Bay Area
Repair the World Bay Area mobilizes Jews and their communities to serve and learn in pursuit of a just world.
Volunteers from Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco sort donations at Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ food pantry.
A Service Corps Member cares for plants at Urban Adamah’s West Berkeley urban farm.
Volunteers paint tiny houses at Youth Spirit Artworks’ Empowerment Village for unhoused youth.
A volunteer chops donated potatoes at Foodz Mutual Aid in Oakland.
Upcoming Opportunities
Oct 4
Souper Saucers Wednesday Cook Day
Bay Area
Souper Saucers Wednesday Cook Day
Oct 4, 2023
Bay Area
Food Justice
Begins: 5:00 PM (PT)
Ends: 8:00 PM (PT)
Urban Adamah
1151 Sixth St.
Berkeley, California 94710
8 spots left
Join us in making a big pot of soup to feed our neighbors. Isky is a community member who has been working weekly at Urban Adamah, chopping, cooking and distributing hot meals to folks in the area and on Wednesday nights we help him out.
Oct 7
Volunteer Gardening Day at Golden Gate Park with JCCSF
Bay Area
Volunteer Gardening Day at Golden Gate Park with JCCSF
Oct 7, 2023
Bay Area
Environmental Justice
Begins: 10:00 AM (PT)
Ends: 1:00 PM (PT)
Golden Gate Park
Exact meeting address will be shared closer to the event, thanks!
San Francisco, CA
The JCCSF is teaming up with the Civic Joy Fund to improve our shared spaces. Join us to beautify Golden Gate Park with an afternoon of volunteer gardening and clean-up. To celebrate our efforts and build community bonds, we’ll enjoy a communal meal at the end of our project. This event is hosted on Shemini Atzeret, often a day to refrain from work. Shemini Atzeret is followed directly by Simchat Torah, a day to complete one cycle of reading the Torah and beginning again. One tradition of Simchat Torah is joyfully gathering in community and dancing with the Torah. We view this volunteer effort as living the joy of Torah through Tikkun HaOlam. Please register so we can plan for our group size, a welcome email with more information will be sent on 10/5, thanks!
Oct 11
Souper Saucers Wednesday Cook Day
Bay Area
Souper Saucers Wednesday Cook Day
Oct 11, 2023
Bay Area
Food Justice
Begins: 5:00 PM (PT)
Ends: 8:00 PM (PT)
Urban Adamah
1151 Sixth St.
Berkeley, California 94710
9 spots left
Join us in making a big pot of soup to feed our neighbors. Isky is a community member who has been working weekly at Urban Adamah, chopping, cooking and distributing hot meals to folks in the area and on Wednesday nights we help him out.
Service & Learning Opportunities
Make a difference in the Bay Area by joining us to serve through a Jewish lens, and supporting organizations making a difference in our community.
Serve With UsStrengthen your service by engaging in pressing issues through dynamic conversation guides grounded in Jewish values of repairing the world, tikkun olam, and justice, tzedek.
Deepen Your LearningExpand your commitment to service in the Bay Area as a part-time service corps member. Learn alongside peers addressing systemic injustices, and directly serve to meet vital community needs.
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Our Team
Lauren Halperin
she/her
Senior Program Manager, Bay Area
Lauren Halperin
she/her
Senior Program Manager, Bay Area
After getting a degree in English from the University of Michigan, Lauren came to Berkeley to participate in the Urban Adamah fellowship which deepened her understanding of her own Jewish identity and how it weaves into the world around her. Most recently, Lauren’s been living and learning in Moishe House Oakland Lake Merritt, a Bay Area hub within an international network of Jewish communal homes. Lauren has been working towards food justice and security in the Oakland community as a three-cohort member of the Service Corps, and is excited to continue building and growing within this movement.
Loal Isaacs
he/him
Regional Director, West
Loal Isaacs
he/him
Regional Director, West
Loal (he/him) knows what it is like to need help. This knowledge has driven him to strive to preserve and elevate the dignity of all those in his community for over two decades. Through his work with thousands of youth, families and educators, Loal has consistently developed opportunities for learning, growth and kindness, striving to create a more just and compassionate future for us all.
As a lifelong member of the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish community, Loal has served in roles for multiple organizations including the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, Jewish Family and Children’s Services, the Helen Diller Family Foundation and URJ Camp Newman. He leveraged each opportunity in hopes of paving the way for future leader to make a greater impact.
Loal is the proud father of two remarkable young people who serve as a constant source of motivation and inspiration to his work.
Celena Ritchey
she/her
Program Associate, Bay Area
Celena Ritchey
she/her
Program Associate, Bay Area
Celena Ritchey (she/her) is a midwesterner at heart and excited to continue her west coast adventures while joining Repair the World in the Bay Area. In 2018 she earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Policy from The Ohio State University (Go Bucks). Her experiences at Ohio State prompted her to do a summer of service with AmeriCorps VISTA following graduation, which then inspired her to serve with Repair the World in their Detroit community as a Fellow in 2018-19. Since completing the Fellowship program, she has worked in the non-profit field in both Program Management and Volunteer Coordination roles. Celena is presently a board member for Women’s Environmental Network (WEN), and enjoys volunteering in local community gardens. If you ever need to find Celena, she recommends you check the thrift stores down Haight Ashbury or hop over to her SF house Instagram page to see where she’s walking.
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