Repair the World

Monday Link Roundup

by | February 13, 2012 | 0 comments

Happy Monday! Hopefully you’re recovering from your Grammy Award-watching party. To get your week going, here’s your weekly roundup of service-related stories from around the web:

  • NBC featured a heartwarming video about a 105-year old woman in Miami named Dorrie Aber Noyek, who continues to make volunteering a priority in her life.
  • HandsOn Blog reminds us that February is “national canned food month” – an opportunity to make hummus from those canned chickpeas in your pantry, and also to donate food to your local pantry.
  • The Forward reported about ZAKA, an Israeli medical and rescue organization that recently launched an interfaith emergency rescue program with Muslim and Christian counterparts.
  • Sustainablog posted a fascinating infographic about water: specifically where we get it, and how we use this crucial resource.
  • The Jewish Week published an article about the Magen Tzedek, a new “Seal of Justice” that assures customers that the food and other products they buy are made with good ethics in mind.

About the Author

Leah Koenig is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Saveur, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Hadassah Magazine, Lilith, Edible Brooklyn and Beliefnet. She contributes a monthly column on food to The Forward and a bi-weekly column to Saveur.com. She is also the former editor of Hazon's award-winning blog, The Jew & The Carrot. Leah joined Repair the World as a contributing editor in late 2009.


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Repair the World works to inspire American Jews and their communities to give their time and effort to serve those in need. We aim to make service a defining part of American Jewish life.

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