JEWS SCHEDULE EVENTS TO ASSIST PUBLIC ON MITZVAH DAY '97.Byline: Holly Andres Daily News Staff Writer Thousands of Jews in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Ventura county areas will be out Sunday doing good deeds in their community through more than 100 projects on Mitzvah Day '97. ``It's a wonderful expression of our community coming together. A true community event with incredible cooperation, especially between the synagogues,'' said Barbara Creme, of the Jewish Federation/Valley Alliance, which initiated the first Mitzvah Day in 1995. Creme said the day is an expression of the Jewish value of tikkun olam Tikkun olam (Hebrew: תיקון עולם) is a Hebrew phrase that means "repairing the world" or "perfecting the world." Tikkun olam is an important concept in Judaism. , the restoring or repairing of the world. One of the more visible activities will be at Lake Balboa Park with the planting of 100 trees in a ``mitzvah grove.'' Up to 200 people are expected to plant trees of their choice - California sycamore, Canary Island pine The Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) is a species in the genus Pinus, family Pinaceae, native to the outer Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Gomera, Hierro, La Palma) in the Atlantic Ocean. , Valley red oak or deodar deodar or deodar cedar: see cedar. . Congregants from Stephen S. Wise Temple, Temple Judea, Temple Ahavat Shalom, and students from Heschel Day School will join the Tree People and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks in a tree planting ceremony and the actual planting. Los Angeles Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski also is expected to attend. ``It doesn't matter what you do, plant a tree, fix a meal for a hungry person, reading to the elderly. It's that you're doing something for somebody else,'' says Diane Kabat, chairwoman of the social action committee at Stephen S. Wise Temple. ``It's really about renewal for me. It's also a teaching agent for our children, where we get more out of doing than our own personal gratification,'' Kabat said. Other Mitzvah Day '97 activities will include painting and fixing up the Center for Independent Living in Van Nuys; a barbecue and games day for 100 less-privileged children hosted by the B'nai B'rith Reunion Chapter at the Guadalupe Community Center in Canoga Park; trail clean-up in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. ; school campus beautifications; a blood drive; food collections; a knit-a-thon for nursing homes; and a swim-a-thon sponsored by the West Valley Jewish Community Center to benefit Jewish AIDS services, the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, and the Juvenile Diabetes juvenile diabetes n. Insulin-dependent diabetes. Foundation. Mitzvah Day '97 is a galvanizing galvanizing, process of coating a metal, usually iron or steel, with a protective covering of zinc. Galvanized iron is prepared either by dipping iron, from which rust has been removed by the action of sulfuric acid, into molten zinc so that a thin layer of the zinc event through which Jews can choose, reflect and act on volunteer opportunities that express the call for social action for caring for others, peace, equality and concern for the environment. The tree planting at Lake Balboa Park will take place at 9 a.m. Lake Balboa Park; to attend, take the entrance on Balboa Boulevard, at the northeast corner, and follow the Tree People signs. Mitzvah Day '97 volunteer projects are open to all ages. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: From left, Cary Scott, Candice Stein, Scott J. Svonkin and Tanya Sorkin will be among participants on Mitzvah Day '97 on Sunday. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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