I think this is definitely feasible. I was convinced by the ideas of Effective Altruism as early as age 12 and donated a significant portion of my Bar Mitzvah gifts to The Life You Can Save.
Someone who has contributed to Jewish thought in this area (i.e. our individual power to usher in a messianic age—similar to what many E.A.‘s believe longtermist interventions (and neartermist interventions, to some extent) can bring about—is The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed memory. A great book on this (which I’m reading right now) is “Wisdom to Heal the Earth—Meditations and Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe” by Tzvi Freeman. The focus on ‘Tikkun Olam’ also aligns with a lot of the progressive Jewish messaging I’ve seen in recent years anyways.
I think this is definitely feasible. I was convinced by the ideas of Effective Altruism as early as age 12 and donated a significant portion of my Bar Mitzvah gifts to The Life You Can Save.
Someone who has contributed to Jewish thought in this area (i.e. our individual power to usher in a messianic age—similar to what many E.A.‘s believe longtermist interventions (and neartermist interventions, to some extent) can bring about—is The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed memory. A great book on this (which I’m reading right now) is “Wisdom to Heal the Earth—Meditations and Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe” by Tzvi Freeman. The focus on ‘Tikkun Olam’ also aligns with a lot of the progressive Jewish messaging I’ve seen in recent years anyways.