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How We are Wired to Mitzvot (Good Deeds)

May 1, 2010 was an Internet birthday, which Cheryl Friedenberg and Valerie Franklin remember well.  Their baby, www.themitzvahbowl.com, was launched in the Philadelphia area and its suburbs.  Since then, the website has grown into a mature, finely tuned resource for tweens and teens searching for mitzvah projects. “Initially our goal was to help kids find mitzvah projects with which they would be excited to volunteer, and now the site has evolved into so much more.  Social media (via Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook) has taken our site to a whole new level.  Students all over the country are using our site […]

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