What Being a Jewish Hero Means

September 1, 2010 · Filed Under Baum's Blog · Comment 

I’ve been nominated as a Jewish Community hero.  This is a lovely honor, but it’s really not all about me.

From now until October 8th, you can vote once every 12 hours by going to www.votebaum.com and clicking “vote.”  If you vote for me, the benefit is that OurJewishCommunity.org will get more attention throughout the country.  This is a wonderful thing.

In addition, if I am in the top 20 nominees (currently, I’m in the 10th spot) at the end of this process, that will make us eligible to receive grant money (decided ultimately by judges on a panel).  This would be a tremendous gift for OurJewishCommunity.org as we rely on donations and grants to help us do the work we are doing.  In addition, I am thrilled to share that two generous donors, Peter and Mary Levin, have indicated that they will match any money raised (including through this grant and other donations we receive) up to $25,000.  If we win the Jewish heroes contest, we win twice as much!

Please show your support by voting and encouraging your friends to vote.

Thanks to the generosity of another donor who gave us a new iPod Touch, we will be raffling that off to encourage people to vote.  To be entered in the raffle (you can be entered multiple times) for the iTouch:

1. Sign up to receive a daily reminder email every day between now and October 8th asking you to vote.  If you sign up before September 21st, we’ll enter you in our raffle.  Sign up at: http://bit.ly/emailhero

2. If you are on Twitter each time you tweet the word “www.votebaum.com” with some positive encouragement for people to vote for Rabbi Baum, we’ll enter you in our raffle.  Remember each day you tweet this between now and October 8th you’ll be entered to win the iTouch.

We appreciate your support of our organization.  Remember: You can vote early and often!

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