The Reform movement launched an anti-poverty initiative for Chanukah. The movement, along with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, is asking people to devote the sixth night of Chanukah — Dec. 24 — to discussing and planning action to fight poverty, and is asking that gifts and money from that night be donated to the needy.
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