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#GivingTuesdayNow, A Global Day of Giving and Unity

4/30/2020

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In this time of uncertainty, there's a fundamental truth that gives us hope: that together we can do extraordinary things. Over the past few weeks and months, the entire world has been coming together to stand up, help out, give back and heal. Whether through donations to community organizations, celebrating doctors and nurses at shift changes, or reaching out to a neighbor to help with groceries, generosity has been helping the entire world get through this global pandemic. Together.  

#GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 – in addition to the regularly scheduled #GivingTuesday on December 1, 2020  – as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. The day is designed to drive an influx of generosity, citizen engagement, business and philanthropy activation, and support for communities and nonprofits around the world.

On May 5, the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana will be participating in #GivingTuesdayNow. Our Federation is answering the call to assist our most vulnerable community members and help bring our Jewish community together. We have expanded our roster of support services during this time:
  • Our longstanding Adult Friendship Club has been reinvented as a home delivery meal program. We delivered over 400 kosher meals in March and April, including over 150 Seder-to-Go meals to enhance this very challenging Passover for our seniors and families.
  • Our food pantry has expanded its hours by 50% and moved to contact-free curbside distribution to facilitate the health and safety of our volunteers, staff, and clients. We are continuing to field requests for financial assistance.
  • We are curating recommended resources on our website for virtual Jewish community and ongoing learning. Visit federationonline.org/virtual to enjoy some of our favorite selections.
  • K'Ton Ton Early Childhood educators are supporting families and children with a focus on a curriculum of love, care, kindness, and relationships. Teachers and staff are actively engaged with children through daily virtual class times and a weekly Shabbat celebration, videos of activity ideas and stories, mailing letters and cards, and an active Facebook group for families to share and interact. They have had drive-by birthday and teacher parades, and assembled over 40 "play-at-home" kits to deliver to families. 
But we can’t do this without the support of our community members. Join the movement on May 5, 2020!
  • Bookmark federationonline.org/donate today, and if you are able to give, please give.
  • Visit now.givingtuesday.org to learn about other ways you can participate in the #GivingTuesdayNow movement. 
  • Whatever your circumstances, we are here for you. Please call the Federation office at (219) 301-0960 for any additional assistance we can offer you during this time.
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​Yom HaShoah Message from Consul General Aviv Ezra

4/20/2020

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Mr. Aviv Ezra currently serves as the Consul General of Israel to the Midwest, based in Chicago. He is the official representative of the state of Israel in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. He distributed this message on Monday, April 20, 2020 in honor of Yom HaShoah.
 Just a few weeks ago as my family and I hosted Passover Seder via zoom, we read how “in each generation” there are those who seek to destroy the Jews as a people.

 This was certainly true in ancient times. Later, in the middle Ages, this was also the case. And the most recent attempt to exterminate us—and the most systematic and nearly successful onslaught —occurred not thousands or even hundreds of years ago -- but rather in the generation of our parents and grandparents.

 We must ask ourselves the question, how did this happen? A combination of 3 factors brought this unparalleled and unbelievable disaster to our people. First, the ungraspable hatred of Jews. Second, the apathy of the world in the face of horrors. And third our people’s terrible weakness in exile

 Has the hatred disappeared? No it has not. Even as we fight this horrific coronavirus pandemic, anti-Semitism is still alive and well. And with thousands of years of anti-Semitism, it would be naive to think it will disappear in the foreseeable future.

 And second, as to the world’s apathy, has anything changed in this regard? Here too, we must admit that the answer is no, nothing has changed. While no tragedy on the scale of the holocaust has occurred since World War II, still there are many cases we can look to in which the world stood by and did nothing to prevent the destruction of peoples or mass murder.

 So it is clear that both the hatred of Jews and the apathy of the world remain. This horrible reality leads us to conclude that the we, the Jewish people, must be capable of defending ourselves by ourselves.

 This brings me to the third point- our people’s terrible weakness in exile. This is the factor that has in fact changed. The difference today is that Israel exists as a safe haven for the Jewish people. Israel exists with the capability to defend ourselves, the Jewish people, by ourselves. Israel exists as a strong and resilient state and Israel exists as a nation that will not be apathetic in the face of tragedy.

 The Holocaust Remembrance Day commands us to remember our unspeakable losses, but on this day, we must not forget our innumerable strengths. For us, never again does not mean that we believe Jews might never find themselves in a reoccurrence of hatred and anti-Semitism, rather for us the statement “never again” means never again being defenseless and never again being stateless.
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