Ongoing Tzedakah Projects
Havurat Tikvah is actively engaged in ongoing Tzedakah projects to benefit the community.
Currently, we are engaged in making blankets for Project Linus, collecting necessary items for Urban Ministries, as well as gathering used cellphones for Shalom Bayit-NC. We also hold regular drives for Jewish Family Services to augment their food and personal care pantries.
Join a “sewing bee” at one of our host homes to put together and create wonderful blankets for Project Linus. The national organization, with the help of hundreds of chapters and groups like ours, make, collect and distribute these handmade creations to seriously ill children and children who are in crisis or who have experienced trauma. To learn more about Project Linus, visit projectlinus.org.
Urban Ministry provides for the homeless by being a day center for those who may otherwise not have a place to gather to receive support, have a hot meal and have access to professional care needs as they arise. The center is also home to Room in the Inn, which provides overnight shelter during the winter months. We are happy to be able to assist Avondale Presyterian Church with their ongoing support of this important project. Currently, we are collecting seasonal clothes, eye glasses, toiletries and canned food. To learn more about Urban Ministry, visit urbanministrycenter.org.
Another recipient of our Tzedakah projects is Shalom Bayit-NC. They provide necessary support and education for those who experience domestic violence within the Jewish community. Right now, we are collecting old, used and unwanted cell phones which are reprogrammed to call 911. To learn more about Shalom Bayit-NC, visit shalombayit-nc.org.
Consider bringing requested items to services when you come or to any of our other programs throughout the year. Our social action committee will graciously deliver them to their ultimate destination.
Todah rabah (thank you) to everyone who continues to support these worthy endeavors.
Adult Ed – American Culture and Comic Books
As comic book superheroes flood movie theaters and generate billions of dollars in profits for media conglomerates, it’s worth remembering the characters’ humble beginnings as products of fly-by-night publishers in a junk medium — and as the creations of artists and writers who were overwhelmingly Jewish.
Superman and Captain America might not look Jewish, but both characters (and many others like them) were created by first-generation American Jews who infused their work with their own fantasies of assimilation and transformation.
Learn about this important aspect of Jewish and American cultural history in a series of talks by Michael Kobre, a professor of literature at Queens University of Charlotte, sponsored by Havurat Tikvah and Queens’ Hillel chapter.
The first talk, “Aliens, Immigrants, and Secret Identities,” will take place at 7:30 on March 24, and the second talk, on the contemporary comics masterpiece Maus by Art Spiegelman, will take place on April 14 at 7:30. Both talks will be held in Ketner Auditorium in the Sykes Learning Center on the Queens Campus and are free and open to the public.
New website launched
We’re excited to announce that we’ve updated our online presence and have launched our new and improved website for our visitor’s viewing pleasure. We are now using a WordPress format that will make updating and publishing easier. This was made possible by a team of dedicated folks who helped to bring content to you that is informative and relevant. Enjoy!