Tikkun Olam

Tikkun Olam Introduction

Social Action
Social Action - A Cornerstone of our Congregation

Quick Links:
Social Action Home
Mitzvah Day - April 27, 2008
Jewish Family Service Embrace a Family Program
A Light Among the Nations


Some of the ongoing activities that the Social Action Committee of Temple Adat Shalom has launched include:


Mitzvah Day
A full day opportunity to come together with other members of our temple community. Role up your sleeves and get involved in many activities selected and arranged to help others in our community.

High Holyday Food Drives

Semi-Annual Blood Drives

Clothing Collections

The Social Action Committee has also sponsored the following special events:

  • Guest Speakers and Film Series
  • Interfaith Activities
  • Community Outreach Programs
In addition to those efforts initiated by our congregation, it is possible for individual members to keep informed about issues of social concern by subscribing online to the newsletter of the Religious Action Committee of the Union for Reform Judaism. Click here for details.

Temple Adat Shalom is proud of what has already been accomplished, it looks forward to undertaking initiatives what will pave the way to understanding and – it is our greatest hope – healing our fractured world.

For more information about how to participate in the Social Action Committee or in any of our specific projects, please contact our Social Action Chair, Leslie Simon via email:

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High Holy Day Food Drive
There are warnings everywhere of growing hunger in San Diego. There are shortages at food pantries. We must help.

Shopping bags will be distributed to every TAS family as they leave synagogue on Yom Kippur morning, Monday October 2nd. Trucks will be in the Temple parking lot for congregants to return the shopping bags with can goods and non-perishable food items. This food collection runs from Yom Kippur, October 2nd, through Sukkot, October 13th.


Halachic Organ Donor Society
The HOD Society is a non-profit organization that saves lives by encouraging organ donation from Jews to the general population (including non-Jews). It educate Jews about the halachic and medical issues surrounding organ donation; it offers a unique organ donor cards that allow people to choose options that are in accordance with their particular halachic belief; it offers a living kidney donor program.

Over the last 5 years, the Halachic Organ Donor Society has:
  • Helped facilitate hundreds of transplants, including that of Moshiko Sharon
  • Performed a kiddush Hashem by changing people's perception about Jews ( CNN, WABC TV , The NY Times )
  • Delivered more than 170 lectures educating more than 15,000 people.
  • Recruited over 150 Rabbis , up from 3, to carry organ donor cards.
  • Created a dozen Rabbinic video-testimonials in support of organ donation.
  • Made available over 170 articles on organ donation and Jewish law.
  • Placed over 60 editorials, articles, and letters-to-the-editor
  • Had an impact half way around the world: Australian Jewish News.

For additional information, click here to visit the HODS website.