Picture Gallery

Highlights of Mitzvah Month 2020

Mazon Australia
Bowdon’s Bea is sweet as honey - South Manchester - Bowden
Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue knit and natter with items going to local hospitals
Top chef Silvia Nacamuli leads JVNs Bake-A-Long
Hove based volunteer Jacqui and dog Babs delivered food to isolated neighbours
Mill Hill United Synagogue collected items for doorstop drops to vulnerable people
Pupils at Carrfield Primary Academy in Rotherham planted flowers and tidied their grounds
Joely Bear blood drive at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue
Bahar family making calls of kindness on behalf of JAMI
Lady Nafisa School helped out in their local community allotment
Messages of appreciation from the children at Kantor King Solomon
Amber Jackson and Charlie Pincus collecting for Food Bank Aid
South Hampstead High School food collection © Photo by Yakir Zur
Neder Alicante
Project IMPACT cookathon to support Crisis UK, JW3 and Unitas
Joshua Brown and his grandma Stephanie Isaacs preparing food for Wellspring homeless facility in Stockport
Matana Club, Scotland, packed bags for needy kids
Friendship Circle Manchester
Neighbours in Lake View in Edgware baked and made face masks for St Luke's Hospice
Newcastle supported their local food bank
Abigail Mann and The Minutes for Miles Programme
LJY Netzer brought together young people from 12 Liberal communities
Board of Deputies support Food Banks
Johannesburg team cleaning grave yards
Volunteers from Kahal distribute care packages
Makabi Zagreb gardening project
Whitefield Synagogue collected for GIFT
WIJPS collected for Camp Simcha and Redbridge Food Bank
Mitzvah Day team member, Debbie, delivering food to local Food Bank
Barnet Mayor Caroline Stock making door step deliveries for Mitzvah Day
NNLS Niki Jackson planting project for Jewish Care
Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue collected for multiple charities
Jewish Care Scotland
Apples and Honey at Nightingale PJ Library reading project
Charlotte Evans, Age 2, donating food to the Borehamwood Food Bank for Mitzvah Day
Newcastle Irene Gattoff age 101 sews blankets for Mitzvah Day
Bnei Akiva
Mitzvah Day CEO Georgina Bye takes part in Bringing Smiles To Your Door
One of the many PJ Library projects
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg planting for Jewish Care's Winter Wellbeing project
Sir Keir Starmer at South Hampstead Synagogue © Photo by Yakir Zur
Gilah Nursery collection
Brazil
BBYO UK produce special video performances for Jewish Care residents
East London & Essex Liberal made cakes for Mill Grove children's home
Tulip Siddiq MP joins HMDT to make cards for those who might be vulnerable during lockdown
Birmingham JSoc
Gesher School pupils decorated challah cloths for the Together Plan
Sybil Harris resident at Jewish Care's Lady Sarah Cohen House joins Keren Nurserys Zoom
JCC Krakow feed the needy
Nashim Wessex at the Hope for Food Soup soup kitchen with donations of fresh food
Bringing Smiles To Your Door brought joy to local residents
Chef Pete bakes for Norwood
FZY members volunteered at a food bank and delivered food to Holocaust survivors
Bushey United© Photo by Yakir Zur
Ilford Federation food collection© Photo by Yakir Zur
Pinner United Synagogue Goods for Good car park collection © Photo by Yakir Zur
Yeshurun Federation Synagogue food bank collection for GIFT
Bringing Smiles To Your Door
Holland Park collection point
Mensch South Africa cleared miles of beaches
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School assembled Vinnie Packs for the homeless
Basel behaved well for Mitzvah Day
Mitzvah Day Brazil collected items to help local homeless people
Chocolate making for NHS staff at St Bartholomew's, Queens and Newham General Hospitals by staff and pupils of Clore Tikva School
A resident at Jewish Care's Betty and Asher Loftus packing stationary for Goods for Good
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community N London ladies branch collected for their local Church's homeless programme
Clore Tikva Primary School made chocolates for key workers
Gratitude Project collecting food
Langdon members packed items for Goods for Good
South Hampstead High School card making © Photo by Yakir Zur
Nagila Nusery
Madrid Communidad Judai Masorti Bet El
Mitzvah Day collections for GIFT
Bowden Synagogue in Manchester made letters, poems and pictures for residents at Heathlands Village
MD Vice Chair Lee Sidney donating to GIFT
Rabbi Jeff Berger at the Gratitude Project
Kingston Liberal Synagogue produced videos for care homes
MD Trustee Edwin Shuker collected for Barnet Food Bank
Union of Jewish Women Johannesburg
Minister for Faith Lord Greenhalgh supporting Mitzvah Day
Pinner United Synagogue cookalong for Hillingdon Crisis Support
20th Finchley Scout Group member collection for Chipping Barnet Food Bank
Jewish Reform Congregation Shirat HaYam in Ukraine collected toys and sweets for children in hospital
A younger member of Bushey Synagogue taking part in 'Notes for Neighbours'
Sheffield members wrote to residents at Heathlands
Bishop of Edmonton Rob Wickham supporting Mitzvah Day
Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community collection for Worcester food bank
Nisa-Nashim Edgware interfaith doorstep delivery
Temple Israel - Cape Town
Brondesbury Park 2020 Mitzvah Morning
Stanmore and Canons Park made gratitude packs which the children decorated
Makkabi Germany litter picks
Wizo Kids Victoria Australia
MD Trustee Michael Livingston and his family supported their local food bank