Chicago
Repair the World Chicago engages young Jews and their communities to serve and learn in pursuit of a just world.
Chicago Corps Members gather in-person for a community building event.
Volunteers shovel wood chips to prepare UCAN’s garden for spring.
Volunteers cook and serve dinner for guests at Lincoln Park Community Services.
A volunteer at Lakeview Pantry helps move boxes of food.
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Make a difference in Chicago by joining us to serve through a Jewish lens, supporting organizations addressing injustice in our community.
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Our Team
Sarah Cort
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Regional Director, Midwest
Sarah Cort
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Regional Director, Midwest
Sarah (she/her) is thrilled to join the team as the Midwest Regional Program Director. Prior to Repair The World, her passion for experiential education and relationship building led to a career as an overnight camp professional. She was the Summer Camps Director at McGaw YMCA Camp Echo for seven years. One highlight of Sarah’s tenure at Camp Echo is her work with families and staff to facilitate and implement the first all-gender cabins. While she spent her summers at camp, she led Taglit-Birthright Israel trips most winters, and was in the first cohort of Birthright Fellows. Prior to her role at Camp Echo, Sarah served as the Director of Education at KAM Isaiah Israel in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, where she ran the Religious and Nursery School programs. To better meet the needs of that community, she created Shoresh, a Shabbat-based experiential program, where children would attend Religious School on Friday afternoons, ending with family Shabbat services. Sarah has a degree in Early Childhood Education from Indiana University and volunteered for a year in Israel as an OTZMA Fellow, part of the Masa Israel Journey. Sarah is also on the board for Camp For All Kids, which facilitates racial diversity at overnight summer camps in the Midwest. Sarah is a St. Louis native and proud Cardinal’s baseball fan. She has been living in Chicago since 2012.
Hannah Shevrin
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Program Manager, Chicago
Hannah Shevrin
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Program Manager, Chicago
Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Hannah (she/her) moved to Chicago as an Avodah Service Corps Member where she worked with Beyond Legal Aid, a non-profit that unites lawyers and organizers across Chicago. She is invigorated by organizing spaces and programs for justice workers to share knowledge and skills that fuel their work for a better world. Hannah is eager to be the Chicago City Coordinator for Serve the Moment and cultivate an imaginative, robust program for young Jews to think critically and boldly about the power of Jewish justice engagement. Outside of work she enjoys dancing, cooking without recipes, reading, and biking around Chicago with the lake almost always as the end point. Hannah holds a BA in Sociology from Tufts University.
Lexi Silvers
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Midwest Development Director
Lexi Silvers
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Midwest Development Director
Lexi Silvers (she/her) is a fundraising professional who is thrilled to serve as Repair the World’s Midwest Development Director. A graduate of Loyola University Chicago where she received her Master’s in Public Policy, Lexi’s background in political fundraising and campaigns sparked her passion for development through the art of storytelling. Prior to joining Repair, Lexi worked for Keshet as Manager of Individual Giving and for then-United States Senator Joe Donnelly as State Fundraising Director. Lexi lives in Chicago and in her spare time can be found listening to public radio, drinking more coffee than is medically recommended, organizing blood drives, and spending time with friends and family.
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