PNO Success

Our Solar Cooker Project is on a roll. Last Saturday, we managed to rack up some more donations through PSJC's semi-regular Parent's Night Out event, where parents can drop off their kids at the shul for a babysitting party hosted by Dina and the teens. The kids had a great time, the gals getting manicures and others playing Jenga, doing lanyard, and kicking back with a movie and some home-made pizza bagels. At drop off and pickup, we had our wonderful poster and flyer set up and were able to talk about our project more and also explain the significance of the spoons. Overall, it was a great night. Margot, the Nussbaum Cohen girls and I gave the kids their teenage babysitter dose and everyone had a great time (minus the small choking issue I had). We will definitely be hosting another one in the future, so keep your eyes and ears peeled!

-Lucy

Is your cellphone Kosher?

No, I'm not talking about whether there are any racy images on there or whether you have a smartphone that will allow you to access questionable websites. This is about what's really inside your phone and where those parts come from.

Here is a snippet from a powerful article about the Solar Cooker Project, which our teen group is raising funds & awareness for this year:

“Is your cell phone kosher?” Janice Kamenir-Reznik asked. “It’s not. Every one of our cell phones has rape minerals in it.”

Most people are undoubtedly saddened when they hear things like this, but very few believe anything they could possibly do could actually make a difference. Kamenir-Reznik is one of those very few. As co-founder and president of Jewish World Watch, an organization with a global footprint dedicated to the fight against genocide and mass atrocities, she has devoted herself full-time to helping some of the most vulnerable people in the world: those in the Darfur region of Sudan and Congo.

Read more here: http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/02/janice-kamenir-reznik-never-again