Tikkun Olam
Tikkun Olam is the social action arm of Temple Beth Abraham. Tikkun Olam, literally means, “to heal the world.” The mission of TBA’s Tikkun Olam team is to inform, engage, and mobilize our members to build a better world. We do this globally and locally, as Jews, as citizens, and as members of the global community. Projects include donating to a local food pantry, bringing food and supplies to homeless people in NYC, helping to rebuilding communities hit by natural disasters, and coming together to perform mitzvot. We hope, with these and other acts of Tikkun Olam, we can help make the world a better place.
The co-chairs of the Tikkun Olam team are Julia Gosset and Tracy Ostroff. You may reach them at tikkunolam@tba-ny.org.
Join Us!
We meet about once a month on Sundays at 9:15AM in the TBA Library.
Meetings end before Religious School dismissal.
Upcoming Meeting:
More meeting dates will be posted soon.
Tikkun Olam would like to help you make your idea happen!
Blood Drive
Help Tackle Blood Shortages
Super Bowl Sunday Blood Drive. Get in the game: donate!
2022 Date Coming soon!
8:30am to 1:00pm in the Social Hall
To sign up, please click here or go to www.nybc.org and click on DONATE.
Sign-ups preferred, but walk-ins always welcome.
You must be at least 16 years old to donate. Donors aged 76 or older may donate with a note from their physician. 16 year old donors require parental permission an a NY Blood Center form. You must weigh at least 110 pounds. (Additional height/weight requirements apply to donors under the age of 19.)
Please eat and drink well and bring PHOTO ID.
Eligibility questions? call (800) 688-0900.
Non-members MUST pre-register.
Midnight Run
Next Run:
We are collecting CASUAL MEN’S clothing. Look for the bin in the coatroom at TBA:
- Jeans, corduroys and chinos
- Hoodies, sweaters and jackets
- T-shirts, both short and long-sleeve
- Adult backpacks,
- Travel-size toiletries
- disposable razors.
- NEW packages of men’s briefs (M/L) and athletic socks
We are looking for volunteers to:
- Make meal bags (20/family) that we will distribute on the run. We will need 6 families (instead of our usual 5).
- Make soup
- Go on the run
Please let us know if you are able to help. Instructions of what to include in each meal bag, and where and when you can drop off the bags, will be provided when you volunteer.
email: Steven Chang at midnightrun@tba-ny.org or tikkunolam@tba-ny.org
Next Mitzvah Day is:
Come join us in the Social Hall after Religious School to participate. All members and families are welcome. It’s a great way to catch up with old friends and to make new ones while helping your community and our environment.
Would you like to help organize TBA’s Mitzvah Day? Please be in touch: tikkunolam@tba.ny.org
TBA Cares
TBA Cares provides meals for congregants who have lost loved ones. Volunteers stand ready to help set up or clean up at shiva, to shop for someone who is ill or recovering from surgery, or to provide a congregant a ride to or from a doctor appointment or the synagogue for an event or services. Contact tbacares@tba-ny.org if you need assistance or if you wish to volunteer.
Are you passionate about a cause?
Please email us at TikkunOlam@tba-ny.org.
– Tracy Ostroff , Tikkun Olam Chair
TODAH RABBAH! 
THANK YOU!
The Light One Candle program gives the power to purchase gifts for families of La Asociación de Familias Hispanas de los Tarrytowns (AFHT).
Each $20.00-$25.00 donation becomes a coupon that they purchase for $5.00.
With the $25.00-$30.00 La Asociación parents shop for a gift for their child
“All Together Now” the local toy store on Main Street in Tarrytown has generously agreed to participate in this joyous program.
AFHT Parents will shop exclusively for their children on 2 dedicated December evenings
There are approximately 70 children in the program this year (2021-22 school year) ranging in ages from 6 months - 10 years old.
Please also consider donation for gift wrapping @$2.00 per gift.
