Danny Siegel Books

• Five Good Reasons Why People Who are Blind Should Own Their Own Cars or: How To Think Mitzvahs, by Danny Siegel
• This pamphlet contains problems and solutions that address many different issues. We are taught to think about solutions to problems that are presented to us everyday.
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• 11 Ways USYers Can Change the World in Big Ways, by Danny Siegel
• This pamphlet contains detailed ideas and instructions for 11 "Mitzvah Projects" which individuals or chapters can adopt to improve their communities and carry on the work of g'millut chassadim. Try one!
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• 13 Things Kids Don't Know About Tzedakah, by Danny Siegel
• What is your Tzedakah/G'millut Chasadim IQ? In other words, how much do you know about Tzedakah and G'millut Chasadim? In this reprint from Moment Magazine, Danny Siegel discusses 13 things that Kadima and USY age adolescents don't know about Tzedakah.
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• 116 Practical Mitzvah Suggestions, by Danny Siegel
• A concise comprehensive list of ideas that you and the USYers in your chapter can use in developing Social Action/Tikun Olam programming.
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• The Giants of Jerusalem, by Danny Siegel
• In this reprint from Moment Magazine, Danny Siegel discusses his experiences at Yad L'kakish (Lifeline for the Old). Many of the experiences involve the thousands of USY Israel Pilgrims he has taken there over the years.
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• The Hellen Keller of Israel, by Danny Siegel
• (Summer 1995) This pamphlet teaches us that we need to look at the needs of individuals and not impose what we think they need. We are taught to look at problems in a new way, and how to act upon these findings.
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• Making a Real Difference in the World: 8 Jewish Texts Teach Us How To Do Tikun Olam, by Danny Siegel
• (Winter 1995) Danny Siegel's newest T.O. Pamphlet. This pamphlet teaches us why, from a Jewish textual perspective, we should be doing mitzvot.
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• Tzedakah: Jewish Giving - A Privilege, by Danny Siegel
• (Updated Feb. 1996) A booklet which explores the biblical and rabbinic sources of Tzedakah. This pamphlet is currently distributed to every participant of USY Israel Pilgrimage and forms and integral part of the summer's educational program. It includes discussion questions and program ideas.
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Handbooks & Manuals

• Social Action Ideas Handbook
• Updated in 2005, this Handbook contains a wide variety of Social Action programming ideas and suggestions for chapters and regions including phone numbers and addresses of many organizations as well a calendar of events.
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• Tikun Olam Fundraising Manual
• USY chapters and regions throughout North America are always looking for new ideas to raise funds for Tikun Olam. Here are some of the best ideas collected in one booklet. (Updated 2005)
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• Chapter SATO Handbook
• An informational piece with programmatic and resource materials which explains the structure and history of the Tikun Olam Program and provides a basic guide to SATO programming.
• Not available - currently being revised.
• Environmental Handbook
• A resource book for individuals and chapters, with facts about the dangers our environment faces, Jewish sources, program and action ideas, and lists of organizations and publications for additional information.
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• DWI Bookmarks
• Key things to know about drunk driving.
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• Managing Disability Handbook
• A disability handbook, including a simulation program based upon activities at the 1984 International USY Convention. These simulation activities and other materials help people to understand the problems and needs of the disabled members of the Jewish Community.
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• Phonathon Manual
• USY Chapters throughout North America have raised thousands of dollars for Tikun Olam with this easy method. Try it. You'll be helping Jews all over the world.
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Jewish Concept Books

• Brother Can You Spare a Dime, by Arthur Kurzweil
• An analysis of the Treatment of Beggars according to Jewish Tradition, which also enables us to explore Jewish text even if we have difficulty with Hebrew.
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• Caring for Orphans in Jewish Tradition, by Rabbi Joel Epstein
• This pamphlet includes a discussion of traditional sources dealing with orphans along with discussion questions that attempt to apply the rules and guidelines of the Bible and Talmud to modern situations. there is also a section on how Tikun Olam money is used in order to care for orphans.
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• Maimonides' Ladder of Tzedakah, by Rabbi Joel Epstein
• This sheet lets the USYers try to figure out what the levels of Tzedakah are or what they should be. It also asks questions to enable USYers to understand why Maimonides selected the order he did. This also raises the important questions as to the level of Tzedakah represented by Tikun Olam.
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• Pidyon Shvuyim, by Rabbi Joel Epstein
• "Redeeming Captives" is a brief pamphlet which discusses the attitudes and sources connected with the Jewish concept of the Redemption of Captives. It also briefly discusses how the Tikun Olam Program is involved with Pidyon Shvuyim and how you and the USYers in your chapter can become more involved.
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• P'ru Ur'vu: How a Jew Looks at the Problem of Overpopulation, by Rabbi Joel Epstein
• How does a Jew reconcile the problem of too many people with too few resources, compounded by the problem of a shrinking Jewish population? This pamphlet explores this problem along with a description or an organization in Israel that tries to help large families.
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• Tzedakah: A Matter of Priorities, by Rabbi Jerome Epstein
• Is a booklet which examines the priorities of giving according to the Jewish tradition, including the idea upon which the whole Tikun Olam Process is based, giving to the poor in your own family and city comes before branching out to the wider Jewish community and then the non-Jewish Community.
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Also Available

• Tikun Olam Video
• In 12 minutes, this video presentation gives an in-depth explanation of how the Tikun Olam program works, who receives Tikun Olam funds, and what the concept of tzedakah is all about. It's perfect as an opening to a chapter or regional fundraiser! (Available for loan).
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• Tikun Olam Allocations Form
• Every chapter has the right (one might say the obligation) to allocate 40% of their contribution to a list of approved Tikun Olam Tzedakot. This booklet contains the allocations form and a brief description of each Tzedakah we support.
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• Tikun Olam Tzedakah Box
• Now you can contribute to Tikun Olam on a regular basis at home. The Tikun Olam Tzedakah box is accompanied by some educational material about Tzedakah. Sorry, multiple box orders not allowed.
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• Tikun Olam Donation Cards
• These cards are the perfect way to acknowledge a birthday, anniversary, or yarzheit. Sell the cards at home hospitality conventions or send them on special occasions to chapter members and parents. Not available online. Send $11 for ten cards to: Tikun Olam Publications, 155 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010-6802.
• Tikun Olam Annual Report
• Commonly known as the annual "Green Sheet," this report lists current Tikun Olam policies, and the allocation given to each Tikun Olam beneficiary.
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