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National Days of Jewish Service
Join the National Days of Jewish Service (NDJS): Unite, Reflect, and Make a Difference with Service! September 15th – October 15th, 2024
This year, the Days of Awe hold special significance as we commemorate the anniversary of October 7th. At the same time, we’re approaching a crucial election season. Let’s come together to honor this moment through service-learning, and civic engagement! Whether you’re organizing a poll worker registration drive, planning a commemorative event, or leading a community service project, your volunteering can make a real difference.
Take Action
- Get your community registered to vote on or around National Voter Registration Day on September 17, 2024
- Mobilizing your staff to each recruit 5+ poll workers
- Hosting a letter-writing program for MitzVOTE Civic Shabbat on Friday, September 20th, 2024 to increase voter turnout.
- Integrate service into your Jewish High Holiday programming
- Individuals can run service ambassador programming for 10 or more people and receive a volunteer stipend. Contact Melissa Levine for more information!
Use this guide to activate your organization and community during the National Days of Jewish Service
Open the Guide These Values in Action guides were created by M2 to frame service and action through the lens of Jewish values tensions:
Volunteerism through Growth
Service through Presence
Service through Sanctity
Israel through Hope
Israel through Creativity
Request Hillel International’s MitzVOTE Shabbat Facilitation Resources here
- Join Repair programming in one of our 9 communities – Atlanta, Boston, Bay Area, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York
- Join your local Hillel in a MitzVOTE Civic Shabbat dinner for dialogue and bridge building on your campus
- Gather your friends for a Shabbat dinner and learning nourished by OneTable throughout the month using #JewishService
- Create or join a team for Reverse Tashlich anywhere in the world
- Join AEPi chapters around the country in their Strength through Service initiative commemorating the 10/7 attacks
- Attend our panel: Ethical Service in Israel in Times of Crisis | October 1st, 10 am PT / 1 pm ET to Hear perspectives on ethical service during times of crisis, examine the key components of designing service experiences, and their potential impact.
Watch our pre-program training with M2 – The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education for valuable resources to enhance your program.
- Training Session Recording passcode: n+K8CYEr
- Complete this form by October 31st, 2024
- Upload photos to this folder by October 31st, 2024. Examples of great footage: before and after service photos; group photos of volunteers; 5-15 second videos of service happening
- Fill out this story form and share it with participants to capture stories from the day so that we can showcase the power of the Jewish service movement! We expect each site to fill out at least one for their program.
- Collaborate on social media: Tag @RepairtheWorld + your service partner and use #NDJS
Due to high demand, we have exhausted our NDJS funding for this activation. You can sign up to be notified about our next micro grant cycle.
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Infusing Jewish Values Into Service Programs
Are you running service programs for teens, but aren’t sure how to deepen their understanding of the subject?
Community Building
Infusing Jewish Values Into Service Programs
Are you running service programs for teens, but aren’t sure how to deepen their understanding of the subject?
“Many of today’s ethical and moral challenges relate to similar big questions our ancestors also encountered… It can be powerful to consult an idea or wisdom generated thousands of years ago to inform conversations we have today.” When planning service programs for teens, consider the importance of service-learning. By rooting your work in issue area context and Jewish values, teens gain a deeper connection to the subject. Reflection is a useful tool to allow your teens to debrief their experiences and how their preconceptions might have shifted. This guide explores ways to infuse meaningful learning into your experience.
Racial Justice
Guide to Respectful Conversations
This guide provides tools to utilize when facilitating a space for difficult conversations surrounding identity.
“The first step in speaking about race and racism, and recognizing how it plays a role in our own lives and communities, is to talk about it openly and honestly.” In this resource you will find tips and tricks for facilitating difficult conversations. Whether you are discussing racial justice, or other potentially uncomfortable conversations surrounding class, gender, etc., you can utilize this resource to set ground rules and be aware of the vulnerability in which you and your participants are sharing.