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HIGH SCHOOL

• Join Jewish high schoolers from across the country on a week-long domestic community service program over winter break.  Service projects will take place in downtown Los Angeles, CA and focus on the concepts of 1) Urban Revitalization and 2) Environmental Awareness and Restoration.  Participants should expect to earn a minimum of 25 community service hours upon completion of the program
• Alternative Winter Break - Young Judaea

• Just as one vote can make a difference, so can one volunteer. Come join AJSS and be a part of the wave of change in our country. Volunteer 6 weeks of your summer to help people in need; build houses, work in food banks, and learn about a community different from your own. Have a blast, make new friends, experience communal living, and make a real impact in the lives of those less fortunate. Challenge your attitudes about everything from poverty, immigration and homelessness to your own personal Jewish values, whatever they may be. Open yourself to new experiences. We have programs that serve a wide range of Jewish observance; please contact us for more information.

  
  
• American Jewish Society for Service
• Help restore the home of a poor or elderly family with other teens this summer!  Including spiritual building through worship and Torah, this new program will be a life-changing experience for all participants.
• Bonim Banim - Commission on Social Action for Reform Judaism
• Join Panim and fellow NY Jewish students this summer to participate in an exciting low cost service program funded in part by UJA- Federation of New York!
• Break New Ground - Panimworks
• Join the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center 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 - Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center
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  Make a real difference in low–income communities in Washington DC, doing anti-hunger projects, shelter repair, and environmental work, as well as service learning, and advocacy.
• Camp Yad B'Yad — Washington DC Jewish Community Center
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  JCI is a course on public policy and Jewish values, followed by a four-day seminar in Washington D.C. which is designed to educate, energize, and inspire students to apply the knowledge they have gained from their Jewish civics course to the real world.
• Jewish Civics Initiative – PANIM
• Participants will experience kibbutz-style cooperative living while learning about Jewish Social Philosophy, Jewish Environmental Ethics, Conflict-Resolution, and working on an organic farm.
• Martin Buber Summer Youth Institute for Teens
• Mitzvah Corps has six exciting summer programs to offer high school students. All provide direct hands-on involvement in communities that desperately need energy, dedication, and love. Volunteer sites include food banks, homeless shelters, and senior citizen homes.
  
  
• Mitzvah Corps – Union for Reform Judaism
• Help the clean up from Hurricane Katrina, and volunteer a week in New Orleans as an individual, group or family.
• Nechama Katrina Response
• Want to make a difference in the world? Start in Baltimore! Spend two weeks changing the world through service and advocacy.
• Operation Shema
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  Or Tzedek is the summer program for Jewish teens interested in real-life social justice work! We offer a unique 8-day experience for high school students who want to address urban issues such as poverty, racism, inadequate housing, healthcare and environmental justice through hands-on service and high level learning.
• Or Tzedek Teen Summer Institute -JCUA
• Live and work in an entirely new culture this summer!  Make a difference as you live in rustic accommodations on a Native-American reservation in the Navajo, Hopi or Zuni Nation and work with the local community to promote positive change.
• PanimWorks: An Activist's Adventure
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  Spend a week during the summer building an access ramp for a low income person with disabilities in the Washington, D.C. area. Participants are eligible to receive 32 hours of community service credit.
• Ramp it Up – Yachad
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  Spend 6 days doing community service projects at a variety of locations in the D.C. area, such as homeless shelters, animal rescue centers, park revitalization projects, etc. as well as learning about service in a Jewish context.
• Service Learning Camp – The Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute (JYPI)
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  Experience a four-week leadership training for teens who are passionate about politics, community service, and Judaism. This program is located on the campus of The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
• Summer JAM (Judaism, Activism, and Mitzvah work) – PANIM
• 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 *

COLLEGE

• 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
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  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
• Join the Hillel at Binghamton 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 Hillel at Binghamton
• Join Jewish Funds for Justice and fellow NY Jewish students this winter, spring or summer break to participate in an exciting low cost service program funded in part by UJA- Federation of New York!
• Break New Ground – Jewish Funds for Justice
• Join 1600+ Hillel students that have helped rebuild Mississippi and Louisiana since 2005. These one- week trips focus on hands on service, community interaction and the exploration of social justice and Judaism
• Hillel's Hurricane Katrina Alternative Breaks
• Join KESHER, the college department of the Union for Reform Judaism, as we continue Judaism’s commitment to tikkun olam.  During this six day trip, through hands-on service and interaction with the Jewish and secular community of New Orleans, you will be able to make a difference and continue the much-needed work of repairing the south.
• KESHER’s Alternative Spring Break in New Orleans
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  Spend a summer in Washington, D.C. at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in a work/study internship program for undergraduate students interested in Judaism and social justice.  Participants receive 6 academic credits from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion.
• Machon Kaplan Summer College Internship Program – Union for Reform Judaism
• Help the clean up from Hurricane Katrina, and volunteer a week in New Orleans as an individual, group or family.
• Nechama Katrina Response
• Hillel, in partnership with the Jewish Farm School, will provide a total of 60 college students the opportunity to participate in a weeklong farm-immersion experience. During the two programs, students will be volunteering on sustainable farms located on the East and West coasts.
• Organic Farm Alternative Break

POST-COLLEGE & BEYOND

• 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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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 *
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  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