With Chesed and Social Action Committees, Local Congregations Support Congregants, Community, AZ Jewish Post

With Chesed and Social Action Committees, Local Congregations Support Congregants, Community, AZ Jewish Post

David Wien When David Wien’s wife, Fran, died of cancer in 2020, he found it hard to cope. But after 18 months, he says, “All of a sudden, I got this, maybe message from HaShem, I don’t know, but I got this thought in my head that said, ‘Take the focus off your grief and put it on your fellow man.’” Wien called his rabbi, Avi Alpert of Congregation Bet Shalom, and offered to teach a class on chesed, often translated as “loving-kindness” or “comp…