Once again this High Holiday season, our shul participated in a worldwide movement to feed the hungry as part of the annual observance of Yom Kippur, often referred to as the “Fast of Isaiah,” the Biblical prophet who said, “And if you spend yourself in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”

Our campaign called “Cans For CAST,” managed again this year by our shul’s Tikkun Olam group, filled the big red barrel to overflowing, fulfilling the intent of the campaign to bring cans of food and other nonperishable items to add to the shul’s collection to help those in need when we, ourselves, are hungry from our Yom Kippur fast.

In addition to overseeing the “Cans For CAST” campaign, the Tikkun Olam group at our shul oversees the school supplies and the personal items campaigns, harvests vegetables and herbs at Common Ground, and contributes to CAST’s Parent-Child-Plus Program. The Shofar joins the membership in thanking Veronica Kaliski, Susan Rosenstreich, Madelyn Rothman and Cookie Slade for their volunteer efforts on behalf of our shul for the benefit of CAST clients.                                                                                                       SMBloom photo