Pinball Wizard
Pinball Wizard

Can a game of pinball teach you about tzedakah? Yes, if you're playing on the Amazing Tzedakah Machine at Shalom Street, a new Jewish museum near Detroit. After pinball players insert a quarter, they watch the coin bounce and whirl through the machine- in place of the traditional silver ball. The quarter gets deflected by the machine's bumpers until it eventually falls into one of four flashing boxes, which represent different areas where kids can give tzedakah: hunger, health, education, and the environment. A digital display on top of the machine calculates the total tzedakah funds raised. School groups visiting Shalom Street decide what organizations will receive the funds.

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