Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)/Social Action Committee addresses issues and problems as they relate to the principles of Judaism. Projects include food, toiletry and inkjet recycling drives; Cell Phones for Soldiers; voter registration and transportation; blood, tissue and organ donor drives and fundraising for various environmental and social causes. The committee participates in the larger Erie community through annual events such as the Interfaith Thanksgiving Services, Martin Luther King Shabbat, Black/Women's History Month, Earth Day Shabbat, Mitzvah Maker recognition of Temple members and other special events.

The Committee has sponsored political candidate debates and works closely with the Separation of Church and State organizations, as well as the Commission on Social Action for Reform Judaism, the Religious Action Center and Jewish World Watch.

“A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

Once again the Union of Reform Judaism is encouraging us to purchase nets for the prevention of malaria in Africa.

Every $10 donation to Nothing But Nets goes directly toward the purchase, distribution, and education about the proper use of an insecticide-treated bed net. Bed nets work in two ways. They stop mosquitoes from biting during the night and spreading the disease, and the insecticide on the net kills the mosquitoes when they land on it, stopping them from flying on to find their next victim.

Bed nets can reduce malaria transmission by 50 percent, and they are distributed through the Measles Initiative—a partnership of the United Nations Foundation, American Red Cross, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, UNICEF, and local country governments and ministries of health.