The Mitzvah Meals program exists to help congregants of Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun who are in mourning, ill, or with other special needs. We are looking for people to prepare meals, contribute financially towards the preparation of meals, or deliver the meals.

As Rabbi Larry Hoffman, our Scholar-in-Residence, has explained, one of our most fundamental qualities is the need for Jews to come together as a community. With that in mind, week after week we read the names of those in need of a misheberach, those observing yahrzeit, and of our members who recently passed away. These individuals and families would benefit deeply from gemilut hasadim, from simple acts of kindness that we, as a congregation and community, could and should provide. The Mitzvah Meals program fulfills this obligation by providing meals to families during time of need.

If you would like to:

• Help prepare meals, or
• Help deliver meals, or
• Contribute financially to this program

then call Phyllis Dorf at 414.352.3548 or Florence Fishman at 414.351.0529 for more information.

Or, if you yourself are in need of a meal, or know someone who needs a meal, be it a result of illness, death, or a new child, then call Phyllis or Florence, or call Rabbi Berkson at the synagogue 414.228.7545.

Contributions can be made directly to the temple in care of the Mitzvah Meals Fund.