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For Jews, it’s tzedakah. For Muslims, it’s sadaqah. The meaning is essentially the same an act grounded in a religious obligation to give to others. Last week, Muslims from the Dawoodi Bohra community and Jews from Temple Beth Torah, both in Fremont, explored their shared spiritual commitment in a joint project to fund and assemble nearly 500 snack and hygiene packs for distribution to unhoused people throughout the region. Though the effort had been in the works for a couple of months, representatives from the two congregations happened to meet to deliver the care packages on May 12, just as Muslims and Jews were firing rockets and attacking one another on the streets of Israel and Gaza. ....
Honors The Teen Initiative Community Convening on Racial Justice, sponsored by S.F.-based Jewish LearningWorks, took place on April 21 and included the presentation of awards to three Bay Area Jewish youth professionals. Devra Aarons received the 2020 Award for Excellence in Jewish Youth Education and Engagement, Rick Concoff received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award in Jewish Youth Education and Engagement, and Zephira Derblich-Milea, youth program manager at Shalom Bayit, was awarded the 2021 Award for Excellence in Jewish Youth Education and Engagement. Analucia Lopezrevoredo, founder and executive director of Jewtina y Co. and the Shamash project director at Bend the Arc, spoke to attendees about “getting started along the long road to racial equity.” ....