Service and Travel Opportunities

 

AJWS provides unique opportunities to learn, work, serve and travel in Africa, Asia and the Americas. By partnering with grassroots community-based groups, volunteers experience firsthand the power of people creating change.

AJWS volunteer service programs focus on building collaborative relationships, either through individual or group service programs. All AJWS service programs draw on Judaism’s religious and cultural traditions to provide guidance regarding the responsibility to pursue global justice. And by integrating the Jewish values of tikkun olam – repair of the world – and study, participants return committed and passionate about their role as global citizens in creating a more just world.

Which AJWS service program is right for you?

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Alternative Breaks are one to three-week programs for college-aged students organized in collaboration with campus-based organizations. Participants explore the connections between social justice, service and Judaism through education and hands-on volunteer work. Individuals do not apply directly to AJWS.

Volunteer Corps places professional Jewish men and women on volunteer assignments with local NGOs in developing countries, where they provide skills training, technical consultancy and general support for a minimum of two months. Volunteers range in age from young professionals to retirees.

Volunteer Summer is a yearlong program geared towards Jewish young adults, ages 16 to 24. The program includes a summer of hands-on volunteer work in the developing world, and participation in the Domestic Yearlong Program, which includes advocacy work and retreats. Individuals apply directly to AJWS.

World Partners Fellowship is awarded to Jewish recent college graduates and young professionals. Fellows volunteer at an NGO for nine months and participate in a professional and leadership development program that includes an orientation, regional retreats, online education and a closing domestic conference.

AJWS organizes one- or two-week programs in collaboration with Jewish institutions and campus-based organizations such as Hillel. Individuals do not apply directly to AJWS for these programs. If you are interested in a one- or two-week program and are affiliated with a synagogue, Hillel, JCC, Jewish school or other Jewish community organization, please speak with a staff person at that organization and direct him or her to link.

Please contact us at any time at volunteer@ajws.org or 212.792.2888 if you have any questions about our service programs.

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