About

Who we are

Repair the World works to inspire American Jews and their communities to give their time and effort to serve those in need. We aim to make service a defining part of American Jewish life.

What we do

Our work focuses on mobilizing Jews of all ages and backgrounds to serve with integrity and authenticity, ensuring that we leave the world a better place. We work with existing and emerging organizations — Jewish and secular — and with American Jews — engaged in the community and not — to develop high-quality service opportunities and build an inspired Jewish community engaged in service.

We’re focused not just on bringing more people into service, but also on making the service more meaningful with long-lasting results. By providing more — and better — opportunities to serve, we aim to unite American Jews in this shared value.

How we do it

1. We build the Field of Jewish Service Learning. Jewish Service Learning is a powerful program model in which participants combine authentic service, learning, and reflection in ways that strengthen their commitment to civic engagement and social change while providing a deep Jewish context for that commitment. We build this Field through grant-making, leadership, support for educators, research and program evaluation.

2. We mobilize individuals to serve by connecting them to service opportunities, sharing success stories, and supporting service entrepreneurs and leaders.

3. We create capacity and commitment in Jewish organizations by supporting new and exemplary programs and by sharing best practices from Jewish, secular, and interfaith programs.