eJewish Philanthropy · May 15, 2012 · Original
by Jon Levisohn
Jewish service-learning is a hot topic, and rightly so. Funders, policy makers and academics have noticed a groundswell of activism and energy in the Jewish world, especially among young people, and have hopped on board. This has led to an expansion of service-learning opportunities for young Jews. This is a good thing. But what are… Read more »
Cleveland Jewish News · April 27, 2012 · Original
by Sue Hoffman
BBYO is inviting all Cleveland-area Jewish youth and their families to stand up against bullying by attending a screening of the documentary “Bully” at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the Cedar Lee Theatre, 2163 Lee Road in Cleveland Heights. Viewers should arrive by 6:15. Cost is $6, and advanced registration is required. The Ohio… Read more »
JTA · April 5, 2012 · Original
by Jon Rosenberg and Lee Sherman
NEW YORK (JTA) — Like most nonprofits today, Jewish organizations struggle to fulfill all the needs of their client base with limited resources, as competition for funding dollars climbs, government support declines and staff are stretched thin. And like most nonprofits, we are able to boost the impact of our programs through the help of… Read more »
The Huffington Post · April 5, 2012 · Original
by Rabbi Will Berkovitz
‘Geography is destiny,’ but it also depends what’s in your wallet. We saw it lying on the ground, a stain against the otherwise immaculate Los Angeles sidewalk. “HOMELESS. Lost job, Lost home, Trying not to lose hope,” read the abandoned square of cardboard in neatly written letters. As we get closer to the Jewish holiday… Read more »
eJewishPhilanthropy · March 19, 2012 · Original
by Sandy Cardin
Ask anyone to name the greatest philanthropists of all time – Jewish or otherwise – and they will invariably identify people known for giving away huge sums of money. From Rockefeller to Rothschild, from Buffet to Blaustein, from Morgan to Montefiore, most of us have come to equate philanthropy with the charitable contributions of people… Read more »
Repair the World · March 20, 2012 · Original
by Repair the World
– Experts Reveal Insights into Emerging Field – MARCH 20, 2012 NEW YORK, NY – Repair the World and the Jewish Communal Service Association today released “People of the Book, Community of Action: Exploring Jewish-service-learning,” the first-ever issue of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service dedicated to Jewish service-learning (JSL). The creation of this landmark… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · March 15, 2012 · Original
by eJewish Philanthropy
Repair the World has announced that it will enhance its service efforts in Israel, bolstering existing programs and working to increase the number of North Americans who participate in longer terms of service. The work is made possible in part by a $215,000 grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation and an $80,000 grant from The… Read more »
Repair the World · March 15, 2012 · Original
by Repair the World
– Nearly $300,000 from Jim Joseph Foundation and The Morningstar Foundation to Help Improve Program Quality & Increase Service in Israel – NEW YORK – Repair the World (Repair), a national nonprofit that mobilizes Jews to serve those in need, today announced that it will enhance its service efforts in Israel, bolstering existing programs and working… Read more »
CBS Detroit · March 6, 2012 · Original
by Kathryn Larson
DETROIT (WWJ) - A handful of University of Michigan students spent their Spring Break not on some sunny beach, but in the heart of Mexicantown — where they discovered a secret room. Now, that room inside a church is being brought back to its former glory, all for the community to enjoy. Watch WWJ’s Kathryn Larson’s exclusive story below:… Read more »
Detroit's My TV 20 News · February 29, 2012 · Original
by Jorge Avellan & Peter Neumann
A group of students from the University of Michigan are spending their spring break renovating an eighty-eight year old bowling alley at the “Latino Mission Society” center in Southwest Detroit. It’s part of a community project to provide a safe recreational area for kids in the neighborhood to hang after school as well as a… Read more »
Jewish Journal · March 1, 2012 · Original
by Julie Gruenbaum Fax
A UCLA student group that supports the homeless is one of 15 finalists in the White House’s Campus Champions of Change Challenge. The group was chosen from hundreds of applicants, and online voters will choose the top five. Rachel Sumekh, president of Swipes for the Homeless and social justice vice president forUCLA Hillel, says momentum is building to… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · March 1, 2012 · Original
by Jessica Baverman
There have been constant messages in the media saying that the millennial generation (those of us born between 1980 and the early to late 1990s) care little about our community and are more likely to spend time in front of a computer than interacting with our peers. In fact, these are both wrong statements. Among… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · March 1, 2012 · Original
by eJewish Philanthropy
Moishe House and Repair the World are poised to open the first Moishe House dedicated to service. This house has the potential to open anywhere in the U.S. and they are currently looking for applicants. Application Deadline is April 17, 2012. For additional information, or to apply, contact Rebecca Karp, East Coast Regional Director, [email protected]
Detroit Free Press · February 28, 2012 · Original
by Ben Falik
The earth goes around the sun every 365.242199 days. But because of our human predisposition to integers — and our innate need to stay in the good graces of the rest of the solar system — we add a day to the calendar every fourth year. Time has always been serious business, so much so that… Read more »
The Daily Pennsylvanian · February 12, 2012 · Original
by Glenn Shrum
With a budding partnership already under way, two groups are planning to redefine the role of service in American Jewish life. In January 2011, Repair the World, a national organization devoted to promoting service among Jewish communities, teamed up with Penn Hillel as part of a broader mission to engage Jewish college students in sustainable… Read more »
The Daily Pennsylvanian · February 2, 2012 · Original
by Alex Zimmerman
Compared to his brother Rahm, Ezekiel Emanuel flies under the radar in the eyes of much of the American public, but this well-established bioethicist has a track record of his own. Emanuel, who was introduced last semester as Penn’s 13th Penn Integrates Knowledge professor and vice provost for global initiatives, spoke to an audience at… Read more »
The New York Times · February 3, 2012 · Original
by Jon Rosenberg
To the Editor: David Brooks is right that national service is a vital tool for building bridges between different “social tribes.” National service programs such as the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps also do far more: they deliver real benefits to communities while forging a stronger civil society. And today, in a time of alarmingly high… Read more »
The Jewish Week · January 3, 2012 · Original
by Susan Kohn and Stefanie Greenberg
Next weekend, many of us will be enjoying a long, holiday break because of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. We might see this as a time to sleep late, meet friends for brunch, take in a movie or relax on a short family holiday. For growing numbers of us though, this is a… Read more »
The Jewish Week · December 20, 2011 · Original
by Jon Rosenberg
Civil discourse and hands-on service, if done well, can lead to lasting positive change in the world. Rabid arguments, unleashed aggressively, will do the opposite. For those on the extreme right of the Israeli-Palestinian argument, anyone who does not believe that the disputed land should be fully part of Israel is an anti-Zionist. For those… Read more »
Jewish Review · November 1, 2011 · Original
by Joseph Lieberman
Sister Helen Prejean, author of the best-selling death row chronicle “Dead Man Walking,” returned to Temple Beth Israel in Eugene on Oct. 17 for her second visit in slightly less than a year. This time she was joined by a panel of Northwest luminaries that included Seattle’s Rabbi Will Berkovitz from “Repair the World,” the… Read more »
Mitzpeh · November 3, 2011 · Original
by Adam Kuhn
Most college students spend semester breaks catching up on sleep and relaxing after the exhausting week of final exams. Dozens of students at the University of Maryland, however, choose instead to go on service trips with Maryland Hillel’s Repair the World Alternative Breaks. This winter break, trip options include Ghana, San Diego and Israel; and… Read more »
Boulder Jewish News · October 30, 2011 · Original
by Cheryl Fellows
Nearly 90 Jewish educators and Boulder community members gathered at Sunday’s Chidush workshop, “A Service-Learning Toolbox” to learn about ways to incorporate Service Learning in their classrooms. The workshop was facilitated by Rabbi Will Berkovitz from Repair the World. The program was designed with the assistance of Boulder’s Jewish Educational Directors from BET, the Boulder… Read more »
Seattle Weekly · October 28, 2011 · Original
by Hanna Raskin
The chocolate coins that Jewish parents give their children on Chanukah can be big or small, and wrapped in silver or gold foil. But almost all gelt is made from chocolate grown by child slaves, Seattle abolitionists say. According to Robert Breiser, Repair the World director at the University of Washington Hillel, half of the… Read more »
Repair the World · October 18, 2011 · Original
by Repair the World
Seventh Annual “Slingshot” Guidebook Names 50 Most Innovative Jewish Nonprofits in America Repair the World, a national organization dedicated to making service a defining part of American Jewish life, has been named one of the nation’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’11-‘12, a resource guide for Jewish innovation. To be listed in Slingshot,… Read more »
eJP · October 18, 2011 · Original
by eJP
Slingshot present’s the seventh annual edition of Slingshot: A Resource Guide for Jewish Innovation, featuring 50 inspirational organizations in Jewish life in North America; and for the first time ever, 10 projects which have helped define Slingshot for the past seven years. While many lament the changing nature of Jewish life and long with nostalgia… Read more »
JTA · October 18, 2011 · Original
by JTA
Slingshot added a Top 10 list to its newly released annual guide to innovative Jewish programming in North America. A list of 10 top “standard bearers” was added to the annual list of the 50 “most inspiring and innovative organizations, projects, and programs in the North American Jewish community today” by Slingshot, a project of… Read more »
The Somerville News · October 16, 2011 · Original
by Tai Dinnan
On Friday, September 23, Groundwork Somerville engaged Tufts University Volunteers in an effort to clean up Somerville in our second annual Green-a-thon. Students volunteering through “Repair the World Service Day” met Groundwork Somerville representatives at two sites in the city that have been flagged “dirty” by community members. The event was made possible thanks to… Read more »
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix · October 7, 2011 · Original
by
“On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, piercing shofar blasts will conclude a 25-hour fast, we will set a course toward making good our obligations to others. “This year when the shofar blasts, I hope it will be a call to serve,” writes Jon Rosenberg, the CEO of a nonprofit called Share the World, in… Read more »
JTA · October 2, 2011 · Original
by Jon Rosenberg
Those who observe the Jewish High Holidays have begun a period of intense introspection and “judgment.” On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, piercing shofar blasts will conclude a 25-hour fast, we will set a course toward making good our obligations to others. This year when the shofar blasts, I hope it will be a… Read more »
The Tufts Daily · September 26, 2011 · Original
by Gabrielle Hernandez
The Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) and Repair the World, an initiative run through Tufts Hillel, teamed up to send over 300 students to perform community service in the greater Boston area through Reach Out! Tufts Service Day on Friday, according to LCS co-President Kevin Huang. The event paired roughly 20 groups of students with 26… Read more »
JewishHorizons.com · September 13, 2011 · Original
by JewishHorizons.com
An RRC student in her second year recently shared a story with us. Before rabbinical school, she spoke with a prominent leader in the Jewish philanthropy world to ask which rabbinical school would best enable her to continue her training in social justice work. As our student remembers the conversation, the person said that she… Read more »
Detroit Free Press · September 15, 2011 · Original
by Ben Falik
Ben Falik is a co-founder of Summer in the City. He is the manager of Detroit Service Initiatives for Repair the World and teaches a course on volunteerism at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Ten years ago, a couple friends and I had the dangerous combination of audacity, energy… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · September 8, 2011 · Original
by eJP
The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation announced today that Abby Strunk Saloma will join its national office in Washington, DC, as a Program Officer. Strunk Saloma will develop and implement initiatives to engage and support young Jews involved in secular service work and otherwise as they explore and become creators of Jewish life. She… Read more »
The Craig Fahle Show · August 10, 2011 · Original
by Craig Fahle
The Craig Fahle Show QuanTez Pressley, left; and Ben Falik, right (Credit – Gabriela Santiago-Romero) Members of the African American and Jewish communities came together last month at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs Mission to Detroit conference hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit. In the wake of the conference, two… Read more »
New Jersey Jewish News · August 10, 2011 · Original
by Andrew Silow-Carroll
My 17-year-old son is finishing up a summer program in Israel, which included a three-day stay in a southern development town where his group helped run a summer camp for under-privileged kids. My daughter is back from a month at a Jewish summer camp, which in addition to the usual activities included a four-day trip… Read more »
Volunteer Spot · August 1, 2011 · Original
by Rabbi Will Berkovitz
“I want to volunteer,” the caller told a colleague at a local social service agency. “Great,” she said, “there is a elderly woman who returns from the hospital every Monday afternoon and she feels really down and weak from her treatment. She was just asking if someone could stop by.” After a pause, the caller… Read more »
Ynetnews · July 19, 2011 · Original
by
Top Teach For America corps members are meeting with their Teach First Israel counterparts to learn from one another how best to inspire students in disadvantaged areas to succeed in school and to work on a communal vision of educational equality. The encounter is just one stop for Teach For America corps members on the… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · July 15, 2011 · Original
by Lisa Barkan
I have learned many an important lesson from my father, lessons which I carry with me to this day. Better to get an average grade and not cheat than to copy from another student and get an ‘A’. If the grocer gives you too much change you must return it, even if you have to… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · July 12, 2011 · Original
by
In just a few short hours, 57 up-and-coming U.S. change agents will be on their way to Israel to connect with local peers and leaders – and their counterparts at Teach First Israel – through the REALITY Israel Experience for Teach For America corps members program. While here, they will learn from one another on how best to inspire… Read more »
Haaretz · July 12, 2011 · Original
by Mira Sucharov
Seems the old particularism vs. universalism debate is rearing its head again, the critical question of whether we should help primarily “our own,” or rather view all human suffering as equally urgent. Writing in Commentary Magazine, Shalem Center Senior Vice-President Daniel Gordis recently decried American rabbinical students’ criticism of Israel, a trend he believes stems from… Read more »
The Jerusalem Post · July 10, 2011 · Original
by Shmuel Rosner
Fern Chertok is an Associate Research Scientist at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies (more bio here), and was in charge of the new and very interesting study: Volunteering + Values: A Repair The World Report on Jewish Young Adults. Some news reports had covered this study in the last two weeks (see here and here), but I had… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · July 10, 2011 · Original
by Jon Rosenberg and Lisa Eisen
Opportunities to shift fundamentally the Jewish communal landscape and deepen our collective impact on the world do not arise every day. But as it happens, one has been making headlines within and beyond our community over the past few weeks. With the release of Volunteering + Values: A Repair the World Report on Jewish Young Adults,… Read more »
Areyvut · June 22, 2011 · Original
by Daniel Rothner
Repair the World has released a detailed study on contemporary Jewish young adults and their attitudes and behaviors towards community service. I thank them for all they have done to highlight the field of Jewish service and know this study will lead to lots of important conversations, programs, etc. I think it would be great… Read more »
Jewschool.com · July 6, 2011 · Original
by Kol Ra'ash Gadol
Two quick articles that I read last month: The first is an article that groans about how Jewish eaters are getting so picky that it’s getting to be impossible to invite Shabbat guests. The second is an article which advises all those people who create meaningful programming for Jews to quit it, will ya? because… Read more »
The Jewish Advocate · July 1, 2011 · Original
by Leah Burrows
Brookline native Emily Raine began volunteering in high school. She volunteered throughout college, joined AmeriCorps while working towards her master’s degree, and continues volunteering today as a young professional. When she talks about volunteering, she doesn’t talk a lot about tikkun olam or tzedakah. She talks about civil obligation and cultural understanding. “For me, service… Read more »
The Jewish Journal of Greater LA · June 29, 2011 · Original
by Bob Goldfarb
Today’s Jerusalem Post reports these observations by Knesset member Nachman Shai (Kadima), head of the legislature’s Conversion Caucus: “There are over 300,000 Israelis [mostly from the former Soviet Union] here who are Jewish in heart, in feeling and by their presence here, and we must take note of this. These immigrants are Israelis, but not… Read more »
The Detroit News · June 30, 2011 · Original
by Oralandar Brand-Williams
Detroit — African-American and Jewish community leaders from around the country are expected to wrap up today a conference in Detroit about poverty. The Mission to Detroit conference, sponsored by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, brought together activists from both groups to explore ways to battle poverty in their cities. The year’s conference participants… Read more »
The Jewish Week · June 28, 2011 · Original
by Tamar Snyder
‘We don’t really do vacations,” joked Pam Wexler, a Westchester mom of two. “I turn them all into service.” The shared experiences helping others are “much more powerful and meaningful and life-changing than a quote-unquote vacation,” she said. Five years ago, while serving as chair of Westchester’s women’s campaign for the UJA-Federation of New York,… Read more »
The Jewish Daily Forward · June 29, 2011 · Original
by Andrew Tobin
For Jewish social service and advocacy groups, it is a good news/bad news sort of survey: Most young Jews volunteer for social projects, according to a recent, widely discussed poll, but few of them connect this with their Jewish identity, nor do many of them choose Jewish organizations as places at which to volunteer. The… Read more »
The Jewish Daily Forward · June 23, 2011 · Original
by Renee Ghert-Zand
A just-released study on young Jews and volunteerism reveals that, although young Jews are committed to community service and volunteering, they tend not to associate that interest with their Jewish identities. This is the case despite the fact that commitment to volunteerism increases with a young Jew’s level of religious involvement. The study also found… Read more »
Religion News Service · June 23, 2011 · Original
by Lauren Markoe
(RNS) Young Jewish Americans volunteer enthusiastically for a multitude of causes, but the vast majority do not connect their service to their Jewish identity, Jewish institutions or Israel. These findings, from a survey released Thursday (June 23), both hearten and concern Jewish leaders. “The good news is that this is an idealistic, motivated population,” said… Read more »
The Chronicle of Philanthropy · June 24, 2011 · Original
by Jacob Berkman
About 80 percent of Jews age 18 to 35 have engaged in volunteer work during the past year, but by and large their volunteerism has been infrequent and not related to their faith, according to a new study. The study, commissioned by Repair the World, a group that works to promote volunteerism among Jews, surveyed roughly… Read more »
The Jewish Week · June 23, 2011 · Original
by Tamar Snyder
While the majority of young Jewish adults volunteer, few see community service as an extension of their Jewish values. Most Jews ages 18 to 35 said that they shy away from volunteering with Jewish organizations because they view them as parochial and only serving the needs of the Jewish community. And, further evidence of the… Read more »
JTA · June 22, 2011 · Original
by Sue Fishkoff
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Most young Jews do some kind of volunteer service, but few do it through Jewish agencies or connect it to Jewish values. Poverty, the environment, education and illiteracy are the areas that draw most young Jewish volunteers, with Israel-related work at the bottom of the list. These are among the findings… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · June 23, 2011 · Original
by eJP
Jewish young adults overwhelmingly demonstrate an abiding commitment to volunteerism, with a particular interest in efforts to eradicate poverty and illiteracy and preserve the environment. At the same time, their service tends to be infrequent and motivated by a desire to make a difference in their local communities. And although their commitment to volunteerism increases… Read more »
CNN · June 23, 2011 · Original
by Joe Sterling
(CNN) – The fervent instinct for social action that energized Jewish-Americans when they fought for workers’ rights and civil rights, rallied for the creation of a Jewish state, and battled all sorts of bigotry throughout the 20th century still percolates. But the fire is burning more sporadically, is not necessarily connected to Judaism, and it… Read more »
Frogloop.com (care2's nonprofit marketing blog) · May 9, 2011 · Original
by Allyson Kapin
Did you know that in 2010 volunteerism increased by 11%, according to a study by Cone? Volunteers also reported giving close to $2,600 as compared to non-volunteers who gave just $230, according to study by VolunteerMatch. Furthermore, 67% of those who volunteer say they donate money to the same organizations where they volunteer. It’s no… Read more »
ucla.hillel.org · May 4, 2011 · Original
by UCLA Hillel
As part of our efforts to create a culture of Social Justice here at Hillel, we formed a partnership with Repair the World which works to inspire American Jews and their communities to give their time and efforts to serve those in need and to make service a defining part of American Jewish life. We… Read more »
Huffington Post · May 4, 2011 · Original
by HuffPost Religion
More and more members of the world’s faith communities are taking to the internet and social media in order to connect with fellow believers. Among this growing trend are prominent religious leaders, thinkers and authors who are bringing their wisdom to their followers and the world, 140 characters at a time. We at HuffPost Religion… Read more »
Schusterman.org · May 3, 2011 · Original
by Lila Miller
This summer, for the third year running, Team Schusterman will join forces with the Samberg Family Foundation to bring Teach For America corps members on a 10-day trip to Israel to tour, explore, learn first-hand about the Israeli educational system and take a deeper look at the values that drive their professional aspirations and volunteerism.… Read more »
BBYO · April 18, 2011 · Original
by BBYO
This April an estimated 10,000 teens participated in J-Serve, the National Day of Jewish youth service. This year marks the seventh year in which Jewish youth from across North America, Europe and Israel have participated in J- Serve, in an effort to encourage community building and connections across religious and societal lines. J Serve 2011… Read more »
PresenTense · April 2011 · Original
by Ezra S. Shanken
Judaism and service have had an intimate relationship for thousands of years: from contributions to the mishkan in the desert to the recent participation of Jewish community members in everything from advocating the cease of genocide in Darfur to supporting workers’ rights in California. In this issue’s Rules of Engagement, PresenTense asked two experts in… Read more »
JTNews · March 17, 2011 · Original
by Janis Siegel
Daily news reports abound in past weeks of mega-earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear radiation, revolutions, and drug cartel wars. They can be overwhelming, but these world events also offer opportunities for those who hear the call to pitch in and practice the Jewish imperative to repair this world, said several Seattle Jewish educators at a Temple Beth… Read more »
The Jewish Journal · March 1, 2011 · Original
by Ryan Torok
Matisyahu performs every year at Jewlicious, the three-day Jewish learning and music weekend that takes place at the Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach and this year drew some 900 college students and young professionals. A friend to JConnect, which organizes the event with Beach Hillel, the Chassidic reggae star has a habit of… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · February 3, 2011 · Original
by Michelle Lackie
The Jewish community has long understood that peer-group trips are an effective way to strengthen the Jewish identity of teens and young adults. The advent of Taglit-Birthright Israel in 1999 ushered in a revolutionary new era of intensive immersive programs in which Jewish organizations supported large-scale, short-term trips where micro-communities were created to undergo transformative… Read more »
MSNBC · January 27, 2011 · Original
by Cenk Uygur
Our own rabbi-in-residence, Rabbi Will Berkowitz was invited to appear on Cenk Uygur’s MSNBC program as one of the leading signatories of a nationwide group of Rabbis calling on Fox News to sanction Glenn Beck for his incessant use of inflammatory rhetoric. Below is a video of Rabbi Will’s interview. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news,… Read more »
The Jewish Week · January 25, 2011 · Original
by Mara Markinson
About three months ago, a close friend who attends the University of Delaware asked if I would like to accompany her school’s Hillel on an eight day trip to Miami, Florida. I could earn community service hours, and have an inexpensive vacation. I thought, “eight days in the Miami sun? I’m there!” and I signed… Read more »
YNet News · January 26, 2011 · Original
by Kenneth Brander
It comes as no surprise that in a world where many neglect the importance of community, iPhones, iPods, and iPads constantly and consistently appear as the trendiest gadgets. These devices represent a culture that desires to deconstruct the power and purpose of community, placing all importance on the needs of the individual. Despite this societal… Read more »
The Jewish Week · January 18, 2011 · Original
by Tamar Snyder
In Gedera, a predominantly Ethiopian town in central Israel, a group of college students from the University of Massachusetts began clearing a litter-strewn courtyard in the town center. Their goal: to plant a community garden in a little more than a week’s time. As they tilled the soil, older Ethiopians who lived in the area… Read more »
Berman Jewish Policy Archive · December 16, 2010 · Original
by Tara Bognar
Repair the World’s new report on their short term Jewish service learning programs takes on the efficacy question from the other side: Instead of asking if the programs are doing Jewish well, it asks whether they’re doing good well. In that sense, it’s an interesting counter-point to studies like the Cohen Center’s 3 part set… Read more »
The Forward · December 15, 2010 · Original
by Jane Eisner
Volunteerism comes in all shapes, sizes and outcomes. There are the one-day service projects that can galvanize those who participate, but may not always have the kind of oomph that leads to lasting change. There are long-term commitments like Teach for America and the Peace Corps that are out of reach for most workaday people.… Read more »
JTA · December 13, 2010 · Original
by Jacob Berkman
Repair the World this morning is set to release a study into the long-term effect of short-term service learning programs such as alternative spring breaks. In the lead up to the report, which will be released in a conference call at 11:30, Repair officials say that they recognized that within the broader service community, skepticism… Read more »
Jerusalem Post · November 10, 2010 · Original
by Gil Shefler
NEW ORLEANS – The Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in New Orleans came to a close on Tuesday, wrapping up an intensive five days of debate about Jewish communal life, past, present and future, Jewish philanthropy and Israel-Diaspora relations. New Orleans was chosen as the venue to highlight efforts by the Jewish community… Read more »
JTA · November 1, 2010 · Original
by Jacob Berkman
The Jewish federation system is set to kick off its annual General Assembly in New Orleans with an eye toward figuring out how to reach those not typically associated with Jewish federations. As always, the annual gathering for the network of 157 Jewish federations and 400 affiliated fund-raising outposts, which raises about $3 billion per… Read more »
The Jewish Daily Forward · October 27, 2010 · Original
by Josh Nathan-Kazis
When American Jewish community leaders travel to New Orleans for their yearly summit in early November, they should be sure to bring some clothes they don’t mind getting dirty. For the first time, the Jewish Federations of North America — the umbrella group for local Jewish philanthropic federations around the country — will break from… Read more »
The Jewish Daily Forward · October 26, 2010 · Original
by Jane Eisner
So you want to change the Jewish future for the better? Daniel Sieradski has plenty of ideas about how to do just that. This year, throughout the month of January, he presented one proposal a day for such innovations as an open-source website that allows users to customize prayer books, Haggadot and bentshers, and an… Read more »
The Jewish Journal · October 25, 2010 · Original
by JewishJournal.com
On Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 4:15 pm, JewishJournal.com will broadcast LIVE from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Join us for “Building the Jewish Service Movement: Making Service a Defining Part of American Jewish Life” featuring Repair the World CEO Jon Rosenberg. Repair the World is a new organization that works to inspire American… Read more »
TommieMedia · October 19, 2010 · Original
by Katie Broadwell
Rabbi Will Berkovitz worked as a journalist for a number of years after graduating from St. Thomas in 1991. But when he was sent to Guatemala to write a story, Berkovitz realized he wanted to do something completely different with his life. “I was finding far more meaning digging toilets than writing about it,” he… Read more »
JTNews · October 13, 2010 · Original
by Janis Siegel
Jewish ethics will jump out of the historical texts and bust out of the lecture halls of the University of Washington’s Stroum Jewish Studies Program next year. Jewish Studies has teamed up with the Jewish service organization Repair the World, which has funded the development of a new undergraduate course based in community service scheduled… Read more »
The Jewish Daily Forward · August 13, 2010 · Original
by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
You have to get used to acronyms quickly in the world of Jewish social justice (and it helps if you like the letter “j”.) There’s the venerable JCUA in Chicago, PJA on the West Coast, the surprisingly well-organized JCA in Minnesota and a very active JCRC in Boston. National organizations include JCPA, JOI, JFSJ and… Read more »
Arutz Sheva · August 4, 2010 · Original
by Yoni Kempinski
The Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future sent 22 students from the U.S. and Australia to Israel to serve as counselors on the fifth annual “Counterpoint Israel Program.” The month-long service-learning initiative (July 12-August 12) aims to empower and build the next generation of Israeli youth by means of a summer camp experience filled… Read more »
The Washington Post · June 30, 2010 · Original
by Eboo Patel
Nothing is more exciting for me than seeing religious communities practice the command from their tradition to serve others. I had a chance to witness this at the early hour of 7 a.m. in New York today at a breakfast celebrating an emerging organization called Repair the World. The prophets of our great traditions invoke… Read more »
eJewish Philanthropy · June 29, 2010 · Original
by Dan Brown
Repair the World, a platform organization dedicated to making service a defining element of Jewish life, learning and leadership, will announce the launch of a national search engine for Jewish volunteer and community service opportunities in conjunction with the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, taking place this Wednesday in New York City. The National… Read more »
JTA · April 26, 2010 · Original
by Adam Gaynor
Observers of Jewish education for teens are increasingly concerned about a disparity between the participation of boys and girls. Lamenting the absence of boys in youth programs, Jewish educators and philanthropists have turned their attention more and more to enticing boys to become involved. I wonder, however, whether the concern over boys masks a deeper… Read more »
JT News · March 16, 2010 · Original
by Joel Magalnick
Rabbi Will Berkovitz would have been satisfied serving his career as executive director of Hillel at the University of Washington. But then came an offer he couldn’t refuse. Beginning in July, Berkovitz will become vice-president of partnerships and rabbi in residence at a year-old organization called Repair the World. “I love my job here [at… Read more »
Chronicle of Philanthropy · March 5, 2010 · Original
by Ian Wilhelm
Should Jewish philanthropy focus more on helping needy Jewish people? Jack Wertheimer, a history professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, raises this question in an opinion article in Commentary magazine. “At a time when Jewish communal institutions are failing to attend to the needs of Jews at home and abroad, the hot trend in Jewish… Read more »
Jewschool · March 3, 2010 · Original
by Kol Ra'ash Gadol
In a rather redundant article in Commentary, Jack Wertheimer makes another set of his sweeping – and entirely annoying – statements about how the young folks, they’re just so dumb. He starts out with a perfectly fine, if not particularly new or startling, laying out of the observation about how expensive it is to live… Read more »
JTA · March 3, 2010 · Original
by Jacob Berkman
In the current issue of Commentary Magazine, Jewish sociologist Jack Wertheimer argues that Jewish philanthropists should focus on their own community rather than “invest even more funding and direct still more volunteers to nonsectarian causes. In doing so, he took a shot at Repair the World, the new initiative for which the Charles and Lynn… Read more »
Commentary · March 2010 · Original
by Jack Wertheimer
The nexus between Jews and money, a topic of perennial curiosity for philo-Semites and anti-Semites alike, has drawn renewed interest during the economic downturn. With most attention riveted on the celebrities—investment titans and philanthropists brought low, con artists jailed, and economic wizards appointed to oversee the recovery—other aspects of the American Jewish economy have receded… Read more »
Help us mobilize Jews of all ages and backgrounds to serve, making the world a better place for all.
DONATE NOW
Come join us at #NCVS - the world's largest gathering of #volunteer and #service leaders! http://t.co/M0K3pHwR @ifyc @PointsofLight @NCVS 23 hrs ago
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.
Read More »