L'CHAIM Magazine February 2020 Issue

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education SAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY STUDENTS

GIVE BACK By Rachel Stern

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ccording to the objective of repairing the world, or Tikkun Olam, we should try and make the world a better and happier place by giving back in any way that we can. This is just what students at the San Diego Jewish Academy did this past Chanukah. Through their fundraising efforts, $7,168 was raised by San Diego 20

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Jewish Academy families, faculty members, and donations from the Weisman and Chortek families for the Tamchui project. The goal of this remarkable project, part of the Michan and Krongold family Tikkun Olam program was to “teach students in depth about tzedakah.” Karin Zell and Jacky Shapiro, who are co-


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