In Your Neighborhood

How To: Fill Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah with Social Good

Becoming a bar or bat mitzvah means you'll be recognized as a Jewish adult (woot, woot) and part of that means living a life full of mitzvah ("good deed" in Hebrew). Your Hebrew school encourages giving back to your community, so here are a few ways to incorporate what you've learned in your bar/bat mitzvah.

Issues: 
Discrimination
Religious Discrimination
Education
Environment
Climate Change
Organic Food
Homelessness and Poverty
Homelessness
Hunger
Physical and Mental Health
Diabetes
Healthy Living
Where: 
In Your City
In Your Neighborhood
Time: 
One Day
Who: 
Alone
Congregation
Family

Look for products made by companies that do not test their products or their ingredients on animals.

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If you are against animal testing, consider not buying products from companies that employ this practice

Be careful! The products you use may be tested on animals. If you are opposed to animal testing, you can look for products made by companies that do not test their products or their ingredients on animals.

The best thing to do is to read the labels of products you buy. Look for companies that a leaping bunny logo (like the one on the right) next time you shop.

Issues: 
Animals
Animal Cruelty
Animal Testing
Where: 
In Your Neighborhood
In Your City
Who: 
Alone
Time: 
One Minute

How To: Capture a Veteran's Story

American flag with dog tags

An easy and incredibly thoughtful way to commemorate our veterans is to preserve their story in the library of Congress. Simply conduct an interview with a U.S. veteran and send it to the government so that the story can live on forever.

Issues: 
Our Troops
Active Troops
Military Discrimination
PTSD
Veteran Homelessness
Veteran Unemployment
Where: 
At Home
In Your City
In Your Neighborhood
Time: 
One Day
Who: 
Alone
Club
Congregation
Family
School
Sports Team
With Your Friends

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