At Mitzvah Day, members come together to pack hope and build community

A woman smiles behind a stack of colorful blankets; below, members of the Temple Emanu-El community, including children and adults, join together in a large indoor space to assemble care packages and gifts as part of a congregational volunteer event.

As over 140 volunteers assembled packages, longtime Tikkun Olam volunteer Eileen Melniker could not remember how many Mitzvah Days she has participated in during her 35 years of membership. Instead, she focused on the bustle around her. The religious school students zipping through the package assembly stations. The families with young children taking in Mitzvah […]