Tikkum Olam
Members of P'nai Or's Tikkun Olam (Repair the World) Committee set up a table at a recent Aurora Chorus concert. Here, Joanie Levine explains the the group's projects to Rebecca Parsons, director of the Aurora Chorus. Photo courtesy Yehudah Winter.
Contact: Hilda Welch
Following our Jewish tradition, we work for social and economic justice, political change, ecological renewal, peaceful coexistence and human rights, signified by the Hebrew term, Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World). We blend spiritual growth with social justice and political conviction.
Each summer, we help the Congregation select our Tzedakah Partner for the coming year.
The Tikkun Olam committee meets monthly.
Tzedakah Partners
2023 to 2024
Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice
Carrying on the tradition of radical hospitality, putting into practice values of justice and dignity.
Center for Jewish Non-Violence
CJNV brings Jewish activists from around the world to Israel/Palestine to join in Palestinian-led nonviolent civil resistance to occupation, apartheid, and displacement.
2022 to 2023
HOUSE OF HOPE
ses a Waldorf school curriculum to provide nonviolence training and trauma-informed education to Palestinian Muslim and Christian children.
2021 to 2022
Bend the Arc
Is building a multiracial, multiethnic, intergenerational movement of Jews and allies all across the country who are rising up to build an American future free from white supremacy, antisemitism, and racism. In Washington, DC and cities across the country.
2020 to 2021
Portland Jobs with Justice
is a coalition of over 100 labor, faith, community and student organizations and individual activists taking action for workers rights and economic justice, especially with those most marginalized by our economic system such as people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ
2018 to 2020
Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice - IMIrJ
Accompanies and equips communities and people of faith to advance immigrant justice through direct accompaniment of immigrants facing detention and deportation, policy advocacy at local, state and national levels, and collective action.
2016 to 2018
350PDX
Builds a diverse, grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions.
2015 to 2016
Climate Change Recovery/Plant for the Planet
Youth and Adults working urgently to get effective action on the climate crisis!
2014 to 2015
Hand in Hand - Center for Jewish Education in Israel
25 years of Jewish/Arab education.
2013 to 2014
Atitlan Music School
Professional music instruction in Atitlan, Guatamala.
Our Just Future
A place for racial, housing and economic justice.
2012 to 2013
Our Just Future
A place for racial, housing and economic justice.
2011 to 2012
Oregon New Sanctuary Movement
Abayudaya Jewish Community of Uganda
The Abayudaya are a Jewish community in eastern Uganda, near the town of Mbale. They are devout in their practice, keeping kashrut and observing Shabbat.
2010 to 2011
Hope Flowers School
Has for over 35 years been a pioneer in constructive peace education for children in conflict areas
Oregon New Sanctuary Movement
2009 to 2010
Hope Flowers School
Has for over 35 years been a pioneer in constructive peace education for children in conflict areas.
Southwest Community Health Center (permanently closed)
2008 to 2009
Combatants for Peace
Combatants for Peace supports a two-state solution within the 1967 lines, or any other solution reached through mutual agreement which would allow Israelis and Palestinians to lead free, safe and democratic lives from a place of dignity in their homeland.
Southwest Community Health Center (permanently closed)
2007 to 2008
AJC Global Jewish Advocacy
Advocating for the Jewsh people and Israel. Defending democratic values for all.
Center for Constitutional Rights
Dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2006 to 2007
The Network of Spiritual Progressive
Ingrating Spirituality and Activism to Build a World of Love & Justice
2005 to 2006
American Jewish World Service
A community inspired by Jewish values of justice and a universal commitment to human rights.
American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon
Building a more just, equitable and caring Oregon- for and by all of us.
2004 to 2005
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
T’ruah brings the Torah’s ideals of human dignity, equality, and justice to life by enpowering rabbis and cantos to lead Jewish communities in advancing democracy and human rights for all people in the United States, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Heart of America Northwest
The public's voice for Hanford cleanup, clean energy, and nuclear safety across the Northwest.
2003 to 2004
Northwest Jewish Environmental Project
(Absorbed into Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life) deepens and broadens the Jewish community’s commitment to stewardship and protection of the Earth through outreach, activism, and Jewish learning.
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom
(now merged into the J Street Education Fund)
2002 to 2003
New Israel Fund
NIF has created a plan to support a vibrant opposition to the government’s current agenda and invest in a positive, inclusive vision for Israel’s future.