Jewish Social Justice
www.utzedek.org : Uri L’Tzedek is an Orthodox social justice organization guided by Torah values and dedicated to combating suffering and oppression. Through community based education, leadership development and action, Uri L’Tzedek creates discourse, inspires leaders, and empowers the Jewish community towards creating a more just world.
www.ajws.org: Through grants to grassroots organizations, volunteer service, advocacy and education, AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship within the Jewish community.
http://www.fairtradekippot.org/: As part of the UK Jewish community’s Fairtrade Campaign, members of the Jewish Social Action Forum have produced Fairtrade cotton kippot. They are made of Fairtrade cotton yarn which has been ethically sourced and made by cooperatives in India. By purchasing these kippot you are ensuring that Fairtrade cotton farmers in the developing world can improve their livelihoods.
http://www.on1foot.org/: Jewish social justice texts database.
http://www.jewcology.com/: The long-term goal of this project is to build a multi-denominational, multi-generational, regionally diverse community of Jewish environmental activists, who are learning from one another and from an expanding set of Jewish-environmental resources, how to educate their communities about our Jewish responsibility to protect the environment.
http://www.nif.org/: The New Israel Fund is the leading organization committed to equality and democracy for all Israelis.
http://www.jfrej.org/: The mission of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice is to pursue racial and economic justice in New York City by advancing systemic changes that result in concrete improvements in peoples daily lives. We engage individual Jews, key Jewish institutions, and key Jewish community leaders in the fight for racial and economic justice in partnership with people of color, low-income and immigrant communities.
http://www.chiefrabbi.org/: Website of Chief Rabbi (of England) Jonathan Sacks. He’s an amazing faith leader–check out some of his work.
Cool Organizations-Other
www.justfood.org: Just Food has been the leader in connecting local farms to NYC neighborhoods and communities since 1995. Our mission is to unite local farms and city residents of all economic backgrounds with fresh, seasonal, sustainably grown food.
www.calthorpeproject.org.uk:“An inner city oasis – a community garden and centre where people grow and learn together taking care of each other and the environment.”
Cooking/Food Writing
http://www.saveur.com/: gourmet cooking magazine; food writing
www.jcarrot.org: Jews, Food, and contemporary issues
