Noah Freeman, Congregation B’nai Amoona The Freeman family believes in repurposing as much as possible.When they realized they had outgrown most of the arts and crafts supplies in their home, they assumed other families had done so as well. Noah,...
Zach Wochner, United Hebrew CongregationUnited Hebrew’s HaDerech Mitzvot is a program to enhance students’ connection to Judaism as they prepare for their bar or bat mitzvah. Throughout the past year, Zach Wochner, son of Micki and Michael Wochner...
Lauren Mishkin, Congregation Shaare EmethLauren Mishkin loves working with kids and wanted to volunteer in a classroom for her mitzvah project. For six months, she spent every Tuesday afternoon at the University City Children’s Center, a diverse early...
Rainbow Village is a very special organization to Samantha and her family. Co-founded in 1967 by her late great-aunt Marlene (Jebe) Kopman, Samantha, daughter of Joanne and Jeff Mishkin of University City, chose to support it for her mitzvah project....
Edan Goldfarb, Shaare Zedek Synagogue Attending the CAP (Community Against Poverty) Fair gave Edan many volunteer opportunities to choose from. After meeting a representative from Ready Readers and learning about their volunteer reading program, Edan...
- Mitzvot from the Heart is compiled by Jewish Light Editorial Assistant Elise Krug
• Published August 4, 2010
Stephen Yoffie, United Hebrew Congregation Stephen Yoffie was up to the challenge presented by Chris Horan, director of the JCC Sports Camp. At the end of the first week of camp, Chris told his campers that he would shave his head if they could bring...
