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US/CANADA
- ADAMAH is a paid three-month leadership training program in rural Connecticut for Jewish young adults that integrates organic farming, sustainable living, Jewish learning, teaching, leadership and social justice training, and contemplative spiritual practice.
- ADAMAH: Jewish Environmental Fellowship
AJC Goldman Fellows Program is a paid nine-week fellowship. Fellows learn about strategy, advocacy, and program development related to various fields such as international policy, inter-ethnic relations and non-profit management.- AJC Goldman Fellowship Program - The American Jewish Committee
This is a unique opportunity that will allow you to travel to Argentina and volunteer in the Jewish community for 6 weeks with a variety of agencies in Buenos Aires. Volunteers can work with children and at-risk mothers at the Baby Help Centre, assist older adults living in a supportive care residence, teach English as a second language to students, work in a pharmacy distribution centre, assist with program co-ordination, event planning for university students and much more!
Scholarships are available. Do not let this experience of a life time pass you by… apply today! - Argentina, South America - Travel Abroad
Join AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, a one-year program that combines working for social change, Jewish learning, and community building. Participants from any Jewish background are welcome. Stipend and health insurance are provided.- AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps
Get involved with politics and social action in this one-year, paid fellowship. Monitor legislative activity, develop synagogue social action programming, create educational materials, plan and run weekend conferences for teens, and mobilize the grassroots of American Jewry in Washington, DC.- Eisendrath Legislative Assistant Fellowship Program – Union for Reform Judaism
Build community and study in Boston with people from all over the world in a year of service. The fellowship includes paid or volunteer work in social justice, primarily in low-income community organizations, regular learning about organizing for justice, Judaism, and community building.- Jewish Organizing Initiative
- Help the clean up from Hurricane Katrina, and volunteer a week in New Orleans as an individual, group or family.
- Nechama Katrina Response
Experience a unique professional experience for college graduates interested in politics, public policy, community service and Judaism. The fellowship provides a great introduction to a Jewish professional career / non-profit organizations. The fellowship includes a competitive stipend.- PANIM Fellowships
- The Tikkun Olam Family Work Trip to Maine is a one week summer trip for parents and teens to repair or construct low-income housing in Limestone, Maine. No particular construction experience is required.
- Tikkun Olam Family Work Trip to Maine – Temple B’nai Abraham *
Work to strengthen Jewish student involvement in social justice activism through community service and advocacy. The paid Fellow serves as a Hillel resource on a wide array of issues, represents Hillel at a variety of student conferences, and acts as a support to students on campus.- Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Fellowship – Hillel, The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
ISRAEL
- 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
LIFE is a nine-month, Israel-based leadership development service and learning program for university graduates aged 21-30 who will train in Israel and spend four months interning in both India and then Israel. LIFE is a high-quality, unmatchable way to build your capacity as a change maker and to strengthen you career path.
- LIFE – Leadership and International Fellowship Experience
- 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
The NIF/SHATIL Social Justice Fellowships (which includes the Nomi Fein and Rabbi Richard J. Israel Social Justice Fellowships) enable a cadre of post-college Jewish young adults to spend 10 months immersed in the movement for social change in Israel. These Fellowships, which include a stipend, place young Jewish activists in Israeli NGOs for a year of in-depth contribution and learning. - The Social Justice Fellowship - New Israel Fund and SHATIL
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
WUJS Israel runs a 6-month program in Israel for Jewish college graduates ages 21 -35. Program offers four tracks of study: Jerusalem Learning, WUJS Arts Program, Peace & Social Justice, and Intern Tel Aviv.
- WUJS Israel Hadassah
INTERNATIONAL
AJC Goldman Fellows Program is a paid nine-week fellowship. Fellows learn about strategy, advocacy, and program development related to various fields such as international policy, inter-ethnic relations and non-profit management.- AJC Goldman Fellowship Program - The American Jewish Committee
- Jewish professionals address deeply rooted problems of poverty, disease, illiteracy and hunger in a local community in the developing world. They work to practice sustainable development by providing training or creating a teaching manual that will impact the NGO long after the volunteer returns home.
- AJWS Volunteer Corps
Participants live and work for seven weeks alongside residents of rural communities in Ghana, Peru or Honduras, or with a re-emerging Jewish community in Ukraine.- American Jewish World Service Volunteer Summer
This is a unique opportunity that will allow you to travel to Argentina and volunteer in the Jewish community for 6 weeks with a variety of agencies in Buenos Aires. Volunteers can work with children and at-risk mothers at the Baby Help Centre, assist older adults living in a supportive care residence, teach English as a second language to students, work in a pharmacy distribution centre, assist with program co-ordination, event planning for university students and much more!
Scholarships are available. Do not let this experience of a life time pass you by… apply today! - Argentina, South America - Travel Abroad
AJWS brings delegations comprised of synagogue groups, families, summer camps and other Jewish community institutions to work with our project partners in the Central America. Participants help complete major community development projects.- Delegations – AJWS
Recent college graduates and professionals of all ages, including retirees, work and join in the life of a Jewish community overseas for one year. Volunteers serve in the areas of formal and informal Jewish education, relief and social welfare, and Jewish community development. A stipend is included.- JDC Jewish Service Corps
- 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
LIFE is a nine-month, Israel-based leadership development service and learning program for university graduates aged 21-30 who will train in Israel and spend four months interning in both India and then Israel. LIFE is a high-quality, unmatchable way to build your capacity as a change maker and to strengthen you career path.
- LIFE – Leadership and International Fellowship Experience
One fellowship is awarded annually for one year of work-study in overseas locations. Fellows are provided with an insider's perspective on global programs through a range of unique assignments that respond to the changing needs of Jewish communities around the world. Travel and a generous stipend are included.- Ralph I. Goldman Fellowship — JDC
One qualified individual per year works for one year in Jewish communities in countries such as Romania, Turkey, India, Poland, Ethiopia and FSU. Experiences ranges from formal and informal Jewish education to programs for the elderly or health clinics for the destitute. Travel, health insurance and expenses are covered.- Roslyn Z. Wolf Cleveland-JDC International Fellows Program - JDC and Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
- The World Partners Fellowship is the newest American Jewish World Service volunteer program. It is geared toward recent college graduates who wish to volunteer abroad with a non-governmental organization (NGO). Volunteers will provide a needed direct service, with a focus on ensuring that the work will contribute to the long-term growth of the NGO.
- World Partners Fellowship - American Jewish World Service
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