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HIGH SCHOOL
- 92nd Street Y Havaya International is a 4 week long life-changing opportunity to travel like a local in both Israel and around the United States, while making a positive difference in our global community!
- 92nd Street Y HAVAYA International
Explore Israel for six weeks through a combination of travel, community service, outdoor adventure, workshops in the performing and visual arts, community building and creative study alongside Israelis and other teens from across North America.- Nesiya Institute
You and your friends will meet local people, share meals in their homes, and work four days a week with them on important community projects that address the real issues they face. - Teen Service Learning Trip to Israel — Camp Tawonga
- Don't just spend your summer visiting Israel's most diverse communities - give back to them at the same time! Here's your chance to have fun and make a difference during your summer in Israel.
- Tikun Olam - Young Judaea
COLLEGE
- The University of Vermont will travel to Arad Israel where they will take part in an environmental and arts exchange!
- Alternative Summer Break
- Spend your summer with Amirim volunteering at a non-profit organization, exploring Israeli landscape through weekly day trips, and discovering Israeli culture and society through different educational and cultural events!
- Amirim - YJ Impact!
- Join the American Joint Distribution Committee and fellow NY Jewish students this winter break to participate in an exciting low cost service program funded in part by UJA- Federation of New York!
- Break New Ground – AWB with American Joint Distribution Committee
- The Dorot Social Change in Israel Awards will provide up to ten (10) $5,000 Awards to students who want to work with the most impactful change makers in Israel during Summer 2008. At least seven (7) Awards will go to undergraduates; up to three (3) can go to graduate students of any accredited U.S. college or university.
- Dorot Social Change in Israel Awards
- Join GoEco and the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (JBZ) along with other international volunteers to come take part in an exciting project for the care of unique animals and the reintroduction of endangered species in Israel.
- Go Eco - Animal Care and Conservation
- Volunteer for the preservation of traditional desert living practices and indigenous Bedouin culture in the beautiful and intriguing Negev Desert, Israel.
- Go Eco - Bustan Hashalom
The Green Apprenticeship is an intensive 10-week work and study experience taught by the staff of the Center for Creative Ecology on Kibbutz Lotan. Graduates of the course will receive a Permaculture Design Certificate from the Permaculture Institute.- Green Apprenticeship - Kibbutz Lotan
- Join Hillel's Alternative Break for hands-on service, experiential learning, and Jewish exploration in Israel. Alternative Break in Israel participants will spend the first few days understanding the economic and policy background of Israel's socio-economic issues and gaining knowledge about the specific issue they will be volunteering with.
- Hillel’s Alternative Break in Israel
- JDC Short-Term Service Programs are connecting North American young adults to the global Jewish community through one to two-week volunteer programs in a Jewish community overseas.
- JDC Short-Term Service Programs
- Make your spring break meaningful with Jewish National Fund. This March, join JNF and over 300 other young adults in working in communities in the Negev and throughout the country, creating a better Israel!
- JNF’s Alternative Spring Break- Jewish National Fund
Volunteer to help, and experience the foundation of Israeli society in the cooperative community known as Kibbutz in a five month work/study program for 18-28 year old high school graduates. Placements may be agricultural, industrial, or in the Kibbutz service jobs.- Kibbutz Ulpan - Community Sharing Means Caring
- Spend your winter break in Israel as part of an educational and volunteer community service program designed to assist the communities of Tzfat and Kiryat Shemona after the war of Summer 2006.
- Livnot Galilee Fellowship - Livnot U'Lehibanot
Gain hands on first aid and emergency-care experience for two months in Israel. University students with no previous medical experience may apply. Participants are certified as First Responders.- Magen David Adom Volunteer Program - YOCHAI PORAT
OTZMA is a ten-month program for Jewish adults in Israel that combines social action, civil rights, and community building. Spend time in an absorption center learning Hebrew, doing community service using your skills in a development town, and on a kibbutz or participating in our new internship track!- OTZMA – Volunteer/Leadership Fellowship
Volunteer in Israel in various placements for two weeks to six months. Diaspora Jews can show their solidarity with the People and State of Israel by volunteering in areas of community service, social service, civil guard and Magen David Adom.- Project 1000 Volunteers
Combine advanced Torah study with substantial volunteer work and active participation in Israeli society on a Religious Zionist year program in Israel for recent high school graduates.- Shalem – Shnat Limud U’Ma’aseh – Young Judaea
Make a difference while earning a stipend and university credit. Students or young professional interns are placed in tailor made positions with firms and institutions in Israel, including medicine, tourism, hi-tech, law, education, social service, communications, and government.- Stagerim Professional Internship Program
Committed leaders on campus who are dedicated to community service and activism participate in a several day intensive service project working with a disadvantaged population such as the Ethiopian community, or those in the non-Jewish community, either Bedouin or foreign workers from Asia and other countries.- Student Leadership Tzedek (Social Justice) Mission to Israel - Hillel
- Connect with Israel though volunteer service with civilian organizations and the IDF. Participate in a one, two, or three week program on IDF bases! Work, eat, and interact daily with Israeli soldiers as well as other volunteers from all over the world.
- Volunteers for Israel
With numerous tracks to choose from, participants volunteer for Magen David Adom, agricultural work, teaching English, and studying in Jerusalem. Participants earn up to a year of college credit through the University of Judaism College-in-Israel while building leadership skills and contributing to Israeli Society.
- Year Course in Israel – Young Judaea
POST-COLLEGE & BEYOND
- Spend your summer with Amirim volunteering at a non-profit organization, exploring Israeli landscape through weekly day trips, and discovering Israeli culture and society through different educational and cultural events!
- Amirim - YJ Impact!
- CAARI is a unique work, study, and touring program that allows retired or semi-retired individuals to see Israel while giving back to their homeland, immersing themselves in local culture, and connecting with Israel’s vibrant people.
- CAARI Mission - Jewish National Fund
Serve the Jewish people and contribute to the improvement of the human condition while earning a stipend in Israel. There are four major components of the program: Hebrew studies; Jewish studies; engagement with and volunteer service to the community, and monthly seminars.- Dorot Fellowship in Israel – The Dorot Foundation
- The Dorot Social Change in Israel Awards will provide up to ten (10) $5,000 Awards to students who want to work with the most impactful change makers in Israel during Summer 2008. At least seven (7) Awards will go to undergraduates; up to three (3) can go to graduate students of any accredited U.S. college or university.
- Dorot Social Change in Israel Awards
- Join GoEco and the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (JBZ) along with other international volunteers to come take part in an exciting project for the care of unique animals and the reintroduction of endangered species in Israel.
- Go Eco - Animal Care and Conservation
- Volunteer for the preservation of traditional desert living practices and indigenous Bedouin culture in the beautiful and intriguing Negev Desert, Israel.
- Go Eco - Bustan Hashalom
The Green Apprenticeship is an intensive 10-week work and study experience taught by the staff of the Center for Creative Ecology on Kibbutz Lotan. Graduates of the course will receive a Permaculture Design Certificate from the Permaculture Institute.- Green Apprenticeship - Kibbutz Lotan
- JDC Short-Term Service Programs are connecting North American young adults to the global Jewish community through one to two-week volunteer programs in a Jewish community overseas.
- JDC Short-Term Service Programs
- Make your spring break meaningful with Jewish National Fund. This March, join JNF and over 300 other young adults in working in communities in the Negev and throughout the country, creating a better Israel!
- JNF’s Alternative Spring Break- Jewish National Fund
Volunteer to help, and experience the foundation of Israeli society in the cooperative community known as Kibbutz in a five month work/study program for 18-28 year old high school graduates. Placements may be agricultural, industrial, or in the Kibbutz service jobs.- Kibbutz Ulpan - Community Sharing Means Caring
- Eight month program for members of the Jewish community, ages 20-30, to connect to Judaism and Israel through volunteering for social change. Participants volunteer in Israel, study development issues and work on humanitarian projects in the developing world.
- LIFE - Brit Olam
- Spend your winter break in Israel as part of an educational and volunteer community service program designed to assist the communities of Tzfat and Kiryat Shemona after the war of Summer 2006.
- Livnot Galilee Fellowship - Livnot U'Lehibanot
Live, learn and volunteer in Tzfat and Jerusalem. The first 6 weeks in Tzfat and Jerusalem combines serious hiking adventures, community service work, excavations in Tzfat’s Old City, formal and informal study of Jewish. A two-month "Personal Interest Track" follows in which you can choose from internships, extensive volunteering, Hebrew language study or other Judaic study programs.
- Livnot Journey - Livnot U'Lehibanot
Gain hands on first aid and emergency-care experience for two months in Israel. University students with no previous medical experience may apply. Participants are certified as First Responders.- Magen David Adom Volunteer Program - YOCHAI PORAT
OTZMA is a ten-month program for Jewish adults in Israel that combines social action, civil rights, and community building. Spend time in an absorption center learning Hebrew, doing community service using your skills in a development town, and on a kibbutz or participating in our new internship track!- OTZMA – Volunteer/Leadership Fellowship
Volunteer in Israel in various placements for two weeks to six months. Diaspora Jews can show their solidarity with the People and State of Israel by volunteering in areas of community service, social service, civil guard and Magen David Adom.- Project 1000 Volunteers
Make a difference while earning a stipend and university credit. Students or young professional interns are placed in tailor made positions with firms and institutions in Israel, including medicine, tourism, hi-tech, law, education, social service, communications, and government.- Stagerim Professional Internship Program
- Have an in-depth learning experience and contribute toward furthering social justice in Israel! Fellows will concentrate on one of the following areas: safeguarding civil and human rights, pursuing environmental justice, promoting Jewish-Arab equality, advancing the status of women, fostering tolerance and religious pluralism, or bridging social and economic gaps.
- The Social Justice Fellowship - New Israel Fund and SHATIL
- During this five-month program, Jewish college graduates ages 21-35 will work to gain a sophisticated understanding of contemporary Israel and Modern Hebrew, and advance the cause of social justice in a Zionist framework through in-depth learning and seminars and an internship. WUJS Arad also offers programs in Arts and Land, Language, and Society.
- The WUJS Institute in Arad-- Peace and Social Justice program
A one-week program for young adults in their 30s (give or take a year) who are prepared to take a week or so off of work to experience their spirituality and Israel through Jewish educational seminars, hiking off Israel’s beaten path, community service projects and Shabbat celebrations. - Thirtysomethings - Livnot U'Lehibanot
Jewish college graduates from all over the world have the opportunity to spend ten months focusing on volunteer community service in Tel-Aviv. Participants also learn Hebrew and learn about Israeli society, and Jewish and Hebrew culture.- Tikun Olam in Tel Aviv - The Bina Center
- Join Reform Jews from across North America for ten days in Israel! This unique experience includes study with Israeli scholars, travel to Tel Aviv, the Negev and the Arava, hands-on volunteer work and two special Jerusalem Shabbat experiences!
- Tzevet Mitzvot: Israel Mitzvah Corps
- Connect with Israel though volunteer service with civilian organizations and the IDF. Participate in a one, two, or three week program on IDF bases! Work, eat, and interact daily with Israeli soldiers as well as other volunteers from all over the world.
- Volunteers for Israel
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