brooklyn Jews for the second annual Food Justice Seder!
As Passover draws near and we begin thinking about age-old themes of slavery and liberation, we’ll gather to connect the dots between contemporary food justice issues and the retelling of our Exodus story.
 Date: Sunday, April 1st
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 6:00 p.m. sharp.
Location: Congregation Beth Elohim @ 274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn NY (map)
Cost: Sliding scale, $12 – $20. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contribute what you can.
To RSVP: Register below. Pre-registration is highly encouraged and most appreciated. Read more →
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by Pursue on February 28, 2012
 Thursday, March 22nd at 7:00 p.m.
Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn
Cost: $10
Emceed by Liz Nord, filmmaker and producer of MTV’s Emmy award winning 2008 election coverage
For many of us, gender inequality describes unfair salary disparities, constricting gender norms or under-representation. We couldn’t imagine a situation where we would be harassed if we didn’t sit at the back of the bus or were forced to use a different sidewalk because of our gender. We couldn’t imagine a system that would allow, in response to pressure from religious extremists, the removal of images of women from advertisements.
Yet headlines describing precisely these phenomena and worse are coming out of Israel, despite its notable history of women’s accomplishments. Some have pointed to religious extremism as a culprit in these events. However, government policies and public disinterest have enabled the exclusion of women from many public spaces for decades.
How do these events influence the way we see ourselves as part of a global Jewish community? Does it change our relationship to Israel? What is appropriate for Diaspora Jews to do about these issues? Read more →
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Get the low-down on Pursue NYC
New York is the city that never sleeps, and you would be up all night too if you thought about all the activities Pursue community members engage in, day and night. The NY community is especially dedicated to making sure the Big Apple is a local and sustainable one, while its members work on issues ranging from education to immigration.
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To keep up to date on what's happening in the New York, join the listserv by dropping your email address in the box at the upper right corner of this page.
Get Connected
Contact the NY City Team at nycityteam@pursueaction.org. Audrey, Chanel and the City Team love to meet up with anyone interested in Judaism, social justice and service in New York. To read their letter of introduction, click here.
2012 NY City Team:
Bekah Dickstein
Shulie Eisen
Emily Hoffman
Jodie Honigman
Justin Lerner
Dana Levy
Andrew Rosenthal
For complete bios, click here.
Local Friends
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Jewish change-makers are inspired, motivated and fiercely smart. Jewish values urge us to question injustice, act, and take collective responsibility. Pursue sparks and sustains social change by channeling the unlimited passion and potential of Jewish change-makers
in their 20s and 30s into action for a more just world. Copyright 2010
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