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Great info on a small thing you can do to show our planet some love.

Can you recycle to-go coffee cups?

Most of it can be recycled! View each of the items below.
🍃Paper cup- Yes. Be sure to pour out any remaining liquid before putting it in the recycling.�
🍃Lid- No. It is too flat and will get lost in the system.
🍃Sleeve- If it is made of paper, flattened, and clean, it is recyclable.�If it's not, it goes in the trash.

Consider ditching the single-use cup altogether and bring your own. Many stores even offer a discount for reusable mugs.��

Check out answers to common recycling questions and see local guidelines at sustaindane.org/better and on social media .��

https://www.tbemadison.org/event/becauseisraelmatters

“Why? Because Israel Matters”: Ongoing Community Conversation on Israel and the Middle East - Event - Temple Beth El Come and share with one another your reactions, feelings, fears, and hopes for Israel and Israel's position in the Middle East. 

We start the year with a Shofar Blast and end with a Kona Ice Bash. Another Religious School year is in the books.

Thanks to everyone who makes Cafe Panim the awesome space it is, each Sunday during Religious School. We looked forward to seeing everyone again next year.

Shabbat Shalom!
(pictured: last night's Social Action Committee meeting.)

Please join us this Sunday, May 5, at 7 pm for a service of remembrance and to honor local Holocaust survivors and their families. Following the community Yom HaShoah service, there will be a special program on "Antisemitism in the Third Reich: Was Germany Different?" with Peter Staudenmaier, Associate Professor of History at Marquette University.

For more details and to register to attend (in person at Temple Beth El or virtually on Livestream), see our Community Yom HaShoah Service and Program Facebook event.

Share your Mitzvah Day experience with us by May 10 at

Mitzvah Day 2024 Evaluation Survey - Form - Temple Beth El We so appreciate your participation in Temple Beth El’s Mitzvah Day 2024. Your feedback will help us as we plan future Mitzvah Day opportunities.

The Story Behind Soft Matzah for Passover While most matzah today is baked at a factory into uniform squares of brittle, crunchy crackers, hundreds of years ago, ...

Saturday's Spring Pow Wow at Madison College will honor Native American traditions and culture The Madison College Annual Spring Pow Wow will bring together singers and dancers from tribal nations across Wisconsin for a vibrant celebration of Native American heritage and culture on Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at Madison College's Truax Campus. “The pow-wow isn't solely focused on si

Passover Social Action Guide Passover is rich in social justice themes. Here are a few ways to incorporate social action themes into your holiday observance.

In observance of Passover our office will be closed at noon today, April 22 and all day tomorrow, April 23.

Today is Earth Day, and tonight we gather to usher in Passover at our seder tables. Here's resources to enhance your seder bringing these two events together.

* The Four Children of Climate Change (RAC) https://reformjudaism.org/blog/four-children-climate-change

* Grow a Good Citizen: Save the Environment (RAC) https://reformjudaism.org/reform-jewish-life/youth-family-community/grow-a-good-citizen-save-environment

* Adamah's Sustainable Passover Resources (Adamah) https://adamah.org/resource/sustainable-passover-resources/

* JYCM Haggadah Supplement (Jewish Youth Climate Movement) https://www.canva.com/design/DAGCymL_nTI/h0VnAQjpFNRKsSY73mrd-Q/view?utm_content=DAGCymL_nTI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor (click to view next page)

* Setting a Conscious Table (Adamah) https://adamah.org/resource/setting-a-conscious-table-four-questions-to-help-you-prepare-a-passover-seder/

* The Promise of the Land Haggadah (Rabbi Ellen Bernstein z"l) https://www.ellenbernstein.org/the-promise-of-the-land

* Dayenu's Passover Supplement (Dayenu)https://dayenu.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Dayenu_Yirah_Fear_Awe_and_the_Climate_Crisis.pdf

* Earth and Justice Freedom Seder (The Shalom Center) https://opensiddur.org/compilations/table-guides-and-haggadot/passover-seder/the-freedom-seder-haggadah-for-passover-by-the-shalom-center-and-rabbi-arthur-waskow/

* Earth Day Campus Coalition Actions Toolkit (earthday.org)https://www.earthday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EarthDay-2024-Toolkit-March-12th-Update.pdf

* Urge Congress to support the Environmental Justice for All Act https://www.votervoice.net/URJ/campaigns/97971/respond

* Ice Cube on a Seder Plate (The Jewish Climate Network) https://adamah.org/resource/ice-block-on-the-seder-table/

* Vegan Passover Haggadah (Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy) https://shamayim.us/2023/03/14/veganpassover/

* Passover Earth Day (Jewish Vegan Life) https://jewishveganlife.org/

* Fruits of Freedom, the Torah Flora Hagadah (Torah Flora) https://torahflora.org/hagadah/

* Earth Justice Haggadah (RAC & COEJL)https://www.coejl.org/uploads/1/2/0/0/120031968/earth_justice_seder_haggadah_mar_2016.pdf

* Four Signs of Climate Change Action (COEJL)https://www.coejl.org/uploads/1/2/0/0/120031968/passover-_the_four_signs_of_climate_change_action.pdf

* Modern 10 Plagues (COEJL)https://www.coejl.org/uploads/1/2/0/0/120031968/ten_modern_plagues.pdf

It's Earth Day! How are you doing the mitzvah of caring for our planet today, and everyday?

Our families with young children are having a sweet time at our Chocolate seder

"Darth Seders have been going on for years, and the time had come for a proper text to accompany the evening (or two, in the diaspora)."

This Haggadah is The Way, Star Wars, Unofficial Passover Parody Darth Seders have been going on for years, and the time had come for a proper text to accompany the evening (or two, in the diaspora). Enter Martin Bodek, SuperUberMegaHyperUltraFan.

For the gardeners and beyond

Fruits of Freedom, the Torah Flora Hagadah – Torah Flora Fruits of Freedom, the Torah Flora Hagadah This extraordinary Hagadah will enrich and restore meaning to any seder. Fruits of Freedom reveals the forgotten roots of the seder in the history of Jewish food and agriculture, using broad scholarship to bring new vigor and excitement to this ancient ritu...

The United States produces more plastic waste than any other country - 46 million tons each year!

As individuals, we generate nearly one pound of plastic waste per day. Reducing our plastic footprint starts with each of us committing to curb our use of single-use plastics, participate in recycling programs, reuse products when possible and support businesses that are rethinking how they use plastic.

It all starts with each one of us stepping up and making a difference. How are and will you reduce your plastic footprint to protect our waterways, ocean life and planet? Please share in the comments below so we can learn from each other and support each other on our journey. Tikun Olam, Tikun HaYam, repair the world, repair the sea.

Inside 10 new Haggadahs for 2024: US and Israel take their places at the Seder table As Jews around the world celebrate the first Passover since Oct. 7, some of these Seder guides touch on politics, while others feature humor, history and Hollywood stars

Mitzvah Day 2024 honoring Rabbi Bi**ch.

What are you cooking up for Passover?

JONAH PLATT - BREI BREI BREI (N*SYNC Passover Parody) Chag sameach, fam! There's only one deliciousness you need on Passover morning...Winner of the 2024 Kveller Passover Parody ContestLyrics by Matt SlaterMusic...

Mitzvah Day 2024. How do you bring Tikun Olam, repairing the world into your daily life?

The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) just recommended that its institutions move their investments out of fossil fuels!

Leading Reform Movement Body Fights Climate Crisis Through Investment Strategies As humanity struggles to address the worsening climate crisis, the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) has taken a landmark step to encourage positive climate action through the Movement's investment strategies.

Amid serious threats to Israel’s existence and with 133 innocent people still held hostage in Gaza, Moses’ plea to “let my people go” takes on an urgent new meaning.

May we continue to advocate on behalf of the hostages, witness every person back home with their loved ones, and experience a true zman heruteinu – time of our freedom.

To encourage action and advocacy during your seder, explore the new resources from Everyone Counts pinned in the comments below.

Join us next month for the first in-person offering of our award-winning Recycle Better Program. This program will give you the tools you need to teach your family, neighbors, friends, and coworkers how to improve recycling and community sustainability.

Register at bit.ly/RecycleBetter1

When: Saturday, May 17, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Where: StartingBlock Madison

Join us to learn:
🍃What makes recycling work and why we do it
🍃Local recycling facts and tips
🍃Recycling challenges
🍃How to reduce waste to landfill
🍃Low waste living

If you can’t attend this session, we will have a virtual session in two parts on the evenings of July 11 and 18. Register at bit.ly/RecycleBetter2

"YOUR PASSOVER SUPPLEMENTS
Bring urgent global Jewish issues — and the voices of Israelis in the line of fire — right to your Seder with these JDC Passover supplements."

JDC Passover 2024 Supplements | JDC Enrich your 2024 Passover Seder with these readings and reflections from around the Jewish world.