Detroit
Repair the World Detroit addresses pressing local needs by fostering relationships, engaging communities in volunteering rooted in Jewish values and social justice. Our programs focus on food sovereignty, education justice, and community building. Join us in food distribution, cooking, and supporting the Detroit Community Fridge; farming with Keep Growing Detroit; and mentoring with Brilliant Detroit, Life Remodeled, and The Konnection.
Volunteers serve with Detroit Repair’s service partner Life Remodeled.
Fellow Rachel (she/they) helps to pack bags with food at her service partner Gleaners Foodbank.
Volunteers serve by transplanting plants during an Happy Hour program with Repair Detroit’s service partner Keep Growing Detroit
PeerCorps Camp teens make cards to be distributed to seniors with well wishes.
Volunteers tend to a community farm.
Upcoming Opportunities
Apr 5
NDJS: Sap Boil, Seed Sorting and Havdalah
Detroit
Private Program Apr 6
NDJS: Good Deeds Day Detroit
Detroit
Register HereNDJS: Interfaith Seder
Detroit
Apr 18
NDJS: Friendseder Shabbat 2025
Detroit
Service & Learning Opportunities
Support local organizations through service and learning, grounded in Jewish values, to address food sovereignty, education justice, and other vital needs in our community. People of all backgrounds are welcome.
Serve With UsGround yourself in service by engaging in dynamic conversation guides grounded in Jewish values of repairing the world, tikkun olam, and justice, tzedek.
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Our Team
Sarah Cort
she/her
Regional Director
Sarah Cort
she/her
Regional Director
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.
Jared Rosenbloom
he/him
Regional Development Director
Jared Rosenbloom
he/him
Regional Development Director
Jared comes to Repair the world with 10 plus years of nonprofit experience. From Synagogues to JCCS to BBYO, Jared has made a name for himself in the Jewish community establishing relationships and making a difference that inspires the next generation of Jewish leaders. Jared has a BA in Psychology from Ramapo College and a Masters in Nonprofit Management and Jewish Communal Service from Gratz college. Jared lives outside Philadelphia with his wife, step daughter and twin children.
Rebecca Steinman-DeGroot
she/her
City Director, Detroit
Rebecca Steinman-DeGroot
she/her
City Director, Detroit
Rebecca (she/her) is a Michigan native and is currently serving as the Director of Education for Dor Hadash, a supplementary Jewish education program of the Detroit Jewish Coalition, for youth and families in the city of Detroit. Rebecca recently moved to Detroit from Los Angeles, where she served as the Associate Director of Education for Limudim, the religious school at IKAR, a progressive spiritual Jewish community in LA. Rebecca has worked in education for over 17 years, as a teacher in the classroom, a tutor, an administrator, a mentor, and as a consultant. Rebecca is also currently in the second cohort of The Jewish Women of Color Resilience Circle and Transformational Leadership Fellowship through Dimensions Inc., a part of the Detroit iEngage Community Educators Cohort through the Shalom Hartman Institute, and is incredibly excited to be working at Repair the World Detroit to create intersectional, inclusive, diverse, and embracing community.
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