Overseas B’Tzedek communities

As we strive today to engage across the Israel-Diaspora divide in innovative ways, we are challenged to bring new conceptions and practices to bear on the critical challenges of Jewish identity, Jewish life and Jewish purpose.

Over the next 2-3 years, B’Tzedek seeks to pioneer the development of a new kind of relationships with 10 communities. With your guidance, we B’Tzedek will develop a range of program offerings that help congregants reach behind the veil of mainstream media chatter to connect to civil society in Israel; the issues and the people working hard to provide solutions to them.

Within this context, B’Tzedek is excited to offer Jewish communities a unique opportunity to engage with Israelis who are involved in civil society, social justice issues and international humanitarian development work. By creating a shared space in which to attend to the needs of local and Israeli needs as well as those of non-Jews in Africa and other areas of great distress and suffering, we will move the conversation between Israel and Diaspora to a focus beyond ourselves. We believe that – in addition to working together for Tikkun Olam - we will open significant new lines of communication and powerful new ways of enacting Jewish peoplehood.

For a fuller description, please see a document describing this initiative here.