tzedaka

I'd read that the translation of the word tzedaka isn't really charity at all, but justice.

JewishReview.org 2009

One of the things the committee already does is offer a “welcome basket” to new families that includes Shabbat candles, a tzedaka box a piggybank for charity, a gift certificate to a kosher bakery, and a bottle of kosher wine.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Tucker was known for her reverence of the Hebrew principle of tzedaka, charity and acts of good will toward others.

Jewish Women in Comedy - Sophie Tucker 2010

Her profound commitment to the Jewish principle of tzedaka [righteous works] was expressed both through personal and monetary participation in a vast and ecumenical array of philanthropies as diverse as foster homes and opera companies.

Julia Waldbaum. 2009

For too long the Jewish community has excused all manner of material excess so long as those who sported giant jewels and enormous gold watches also gave lots of tzedaka.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Rancid Materialism Is Corrupting Our Community 2009

Jane Fischel, beloved by family and community, devoted her life to tzedaka [righteousness].

Jane Brass Fischel. 2009

The Jewish term for charity is ‘tzedaka’ but that word is missing from the vocabulary of the 'peace camp.'

Mumbai and the Jewish 'Peace Camp.' 2008

May the words and the intentions of our prayer bring us to true repentance and lead us forward to acts of righteousness and tzedaka, in order to make our world a place in which Shechina can dwell.

Rabbis for Human Rights Vidui | Jewschool 2007

Just whom are we required to do tzedaka and chesed for if not individual people, responding to their individual situations and needs?

Join the JLC in supporting grocery workers in LA | Jewschool 2007

I told him giving tzedaka, charity, is a mitzvah and it calls down a blessing.

City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007