Social Action

This project involves educating the congregation and taking steps toward improving our synagogue’s impact on the environment, including reducing the use of plastics at congregational meals.

The committee plans an annual event to honor this day, established as a worldwide event by HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which helps immigrants from many countries, cultures, and backgrounds.

The committee plans and executes education events and communal activities promoting awareness of this important issue.

We create programming to educate families and promote activities to combat antisemitism. This program is affiliated with the Anti Defamation League.

Committee members represent ICCJ at FJCC meetings, and help pack and distribute food as as part of the Council’s monthly Food Pantry, accessible to those experiencing food insecurity.

Committee members maintain our community’s “green infrastructure,” including a rain garden on 167th street, right outside the shul.

Committee members sort donations of used shoes, eyeglasses and hearing aids, and donate them to our partner organizations: National Alliance on Mental Illness and Lions International, for distribution to those in need of them.

Members participate in the National Day of Service coordinated by Commonpoint Queens.

We partner with other synagogue arms and committees, facilitating ICCJ’s meaningful, ongoing programming.

Our committee members collect items, box and donate them to the Chesed Center. ICCJ’s congregants generously donate between 15-20 cartons each year.

Committee members provide rides to those requiring assistance getting to voting sites.