Do You Know a Hero?

The United Jewish Communities/Jewish Federations of North America recognized a need to highlight the diversity of activism and problem-solving in communities across the U.S. and Canada, so they decided to partner with BSD to launch the Jewish Community Heroes campaign.

A Jewish Community Hero can be anyone - a student running bake sales for charity, a teacher building a school for the underserved, an entrepreneur donating services to neighborhood development.

Anyone who visits the site can nominate a hero and vote for the finalists. So far, the campaign has enlisted nearly 50 (and counting!) national Jewish agencies and local federations, and has dozens of nominees in just the first week.

The campaign will wrap up in November at the UJC's General Assembly, where they will honor the five finalists and the Hero of the Year, who will receive a $25,000 community service grant.

BSD is proud to partner with UJC and the federations as they seek to build deeper relationships with their constituents through promoting participation in the campaign and public service among the entire Jewish community.

The campaign is built upon the core Jewish value of "tikkun olam," which means "to repair or perfect the world." What's more important than that?