Caring & Mitzvah: Celebrating and Supporting Our Members
The Caring & Mitzvah Committee helps the Touro community celebrate and support members during lifecycle events, sacred occasions, as well as health and wellness challenges and other difficult times. Caring & Mitzvah seeks to build an engaged and connected congregation that generously supports each other.
Caring & Mitzvah initiatives include:
- Meal Trains: Providing meals to families who recently welcomed new babies, along with members during times of illness, recovery and other short-term meal support needed or requested.
- Memorial Trees in Israel: Planting trees in Israel serves as a tribute and a heartfelt expression of sympathy for member families grieving the loss of a loved one.
- Welcoming New Babies: Sending a “Welcome to the Touro Family” onesie and hand-written note to all member families in celebration of new babies.
- Transportation to and from Touro: Connecting members with committee volunteers if they need transportation to and from the synagogue for services and other activities.
- Shiva Support: Help as needed and requested to those organizing and sitting shiva following the loss of a loved one, as well as providing support to the synagogue staff when hosting large funeral and memorial services on-site.
- Fertility Support: Help, comfort and support members on a case-by-case basis.
If you’d like to get involved or if the Caring & Mitzvah Committee can support you or someone you know in the Touro community, please contact Caring & Mitzvah Co-Chairs, Beth Lavin and Ellen Kempner here.
We’re here for you.