As Jews, we have a tradition of working for social and economic justice, political change, ecological renewal, peaceful coexistence, and human rights, as signified in the Hebrew term Tikkun Olam (repairing the world). As members of P’nai Or, we are also involved in our own personal/spiritual growth. The Tikkun Olam Committee of P’nai Or brings together these social justice principles and political conviction with our spiritual practices in order to contribute to this healing, repair, and transformation of the world, beginning with our own community.
The goals of the Tikkun Olam Committee are to:
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increase awareness of political and social justice issues in our congregation.
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create Tikkun Olam opportunities for exploration and action.
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gather information about possible tzedakah partners and conduct elections for the congregation to select each year’s partners.
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collaborate with other organizations whose goals we support.
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support each other in this often difficult work.
Each year, the Tikkun Olam committee leads us in choosing one or two groups as tzedakah partners. Nominations of groups for these partnerships are taken each summer. The Tikkun Olam committee endeavors to choose nominees with whom we can have active participation, and the congregation votes to select our partners for the year, typically at our annual Labor Day picnic.
The Tikkun Olam committee meets monthly. Want to get involved? Contact committee chair, Hilda Welch.
Tzedakah Partners
2020 to 2021
Portland Jobs with Justice is the local chapter of a national labor community organization. It is a coalition of over 100 labor, faith, community and student organizations taking action for workers rights and economic justice, especially for those most marginalized by our economic system such as people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people and women. JWJ stands in support of protection and extension of worker rights and conditions including a decent standard of living, right to collective bargaining and creation of family wage jobs.
2018 to 2020
2016 to 2018
2015 to 2016
2014 to 2015
2013 to 2014
2012 to 2013
2011 to 2012
2010 to 2011
2009 to 2010
2008 to 2009
2007 to 2008
2006 to 2007
2005 to 2006
2004 to 2005
Rabbis for Human Rights (now called T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights)
2003 to 2004
Northwest Jewish Environmental Project (absorbed into Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life)
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom (the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace) (now merged into the J Street Education Fund)
2002 to 2003