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Each fiscal quarter we donate our commission proceeds to Tzedakah The proceeds will be divided among some of the groups below. If you want to suggest another group, please send us an email at Admin@MyJewishBooks.com Just a quick note about our Mission... 1. What is our mission? The primary mission of MyJewishBooks.com is to publicize new, classic, and eclectic books of Jewish interest. Our secondary mission is to sell these books at a discount, and provide the commission proceeds to charity. Our tertiary mission is to invite Jewish authors to tell us and our website's readers their favorite books and current recommendations. Our final mission is to have fun. 2. Corollary to mission. If a book is not available for commissioned sales, we will still publicize it and direct readers to other websites. 3. Who is our customer? Anyone who is interested in Jewish books and music and learning. Anyone who is interested in purchasing Jewish books for themselves or as gifts. 4. What does our customer value? Our customers value information, reviews, discount pricing, and the fact that the net revenues are donated to charity. 5. What are our results? Our results will be measured by hits, feedback, click throughs, sales, and the amount we can donate to charities. 6. What is our plan? Our current plan is to continue to add books and reviews to the webpages, solicit recommendations from Jewish authors and readers, and publicize our site by writing reviews for the Jewish and general press. As Maimonides wrote, "Even a poor person who lives entirely on tzedakah must also give tzedakah to another." (Mishnah Torah Chapter 7, Line 5)Maimonides on Charity, Tzedakah, Righteousness, and Justice... The RaMBaM, or Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, or Maimonides was raised in the town of Cordoba, in Moslem Spain in the 12th Century of the Common Era. In 1148, the city was conquered by the Almohads, a Moslem group which sought to convert all residents to traditional Islam. The family fled and settled in Fez, Morocco several years later, where Moshe studied Jewish law and Moslem medicine. The family then moved to what is now Cairo, Egypt (Fostat). It was in Egypt that Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, who was supported by his brother David, completed his Misheh Torah, 14 volumes of Codes of Jewish Law. David drowned during a business trip to India, devastating the family. Moshe therefore became a physician to support the extended family. He died in 1204 and is buried in Tiberias. Among the Rambam's works was a treatise on Tzedakah The Rambam identified EIGHT Levels of Charity, or doing justice. They are: 1. A person gives but is not happy when s/he digs into the pocket in order to give. 2. A person gives cheerfully, but gives less than s/he should. 3. A person gives, but only when asked by a poor person. 4. A person gives without having to be asked, but gives directly to the poor. The poor person knows he gave the help, and the giver knows who was benefited 5. A person gives a donation in a certain place, but walks away so that the giver does not know who received the benefit. The poor person knows the giver however. 6. A person makes a donation to a poor person secretly. The giver knows who was benefited, but the poor person does not know who the giver was. 7. A person contributes anonymously to the tzedakah fund which is then distributed to the poor. 8. The highest level of charity is to give money and help to prevent another person from becoming poor. For example, teaching a person a trade, finding them a job, lending money, teaching them to fish. LINKS TO CHARITIES COMMUNITY AND ISRAEL CHARITIES United Jewish Communities (formerly UJA) New Israel Fund USA Jewish Federations United Jewish Appeal (before name change) Joint Distribution Committee/ HIAS / Rescue HUNGER AND COMMUNITY SERVICE American Jewish World Service Aleph Prisoner Relief Hebrew Free Loan Society Hebrew Free Burial Society Dorot - NY MAZON - A Jewish Response to Hunger Lifeline for the Old in Israel / Yad Lakashish Project Ezra in NYC Project EZRA YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND NATIONAL ISSUE GROUPS Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps Avodah, 443 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10016, Attn.: Rabbi David Rosenn, 212-545-7759, fax: 686-1353 National Jewish Center for Literacy American Jewish Committee American Jewish Congress B'nai Brith Anti Defamation League of B'nai Brith Hadassah Naamat Jewish War Veterans JCRC - Jewish Community Relations Council Jewish Equality and Justice Jewish Scouting ORT American Jewish Family and Childrens Agencies Children's Mitzvah Network The Giraffe Project - Stick Your Neck Out ! BottomLess Closet Locks of Love - Wigs for needy bald kids OTHER Kavod Tzedakah Collective Ziv Tzedakah Collective - Danny Siegal's Shefa Fund (Philadelphia) Hatzolah, the ambulance people Jewish National Fund, the tree and dam people Bronfman.org, the trip to israel people Abraham Fund people Peace Now Greenpeace Oxfam famine relief Amnesty International Gods Love, We Deliver Tzvi Aryeh Aids Foundation Tomchei Shabbos Food Bank The Alternative Spring Break Habitat for Humanity HEALTH Jewish Guild for the Blind, 15 West 65 Street, New York NY 10023, Telephone: (212) 769-6200. DID you know that the leading cause of blindness among Jewish men and women over the age of sixty is Macular Degeneration, for which there is no known cure. Canavan Foundation Fanconi Anemia Gaucher Disease United Leukodystrophy National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association Late Tay Sachs Onset Foundation MPS - Muclolipiosis Dystonia Med Research Foundation Dystonia & Parkinsons / Bachman-Strauss National Foundation for Jewish Genetic Diseases, 250 Park Ave #1000, NYC 10177 National Niemann-Pick Foundation, 3734 East Olive Avenue, Gilbert AZ 85234 FURTHER STUDY The site for all Not for profit managers Tzedakah FAQ Tzedakah Economics Kindness JUST-TZEDAKAH.ORG - a fabulous site that everyone should visit before making a contribution to any Jewish group !! Excellent graphs that show the percentage spent on fund-raising. For example, did you know that The Eldridge Street Project spends 30% of its funds on fund-raising (not including Admin), Maccabi USA spent 30% on fundraising and 20% on salaries, or Hadassah spends 6% on fundraising, AF of Hebrew U spends 12%, Hillel 16%, Jewish Fund for Justice 14%, Wiesenthal 13%, Mazon 9%, NIF 9%, ZOA 9% (but over 35% on Admin).....yee-ha GUIDESTAR.org is a charity watchdog that maintains an online database of over 150,000 U.S. Charities and their IRS 990 forms which can inform you how much of your contribution goes into the leaders' pockets.... I mean, wouldn't you like to know if those donated cars actually get driven around by the charity's leaders?? Who Says There is No Business Like the Fund Raising Business?? According the the Chronicle of Philanthropy (9/23/99), salaries of top fund raising professionals are as follows: Stephen Solender, UJA/Fed of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, $327K Darrell Friedman, Associated JCF of Baltimore, $307K Steven Nasatir, JF / JUF of Greater Chicagoland, $279K Robert Aronson, UJF/Fed of Metro Motown Detroit, $251K Howard Charish, JF of Greater Phillie, $250K John Fishel, JFC of Greater LA, $247K Jacob Solomon, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, $240K Stephen Hoffman, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, $229K Wayne Feinstein, JCF of San Fran, and environs, $225K Jeffrey Klein, JF of Palm Beach County, $220K Barry Shrage, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, $213K David Samat, JF of Greater Atlanta, $195K Ted Farber, JF of Greater Washington DC, $185K Max Kleinman, UJF of MetroWest NJ, $183K Spencer Gellert, JF of South Palm Beach County, $182K
Speaking of Jewish charities in the USA, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of the top 400 Charities in the USA (November 4, 1999), 27 of the top 400 are "Jewish". Among them are:
As for the leaders.....
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