Community Service

Too young to vote, these Jewish teens are getting others to the polls

Cooper Coughlan in JTA · 4 Nov

Jewish teens, Shayne Cytrynbaum and Lucy Targum, are actively contributing to democracy by encouraging others to vote, despite being too young to vote themselves.

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Aileen Lampel Novick, of Jericho, N.Y., passes away at 94

JTA Staff in JTA · 27 Sep

Aileen Lampel Novick, born in 1929 and raised in Ridgewood, Queens, passed away on September 25, 2024, at the age of 94.

0 Communities Ethics

This Jewish teen is bringing sustainable gardening to NYC correctional facilities

Lisa Keys in JTA · 29 Aug

Steven Hoffen, a 16-year-old from the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is pioneering sustainable hydroponic farming initiatives in New York City's correctional facilities through his not-for-profit organization, Growing Peace.

0 Leadership Philosophy

Get to Know Your Yourself

Chabad.org · 26 Aug

In 1974, Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Hecht, a dedicated Chabad rabbi in New Haven, Connecticut, reached out to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after dedicating 33 years to communal service.

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The power of the pivot

eJewishPhilanthropy · 19 Aug

The director of the Wexner Service Corps recounts a pivotal moment during a service trip to Pittsburgh with Jewish high school students, where a planned volunteer activity fell through, forcing a last-minute change.

0 Communities Antisemitism

Tikkun olam is a tool to combat antisemitism

eJewishPhilanthropy · 6 Jun

Nechama, a Jewish disaster relief organization, views tikkun olam (repairing the world) as a foundational principle in its work, providing aid to communities affected by natural disasters.

0 Education Communities

Saving Jewish education through service learning

eJewishPhilanthropy · 28 May

Rabbi Amanda Schwartz reflects on the importance of service learning in Jewish education as a means to instill Jewish values and create mensches.

0 Leadership Gender/Identity

Reconsidering the rabbi-rebbetzin leadership dynamic

Rachel Kohn in eJewishPhilanthropy · 15 Mar

The article discusses the evolving dynamics of leadership within couples, specifically focusing on the roles of rabbis and rebbetzins in modern times.

0 Communities Politics

10 Jewish ways to mark Martin Luther King Day in New York this year

Julia Gergely in JTA · 11 Jan

Jewish communities in New York City are planning various events and activities to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday.

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Happy Thanksgiving 2023. We’re Going to Be OK.

Liel Leibovitz in Tablet · 22 Nov 2023

In this article, the author argues that despite the current challenges faced by America, the country is going to be fine and even better than before.

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Need Help Building Your Sukkah?

Nomi Kaltmann in Tablet · 28 Sep 2023

The Sukkah Boys, founded by Billy Klein and Zuzz Rapp in Melbourne, Australia, is a service that builds and fixes sukkahs.

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Good Deeds Make Good Neighbors

Steve Lipman in Jewish Action · 3 Sep 2023

In various communities throughout North America, Orthodox Jewish synagogues are engaging in altruistic projects to help their non-Jewish neighbors and improve inter-group relations.

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Jewish college students volunteer to help local seniors register for vaccine

Forward · 15 Feb 2021

The George Washington University Hillel and the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center have partnered to match student volunteers with older adults in need of help accessing COVID-19 vaccines.

0 Culture Education

Across the Pond: Ep. 123

Unorthodox · 8 Feb 2018

This episode of Unorthodox, recorded live from the Limmud Festival in Birmingham, UK, features guest discussions with Yiddish singer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and Gabby Edlin, founder of Bloody Good Period, a charity providing menstrual supplies to refugees.

0 Communities Education

Building Social Justice in the Pacific Northwest

Bethlehem Shoals in Tablet · 7 Jun 2016

Tivnu: Building Justice is a Jewish gap-year program based in Portland, Oregon, aiming to combine Jewish identity with social justice work.

0 Israel Communities

Volunteer Service Draws Israeli Teens Before They Start Stints in Military

Barbara Bamberger in Tablet · 7 Jun 2013

Israeli high-school graduates can opt to defer their military service for a year through programs like Shin-Shin, where they engage in volunteer work.

0 Holidays Culture

Our Jewish Christmas Traditions

Joan Nathan in Tablet · 17 Dec 2012

The author reflects on their Jewish family's unique Christmas traditions, including celebrating Hanukkah alongside a housekeeper's Christmas tree decorated by the children, attending holiday parties serving both Jewish and Christmas dishes, such as turkey with cranberries and sauerkraut casserole.

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