SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SAC)
Our belief in tikkun olam, fixing the world, is a key part of our Jewish Reform practice, and the Temple has since its inception been involved in charitable giving and social justice issues--on its own, with other Jewish organizations, and through interfaith and community groups (Dorot, Midnight Run, food and clothing drives, ADL, HIAS, etc. )
Our social action committee (SAC ) oversees many of these activities. Over the last several months, the SAC—composed of board members, Cantor Robin Joseph and several congregants-- has focused on ways to re-energize and re-orient our commitment through a series of topical presentations.
It’s our hope that all events hosted by SAC will stimulate conversations and action and will draw congregants and other Rivertown residents to our Temple. If you are interested in helping on any of these projects, please let us know by contacting Wendy Naidich, Penny Wolfson or Cantor Robin Joseph at the emails below.
wendynaidich@gmail.com, pen.l.wolfson@gmail.com, cantorjoseph@tbshastings.org.
FOOD DONATIONS FOR THe DOBBS FERRY AND HASTINGS FOOD PANTRIES.
TBS collects produce and juice every Tuesday for our local food pantries. To sign-up to make a donation, click on the button below
The Temple Beth Shalom Social Action Committee presents
The Situation: A glimpse of Israeli-Palestinian relations in film
COLLIDING DREAMS
A considered look at the history of conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people, this comprehensive documentary explores Zionism's ideals and aims, and the difficulty of finding compromise in a land scarred by decades of hostility.
Discussion—November 7, 2021 @ 4 p.m.
THE GATEKEEPERS
A 2012 internationally co-produced documentary film by director Dror Moreh that tells the story of the Israel internal security service, Shin Bet from the perspective of six of its former heads.
The film combines in-depth interviews, archival footage, and computer animation to recount the role that the group played in Israel's security from the Six-Day War to the present. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards.
Discussion—December 12, 2021 @ 4 p.m.
NAILA AND THE UPRISING
When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. "Naila and the Uprising" chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh and a fierce community of women at the frontlines, whose stories weave through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history - the First Intifada in the late 1980s.
Discussion—January 23, 2022 @ 4 p.m.
A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA
Following a bomb attack on a local café, Tal, the 17-year-old daughter of recent French immigrants to Israel, throws a bottle into the sea near Gaza with a message asking for an explanation. Naïm, a sensitive but aimless 20-year-old Palestinian living in Gaza, discovers the bottle and tries to answer Tal's question by initiating an email correspondence. Their mutual suspicion soon develops into a tender friendship. (2011, Drama)
Discussion—March 6, 2022 @ 4 p.m.
