The Fair Trade Movement: Helping to Repair the World
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
Germantown Jewish Centre and Fair Trade by Elliott Seiff One major part of the mission at Germantown Jewish Centre (GJC)  is that Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) is central to our identity as a Jewish community. As a result, we have identified many ways for our members to volunteer to make a difference, including reading to students at a local elementary school, helping the homeless, and supporting recent refugees to America. We have ongoing educational opportunities to enlighten ourselves about important issues of the day. And we also belong to POWER, a coalition of over sixty congrega ..read more
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Zochranu Lechayim with Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
Zochranu Lechayim by Rabbi Dr Elliot Salo Schoenberg September 29, 2017   Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist who held 355 patents, owned gold mines, and is best known as the inventor of dynamite. He was an excellent business man who manufactured armaments in 90 factories around the world. He was one of the wealthiest men of the 19th century when he died. In 1888, eight years before his actual death, he read a premature obituary that summarized his life. The newspaper had mistaken the death of his brother and business partner Ludvig for Alfred’s own death. The French newspaper obituary dec ..read more
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Gluten Free Honey Cake Recipe
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
Now that we’re in the month of Elul, I’m starting to plan my Rosh Hashanah meals – yummy round raisin challahs, some kind of fish dish, vegetable tsimmes, apple noodle kugel, several salads and vegetable dishes, and of course, ending with a delicious gluten free honey cake (see recipe below)! Many of us are deeply concerned about the declining numbers of bee colonies around the world, partly because we love watching bees at work and also because they are the major pollinators for most of our food crops. Major contributing factors include widespread use of pesticides and fungicides and parasiti ..read more
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Beat the Heat with these homemade Fudgicles!
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
    We tried this recipe a few weeks ago when temperatures rose to the 90’s in the San Francisco Bay Area (we know it’s usually that hot on the east coast or in the south!), and we were refreshed immediately. Only tastes good if you use Fair Trade chocolate, cocoa and sugar – no aftertaste of child labor.   Ingredients 6 oz. Fair Trade 70-72%% chocolate bar 2 c. nonfat or whole milk*** ½ c. any type of milk*** ¼ c.  Fair Trade sugar 2 Tbsp. Fair Trade baking cocoa 2 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. kosher salt Directions 1. Break chocolate into pieces and put into a blender. In ..read more
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The Torah of Tapestry in Guatemala
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by David
3y ago
Deep appreciation to R. Bennett Miller for his eloquent weaving of our experiences with Mayan artisans and our Shabbat morning davenning, only a few weeks ago in Guatemala. The Torah of Tapestry in Guatemala By Rabbi Bennett F. Miller Recently, I joined a group mission to Guatemala, sponsored by Maya Works and Fair Trade Judaica. The mission was a very powerful experience, meeting with the Jewish community and with some remarkable Maya women who perform extraordinary work with the gift of their hands and hearts. On Shabbat morning I was asked to deliver words of Torah in the small but young a ..read more
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How FTJ Helped Enhance Jewish Cultural Programming
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
Thanks to Simon Stratford* at HUC-JIR who organized this amazing event, and introduced Fair Trade Judaica to 16 rabbinical students. In November 2016, a group of fifteen Jewish college students from across the country – and one from Guatemala – arrived on the campus of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati to celebrate Shabbat and explore Jewish culture. This weekend retreat was just one of many throughout the academic year, hosted by the National Office of Recruitment and Admissions of HUC-JIR. Our high school and college retreats afford Jewish students o ..read more
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Fair Trade Shabbat Drash by Carole Baden
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
Hope you’ll be as inspired, as we are, by this drash delivered by Carole Baden, on Fair Trade Shabbat 2016.  Carole is a long-time member of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, CA, currently serving on the Board of Directors. Shabbat Shalom. In today’s parshah, Kedoshim (“Holiness”) G-d prescribes proper behavior for the Jewish people; not just in terms of formally “holy” activities where human beings connect with the Divine Presence — such as religious ritual — but in every area of daily activity. We find some of these laws to be hurtful and inapplicable to contemporary li ..read more
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SECRET PAIN By Rabbi Elliot Salo Schoenberg
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
A poor man came to visit Rav Joseph Baer the great grandfather of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik just before Passover. He had a question of Jewish law, “I cannot afford to buy wine, if I drink four cups of milk do I fulfill the obligation to drink the four cups of wine?” The rabbi quickly responded ‘No’ and gave him 25 rubles with which to buy wine. Surprised, the rabbi’s wife inquired, “Wine for his Seder would at most cost 3 rubles, why did you give him so much, 25 rubles?” “This poor man had a secret he did not share with us. His secret pain was he did not have enough money to buy chicken and ..read more
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Purim and Fair Trade Chocolate
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
Why Does the  Chocolate Say “Equal Exchange”?  by Rabbi Michael Rothbaum,  Congregation Beth El in Berkeley, CA The Youth and Family Education Program bought chocolate for today’s Purim fun from a company whose chocolate is what’s called “Fair Trade.” It means the cocoa growers have been paid fairly, that working conditions for the growers were healthy and safe, and that it was made in a way that was good for the earth. It is a mitzvah (“obligation”) in Judaism that workers be paid fairly and on time. Oppression of workers is forbidden: Do not oppress a worker that is ..read more
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Highlights from our Guatemala Trip
Fair Trade Judaica (FTJ) Blog
by ischatz
3y ago
We returned less than a week ago from an absolutely fabulous trip to Guatemala, with an amazing group of smart, talented, and creative people.  It was a delight sharing our experiences! Some of the trip highlights: – Meeting again with MayaWork’s Santiago group of crocheters who are  designing their own kippot!  Several were selected to go into production this year, including a new 7 Species one! – Visiting a new group of Mayan Hands’ felters who had a sample of a new hamsah and dove hanging mobile ready for us to review – Hearing from Brenda Rosenbaum how she founded ..read more
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