Greetings!
Throughout our history, Jews have responded to economic difficulty by starting loan funds, opening soup kitchens, buying from our family-owned businesses and in general reaching out to help one another. It is Chesed - kindness and love - on a grand scale.
Creating these kinds of support mechanisms is more than just another organizational program. It is a Mitzvah of the highest order; a Jewish imperative. That is why we named our new initiative Love Your Neighbor (LYN).
It is for this sacred purpose that DoJewish has put together a full range of services designed to help people prepare for and find work, support Jewish-owned businesses, create a community for sharing ideas and resources, and teach the importance of Tzedakah in its many forms. The Love Your Neighbor project is completely inclusive, open to all members of the Jewish community regardless of affilliation (or non), denomination or marriage.
Here's what Love Your Neighbor offers:
Discounted and donated services such as Career Coaching, Resume Building, Home Economic Planning and more through partnerships with Career and Financial Assistance professionals.
A free listing of Jewish-owned businesses. We will encourage everyone to turn to our own community members first when seeking products and services.
A free centralized Job Match. Individuals who are available and eager to work post their resume on our website. Business owners and decision-makers will be encouraged to look there first to fill their openings.
A Job Openings listing where businesses list employment opportunities and individuals can see what positions are available. We will help make those matches.
A dedicated calendar of events posting all business networking programs, job fairs, career-building workshops and other employment and economizing classes and programs.
A city-wide listserv, jAtlanta, will bring people together for swapping, bartering, seeking and referring, and publicizing events and opportunities.
If you are someone who needs a hand, we are here to help. If you are someone who can help others, please let us know and we'll help you do that Mitzvah.
May we be blessed with security for our families, and may we also be successful in doing the Mitzvah of helping strengthen others.
With warmest regards,
Rabbi Efraim Davidson
Director
DoJewish and the
Love Your Neighbor Project