What Can We Do?

What Can We Do?   So many in the Jewish community are asking what they can do during the ongoing crisis in Israel. How can they help Israel in its time of need? How can they fight antisemitism? What can they do to ensure that the Jewish people continue to live on? Of course, the first answers are to support our Federation’s Israel Emergency Campaign at www.jewishrockland.org and to join the many who are going to Washington D.C. next week for the March for Israel.  Please see below how to join us for the trip to DC But beyond the support for Israel right now, please remember that the best way to support the Jewish people is to be an active, engaged member of the broader Jewish community. What does that mean? (1)  Synagogue Membership: The synagogue remains the best expression for organized Jewish community in our world today.  It is a place of gathering – where Jews come together to support one another and to make a difference in the world. It is the synagogue which enables the Jewish world to have rabbisand cantors and Jewish educators.  It is the synagogue that allows for Judaism to have a public expression.  Synagogues, like Temple Beth Sholom, need your support more than ever. Please consider being a member of a synagogue if you are not already.  (2)  Jewish Community Center of Rockland: Support our JCC. Join the gym, come to programs there, support the camps and the mission of the Center.   (3)  Rockland Jewish Federation: Support our local federation which combats antisemitism, supports Israel, assists with the security needs of our community, provides adult education courses and more.  Give to the Federation’s annual appeal and come to the Federation’s many events and programs.    (4)  Rockland Jewish Family Service: Support our Rockland Jewish Family Service and its many programs for those who need mental health services, those who face financial hardship, that supports aging Holocaust survivors and much more.  Give to the RJFS and support all of their fantastic programming.