Send page to a Friend Jewish Educational Resources Most of the following resources are designed for groups of congregants with little prior understanding of CED, and are therefore useful for preliminary discussions. Be sure to also check the General Social Justice section for additional Jewish resources. To borrow the following materials, or for more information on placing orders, contact JCRC at tzedekresources@jcrcboston.org. Organizations The Shefa Fund is a foundation that organizes Jewish resources to provide education on the relationship between Jewish values and financial transactions, facilitate grants toward organizations committed to American Jewish renewal through social action, and increase visible American Jewish institutional investment in low-income community development. The Shefa Fund’s website has information and resources related to these goals. This organization also publishes the following printed resources, which can be ordered by calling 215-483-4004 or going to http://www.shefafund.org. Shefa Fund Resources: Building Community, Creating Justice: A Guide for Organizing Tzedakah Collectives by Betsy Tessler and Jeffrey Dekro. This manual guides synagogue and individuals through the process of tzedakah collectives. The Highest Degree of Tzedakah: A Guide to Jewish Institutional Investing in Low Income Community Development Projects by Jeffrey Dekro. This booklet has definitions and explanations about community economic development that would be extremely useful to beginners. Designed for Jewish organizations, it includes steps a synagogue can take to become involved. Jews, Money and Social Responsibility by Lawrence Bush and Jeffrey Dekro. This candid and engaging book discusses Jewish thought regarding money, consumption, investment and tzedakah. While it is 200 pages long, it is laid out in magazine/text book format and broken up by pullout quotes and illustrations. With reflection questions at the end of every chapter, this book could easily serve as the basis for a discussion among teens or adults. Curricula and Study Guides CHIP: The Chai Investment Program; A Congregation Guide to Socially Responsible Investing is a 27-page booklet of user-friendly information about community investment and how synagogues can get involved. This book is available online, or can be ordered by contacting the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism at 212- 650-4160 or http://www.uahc.org/csa/chip.pdf. JCRC has a text-based discussion about the importance of partnership social justice efforts. These study guides are geared toward teens or adults already engaged in social justice projects. For a copy, please contact JCRC at tzedekresources@jcrcboston.org or 617-457-8600. Mitzvot for the Contemporary Market Place: A Jewish Guide to Socially Responsible Investment and Community Reinvestment is a 14-page manual produced by the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. It describes ways that mitzvoth relate to financial matters, and provides explanations of socially responsible investment, community disinvestments and community reinvestment. There is also a step-by-step planning guide for socially responsible investing that would be useful to individuals, households and businesses, as well as to synagogues. The website can be found at: http://www.jcua.org With All Your Possessions, Jewish Ethics and Economic Life, by Dr. Meir Tamari. This book describes how Jewish religious and moral tenets have shaped a unique economic framework in which Jews have conducted their business for thousands of years. With sections on Jewish law, economics, money and taxation, this book focuses on explaining Jewish attitudes toward finance. Sample pages of this book are available on Amazon.com.