Beyond Brokenness: How Service Creates Pathways to Healing and Hope

Rabbi Deborah Waxman reflected on a powerful transformation she experienced during a service-learning trip to Israel co-led by Yahel and Repair the World. Through hands-on volunteering, deep listening, and meaningful encounters, she found renewed agency, purpose, and connection in the face of personal and communal grief. As a board member of Repair the World, she emphasized the power of service to ground Jewish identity and spark hope in fractured times.