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 2
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Bay Area
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
Julia Cinnamon
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West Development Director
Julia Cinnamon
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West Development Director
Julia (she/her) is an experienced fundraiser with a proven track record of making big ideas happen. She directs development in Repair’s West Region through community-building and collaboration. Before joining Repair, Julia managed Major Gifts and directed storytelling at City Year San José/Silicon Valley, an education-focused service organization. She currently serves on her local Federation board, Jewish Silicon Valley, and is a member of the Silicon Valley Jewish Community Relationship Council (JCRC). Committed to helping young adults connect to their Jewish identity, she was a founding Resident of Moishe House Silicon Valley where she hosted 200+ in-person and 200+ virtual events over three years. Julia received her BA in Political Science and Psychology from Rutgers University. In her free time, Julia enjoys exploring the great outdoors in a raft or kayak, pretending her cat Oliver is a person, and performing Improvisational Comedy at Endgames in San Francisco.
Lauren Halperin
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Program Manager, Bay Area
Lauren Halperin
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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.
Celena Ritchey
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Program Associate, Bay Area
Celena Ritchey
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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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