Global Jewish Service Corps: One Year
Want to make a difference overseas?
The Global Jewish Service Corps (JSC) is a year-long, paid, professional opportunity for recent college graduates and young professionals to create a lasting impact on global Jewish communities.
JSC fellows are catalysts for change, creating innovative programs that respond to international Jewish and humanitarian needs.
Currently, fellows are serving in locations like Argentina, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Latvia, Turkey, Russia, Rwanda and Ukraine.
Qualifications:
- College degree or equivalent and proven academic achievement
- Strong leadership, communication skills, and capacity for independent work
- Interest in global Jewish affairs and public service
- Experience in formal/informal education, program development, or humanitarian aid a plus
- Knowledge of other languages is valuable in many placements
- The JSC Fellowship is open to young professionals from around the world
Application timeline:
- Applications for the 2014-15 JDC Entwine Global Jewish Service Corps will open in the fall.
For more information or to request an application, email globalservice@jdcny.org.
From Los Angeles? The Fishel Fellowship is a two-year paid fellowship sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles for one individual who has lived in Los Angeles for the majority of his or her life, studied in Los Angeles, or is currently living in Los Angeles. The Fishel Fellow will serve in several overseas placements, including one year with the Entwine Global Jewish Service Corps. The Fishel Fellowship concludes with a ten-month paid position at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.JewishLA.org/Fishel
Jen is serving in Tallinn, Estonia, creating and innovating informal Jewish educational programming and youth leadership programs in Tallinn and throughout the Baltic region.
Check out her blog:
http://jenstonia.wordpress.com/
Rebecca is utilizing her teaching and writing experience in her placement as a Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Israel this year. She is working with JDC-Israel’s Ashalim division on a variety of educational initiatives, focusing on at-risk Israeli youth and children.
Check out her blog at
http://rebeccaat22.wordpress.com/
Jeremy is serving in Kiev, Ukraine working closely on Jewish community renewal activities with a focus on informal Jewish educational programming. Jeremy is also working to promote voluntarism among young Jews in Ukraine and assists with Hesed welfare programs.
Hilary is serving in Haiti, working on JDC’s disaster response following the devastating earthquake of January 2010. Kate works with JDC’s partner ProDev, an NGO whose efforts center on education. She is based in the small village of Zoranje, where she is developing and facilitating informal education activities at Zoranje’s community center, primary school, and middle school.
Jeanine is performing a second year of service as a JDC Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Shanghai, a first-ever JSC location. Jeanine is continuing to work at the Ohel Moshe Synagogue and Jewish Refugees Museum and focuses on bringing creative, educational and innovative Jewish programs to the region.
Check out her blog at
http://bilkulperfect.blogspot.com/
Daniel is serving as a JDC Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he primarily assists Dr. Rick Hodes, JDC’s Medical Director for Ethiopia. Daniel also focuses on JDC’s International Development Program (IDP) initiatives in Ethiopia, which include providing higher education for Ethiopian women, building potable water wells, and constructing rural schools.
As a JSC Fellow, Deena is working at JDC-Israel’s Center for International Migration and Integration (CIMI) which facilitates effective migration management through knowledge exchange, capacity-building and technical assistance to government and non-governmental agencies. In working with CIMI, Deena focuses on immigrant, refugee, and trafficking issues in Israel.
Check out her blog at
http://beitdeena.wordpress.com
At the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Avi is serving as the Trips and Visitors Coordinator, helping to coordinate many aspects related to visiting groups.
Emily is working with JDC-Israel’s Mishol program. As a Fellow with Mishol, Emily focuses on community development and empowerment programs, working to affect change among various immigrant and underserved populations in Israel.
Bella is utilizing her experience working with the elderly as JDC’s first-ever JSC fellow with Eshel, JDC-Israel’s division for the elderly. Bella is helping develop innovative approaches to addressing the issues faced by Israel's elderly population.
Check out her blog:
http://derechbella.wordpress.com/
Sarah is utilizing her experiences working with youth throughout Germany during her next and third JSC placement in Belgrade, Serbia. Sarah is developing innovative Jewish educational experiences and deepening the impact of Jewish youth leadership programs in Belgrade and the surrounding Jewish communities.
Check out her blog:
http://sjberliner.tumblr.com/
At the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Michelle is coordinating English language programming for first-year students.
Check out her blog:
http://www.michellehaimowitz.com/
As a Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Gondar, Ethiopia, Elizabeth works on JDC projects in the region focused on providing access to education, water and public health initiatives, with an emphasis on teaching English and leading programs at JDC-supported schools.
Check out her blog:
http://www.elizabethexploring.blogspot.com/
Sam is serving as a JDC Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he primarily assists Dr. Rick Hodes, JDC’s Medical Director for Ethiopia. Sam also focuses on JDC’s International Development Program (IDP) initiatives in Ethiopia, which include providing higher education for Ethiopian women, building potable water wells, and constructing rural schools.
At the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, focuses on furthering and enhancing the Village’s communication and development efforts.
http://shiraronit.wordpress.com//
Yahel is performing a second year of service as a JSC fellow in Berlin, Germany. During her first year, she created and executed a variety of programs at the JDC Bambinim Family Club, including planning ongoing events and co-running Shabbat playgroups, holiday parties and camp. She also assisted with other pluralistic JDC programming that seeks to connect Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Jewish life in Germany.
Check out her blog:
http://twostrudels.tumblr.com/
Tahl is serving as a Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Mumbai, India, where he is working to strengthen Jewish youth programs in Mumbai. He also assists in planning Jewish programming for the community in conjunction with the local JCC.
Check out his blog:
http://mumbaikarforayear.tumblr.com/
Derek is serving as a JDC Jewish Service Corps fellow in Turkey, where he’s working to enhance and enrich existing teen programming and youth leadership initiatives, as well as develop community-wide programs.
Amira is serving as a Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Duisburg, Germany, where she helps support JDC’s overall strategy in Germany through creating and coordinating community enrichment and outreach programs both within the Duisburg Jewish community, a mid-sized Jewish community, and in other smaller communities throughout Germany.
Serving in Kharkov, Ukraine, Ezra is working closely with Jewish community renewal activities witha focus on Jewish youth leadership development programming. He will also work on instilling Jewish values of communal responsibility, helping develop leadership skills and promote voluntarism among young Jews in Ukraine, and assisting with Hesed welfare programs and other JDC initiatives.
Jeremy is serving as a Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Mumbai, India, where he is working to strengthen Jewish youth programs in Mumbai. He also assists in planning Jewish programming for the community in conjunction with the local JCC.
Check out his blog:
http://namasj.tumblr.com
Katina is be performing a second year of service as a JSC fellow in Argentina. During her first year, she worked on a variety of community development programs, such as JDC’s YOK initiative, which fosters new and innovative forms of Jewish expression to meet the interests and identities of young Jews, and MEIDA, the JDC's center for Jewish studies and research.
As a Jewish Service Corps fellow in Gondar, Max will work on JDC projects in Ethiopia connected to providing access to education, water and public health initiatives, with a focus on teaching English and leading programs at JDC-supported schools. Max has a long relationship with JDC, participating in a JDC Board of Director’s mission to both Ethiopia and Rwanda in 2008, and playing an active role with the Washington, DC JDC Entwine network, which features young professionals education and awareness programs.
Check out his blog:
http://tibsfordinner.blogspot.com/
Danny is serving in Haiti, working on JDC’s disaster response following the devastating earthquake of January 2010. Kate works with JDC’s partner ProDev, an NGO whose efforts center on education. She is based in the small village of Zoranje, where she is developing and facilitating informal education activities at Zoranje’s community center, primary school, and middle school.
At the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Isabel is serving as the Arts Instruction and Arts Development Coordinator.
Menachem is serving as a JDC Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he primarily assists Dr. Rick Hodes, JDC’s Medical Director for Ethiopia. Menachem also focuses on JDC’s International Development Program (IDP) initiatives in Ethiopia, which include providing higher education for Ethiopian women, building potable water wells, and constructing rural schools.
