Lessons From Teach for America for Jewish Service-Learning
Aaron Dorfman of the American Jewish World Service has mined the Teach for America model for lessons for the Jewish service-learning community. (Skip to it here.) We also had a chance to interview him about the article, the relationship between service providers and the community, and what victory looks like for any given issue or campaign.
Introducing People of the Book, Community of Action: Exploring Jewish Service-Learning
After months of preparation, Repair the World is thrilled to introduce “People of the Book, Community of Action: Exploring Jewish Service-Learning,” the first-ever issue of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service dedicated to the field.
From the Guest Editors – Jewish Service-Learning: A Foundation and a Future
Repair the World is thrilled to present the first-ever Journal of Jewish Communal Service dedicated to Jewish service-learning (JSL). With the creation of this landmark issue, we hope to celebrate the great work of those building the valuable JSL field, to introduce it to newcomers, and to expand our collective knowledge about existing opportunities, trends and best practices.
Funder Roundtable
On November 30, 2011, Jenn Hoos Rothberg from the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust; Rafi Rone from the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds; Jennie Rosenn from The Nathan Cummings Foundation; and John Ruskay from UJA-Federation of New York gathered at Repair the World’s offices for a conversation
People of the Book, Community of Action: The Case for Jewish Service-Learning
We have the opportunity to show these young Jews that their commitment to service is a fundamental part of what it means to be Jewish. Jewish service-learning programs play a vital role in ensuring that the hands-on pursuit of justice maintains its rightful place in Jewish life.
Jewish Service-Learning: Analysis & Caveats
This brief overview raises problems inherent in implementing successful Jewish service-learning programs and offers strategies to address them, which build on and extrapolate from both recent general studies on service-learning and historic Jewish “learning by doing” experiences.
Alternative Break Fellowship: Maximizing the impact of immersion experiences
By Michelle Lackie, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and Amy Weiss, Maryland Hillel Abstract Organizations throughout the world continually grapple with the task of transforming college students, many of whom are largely oblivious to the myriad social justice issues confronting society, into activists for social change. Models striving to achieve social awareness abound, [...]
Jerusalem: A Classroom for Jewish Service Learning
Jerusalem can serve as an interactive classroom for developing Jewish identity. With its deep Jewish roots and intrinsic Jewish nature, it has the ability to attract and bring together Jews from very diverse Jewish backgrounds, ethnicities, political orientations, religious practices, and expressions, making it the ideal classroom for Jewish service-learning experience
Havu Livenim (Carry the Bricks): A New Paradigm for Manual Labor and Jewish Experience
What is the value of manual labor in the Jewish service-learning movement? How might we redefine its worth? For privileged American Jews who have never picked up a shovel or muddied their boots, shingling roofs or weeding cucumbers can be critical catalysts for pursuing long-term social change.
Personal Connections as a Foundation of Service Work: Social Networking That Makes a Difference
Ideally, service does not reaffirm classic societal inequalities, but rather brings together people with different ethnic backgrounds, levels of socioeconomic status, and ability levels to create positive change. Emphasizing personal relationships as the core goal of service can achieve this objective.
