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Matanot La’Evyonim 2016
March 24, 2016
Matanot La’Evyonim and Poverty Issues: Jewish tradition teaches that one must send gifts of tzedakah to the poor on Purim. These gifts increase love and friendship between Jews, thereby dismissing Haman’s accusations that there is strife and dissension in the Jewish community. Today, the concept of Purim gifts has been expanded, and we offer to help all those in need.
Purim this year is March 24. The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Jewish Community of Louisville invites you to honor this Purim tradition by contriubing financially to the Flint Jewish Federation. Amid the ongoing water crisis in Flint, MI, where seven percent of local homes test above the federal safety standard for lead, the Flint Jewish Federation urgently needs our donations to provide bottled water, water filters, water testing kids and other needs for immediate distribution.
To help JCRC support the Flint Jewish Federation, please fill out the donation form below or send a check to the JCRC 3600 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY 40205. Please indicate in the memo line on your check that the contribution is for our 2016 Purim Appeal.
L’tzedakah
Becky Ruby Swansburg
JCRC Chair
Jessica Goldstein
JCRC Social Action Committee Chair
