Every year, Jewish Service Corps Members put their values into action, serving at organizations doing critical justice work in Chicago, New Orleans, New York City, and Washington, D.C. At Avodah, we believe in the power and importance of developing deep, authentic...
Avodah provides its Jewish Service Corps Members with a house, a program, and a framework for building Jewish community together. But what they actually build inside it—the specific relationships, the trust, all the good that comes out of a group of people living in a...
Meet Oscar, an Avodah Jewish Service Corps Member at Food & Water Watch in Washington, D.C., where he’s mobilizing people to make their voices heard. As he puts it, “We have more say and power, and it’s our responsibility to keep fighting for it.”
This past Monday, Avodah, Elluminate, PACT, and CYD gathered at Central Synagogue to celebrate the deep connections that sustain the Jewish social justice community in New York.
Rippling from Avodah to our placements to Chicago’s larger community, a simple but powerful message: “You are not alone.”
2021-2022 Avodah Service Corps Member Noa Garfein served as the Program Support Specialist for the JFS Center for Jewish Care, which seeks to end Jewish poverty and strengthen the Jewish community.
Naomi serves at Dreams for Change in San Diego, where she is recruiting volunteers to help recover tax refunds for eligible families. Those unclaimed funds help to reinvest in the local community.
Katie serves as the Community & Logistics Coordinator for Home is Here NOLA, which is dedicated to supporting immigrants and refugees through housing and hospitality.
Elianna has spent the last year serving as the Montgomery County Community Organizer for Jews United for Justice (JUFJ). The organization’s work spans issues including state-level immigrant rights, prison reform, and police accountability. Continue reading
Mire chose to serve in Chicago for the opportunity to work at Thresholds, an organization committed to providing housing, healthcare, and hope to thousands of underserved Chicagoans. Continue reading
Service Corps alum Sammy Bosalavage shares her experience supporting an innocent man on death row.
In 2006, we placed Ilana Zafran Walden at Umoja Student Development Corporation in Chicago, where she continued to work for over a decade.