Dec. 02, 2024
Repair the World Expands Jewish Service Initiatives Toward Goal of One Million Acts of Service by 2030
Repair the World
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 2, 2024
Repair the World Expands Jewish Service Initiatives Toward Goal of One Million Acts of Service by 2030
Funded by the Hayom Fund, Effort Will Invest in Several New Programmatic Offerings
(United States) – Repair the World is honored to announce a major expansion of Jewish service opportunities through the Jewish Service Alliance (JSA) over the next two years. The expansion is supported by the Hayom Fund and will help Repair engage more young adults in meaningful and impactful acts of service.
“Especially at this moment, young adults are eager to create change and strengthen their Jewish identities,” said Cindy Greenberg (she/her), President and CEO of Repair the World. “We’re ready to meet this demand—based on our past success and the implementation of our adaptive strategic plan, through these new initiatives we expect to engage over 100,000 young Jews and their communities each year by 2027,” said Greenberg. “As the leader of the Jewish service movement, and through the generosity of the Hayom Fund, we can help Jewish young adults build a world they envision rooted in justice, solidarity, and service.”
As Repair leads the JSA, which includes more than 40 Jewish organizations committed to Jewish service, through the next phase of Repair’s strategic plan, the organization will invest in the following new initiatives:
- The JSA will engage 300 young Jews as Service Ambassadors to facilitate bi-monthly Jewish service for their peers, while participating in regular Jewish learning sessions. JSA partners, led by Repair, will facilitate these cohorts, and the Ambassadors will collectively lead 2,700 programs.
- In partnership with leading Israel trip providers, including Birthright Israel Onward and Jewish Federations of North America Serve Israel initiative, the JSA will lead new Israel trips and will:
- Enrich participants’ pre- and post-trip experience through days of Jewish service, cohort learning, or targeted Jewish service learning programs to create a defined Jewish service journey for participants, domestically and abroad.
- Invest in professional development for trip providers to lead ethical and effective Jewish service learning.
- Engage trip alumni as Service Ambassadors.
- Launch a monthly community of practice for trip providers to offer training and resources.
- The JSA will launch a monthly Jewish learning series featuring senior Jewish educators. Open to the JSA, Repair stakeholders, and the broader Jewish community, this series will examine tensions that emerge when engaging in Jewish service by exploring the Torah that grounds the Jewish service movement. The series will be livestreamed on social media, shared across JSA partners, and added to the Jewish Service Learning Virtual Library.
- The JSA will implement part-time, professional development Jewish Service Educator Kollels that engage Jewish leaders from across the sector in intensive Jewish learning, high-level facilitation practice, group Shabbat and ritual celebration, and hands-on practice designing and leading service experiences.
“Whether designed for professionals at Jewish nonprofits or young adults engaging in Jewish community for the first time in years, Jewish service learning is a powerful experience,” added Greenberg. This is an ambitious expansion that reflects the opportunity to help more people connect their Jewish ambitions and traditions to meaningful service.”
About Repair the World
Repair the World mobilizes Jews and their communities to take action to pursue a just world, igniting a lifelong commitment to service. In 2009, Repair the World began elevating meaningful service as a defining element of Jewish life by engaging Jewish young adults in service and learning to meet pressing local needs. Today, inspired by our values, we activate a national service movement, mobilizing partners and tens of thousands of Jewish young adults and their communities to serve alongside our neighbors. We believe service in support of social change is vital to a flourishing Jewish community and an inspired Jewish life. By 2030, we will inspire and catalyze one million acts of service and learning toward repairing the world.