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A. Jewish Service Learning Links
     
Areyvut
Promotes chessed, tzedakah and tikkun olam in Jewish education. (NY-based)
  Jewish Coalition for Service
The Jewish Coalition for Service helps members of the Jewish community find volunteer programs nationally and internationally from the age of 15 and beyond. Programs offered are either seasonal or year-round.
     
Just Action
The book "Just" presents Jewish textual resources, discussion questions, and planning exercises related to social action and community service. All lesson plan materials can be found on the website.
  Museum of Tolerance
The Museum of Tolerance offers several Service-Learning programs that teach tolerance and diversity and works closely with educators and students throughout the learning process.
     
Panim- The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values
Panim is dedicated to the renewal of American Jewish life through the integration of Jewish learning, values, and social responsibility.
  Service Learn
The mission of the Service-Learning—Student’s Guide & Journal is to make it easy for the teacher to start and operate a successful Service-Learning Program and to
     
SocialAction.com- An online Jewish Resource for Repairing the World
A source for Jewish social action information on the web to both organizations and individuals looking for ways to make a positive impact on the world.
  SPARK
spark: Partnership for Service works with organizations to inspire a commitment to service as an ongoing part of each person s life and an important expression of Jewish identity.
     
Ziv Tzedakah Fund
Dedicated to the collection and distribution of funds to various little-known Tzedakah projects and the promotion of "Mitzvah Heroes"
 
     
     
B. General Youth Service Links
     
Activism 2000 Project
  Community Service
     
Corporation for National and Community Service
  Do Something
Do Something asks "What if community service was as cool as sports?" Encouraging young people to serve.
     
Global Volunteers
Global Volunteers offers long-term, ethical service on a volunteer vacation abroad or a USA volunteer program.
  Kidlink
     
Learn and Serve America
  National Service Learning Clearinghouse
The Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) supports the service-learning communities and community-based initiatives and tribal programs.
     
National Service Learning Partnership
A Nationwide network of members advancing service learning as a core part of every young person s education.
  Points of Light Foundation
     
Serve Net
Find volunteer opportunities in your area.
  Service-Learning Guide and Journal Award
The award is awarded to two schools a year whose students have done a meaningful Service-Learning project. The schools that receive the award will have their story printed in the “Service-Learning- Student’s Guide and Journal” and will receive 30 copies of the book. Send your story to info@servicelearning.com.
     
The National Service Learning Exchange
The National Service-Learning Exchange is collaboration between five leading service-learning organizations and a network of nearly 400 experienced peer mentors. They support high-quality service-learning in kindergarten through high school, higher education, and community-based organizations, by providing free technical support and mentoring, and consulting and training on a fee-for-service basis.
  The President's Volunteer Service Awards (Part of Sherut L Am)
The President s Volunteer Service Award is an initiative of the President s Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps and is administered by the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network
     
Volunteer Match
Look for a great place to volunteer that fits your needs.
  Youth as Resources
Youth as Resources provides small grants to young people who are between 5 to 21 years of age for them to develop youth-led service projects.
     
Youth Service California
Youth Service California’s (YSCal) mission is to make service a part of every young person s life in California.
 
     
     
C. General Youth Leadership Links
     
America Youth Foundation
  Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC)
The Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC) offers educational leadership conferences for an elite group of outstanding young people from across the country and around the world, whose nomination provides them with unmatched enrichment opportunities in a distinguished academic environment.
     
National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC)
  Project CATALYST (CA Taking Action for Learning through Youth Service Teams)
Project CATALYST is a youth-driven network of ambassadors for service-learning. It pulls together a diverse team of high-school students from every region of California, provides leadership and public relations training, and seeks to catalyze a youth-led movement to promote service-learning.
     
Youth Leadership Institute
YLI builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive social change. They design and implement community-based programs that provide youth with leadership skills in the areas of prevention, philanthropy, and policy and civic engagement.
  Youth Service America
     
Youth Venture
 
     
     
D. Jewish Agencies and Organizations
     
American Jewish World Service
AJWS is an international development organization that helps hundreds of thousands of people in Africa, Asia, and the Americas move beyond poverty, illiteracy, disaster, and war.
  Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles
The BJE works with over 150 Jewish schools serving 30,000 students to enhance the quality of Jewish education and increase access to Jewish learning for all.
     
CHAI Online- Concern For Helping Animals in Israel
CHAI s membership consists of people from many different countries and religions who are committed to bringing about a better life for animals in Israel.
  COEJL- Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
COEJL helps Jews make a connection between Judaism and the environment.
     
Friendship Circle Los Angeles
Friendship Circle provides Jewish children who have special needs with a full range of social recreational and Judaic experiences.
  Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles
The largest Jewish public library in North America, the Jewish Community library offers literary and programmatic resources for families, schools and the general public.
     
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
JFS provides a myriad of programs and services for those in need in the community.
  Jewish Fund for Justice
The Jewish Fund for Justice is committed to fighting the injustice of poverty in America.
     
Jewish World Watch
Jewish World Watch works to mobilize synagogues, their schools, their members and the community to combat genocide and human rights violations around the world through education, advocacy, and refugee relief.
  Mazon- A Jewish Response to Hunger
MAZON allocates donations from the Jewish community to prevent and alleviate hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds.
     
National Jewish Council for Disabilities
Sponsored by the Orthodox Union, the NJCD works to enhance the life opportunities of people with special needs, insuring their participation in the full spectrum of Jewish life.
  The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
The Federation supports a variety of programs for people in need on a nonsectarian basis, in Los Angeles and in over 58 countries around the world.
     
United Jewish Communities
United Jewish Communities represents and serves 155 Jewish federations and 400 independent Jewish communities across North America. It reflects the values of social justice and human rights that define the Jewish people.
 
     
     
E. General Agencies and Organizations
     
OxFam International
Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.
  World Manna.org- End Hunger Now
WorldManna.org generates fundsw to support the work of existing anti-hunger groups and government entities and hunger prevention initiatives by creating unique partnerships between consumers of all faiths and food manufacturers.
     
     
F. Local Youth Organizations
     
B’nai Brith Youth Organization – Pacific Coast (BBYO)
  Habonim
     
National Conference on Synagogue Youth- West Coast (NCSY)
  North American Federation of Temple Youth- (NFTY)
     
S.T.A.R (Sephardic)
  United Synagogue Youth – Far West (USY)
     
Young Judea
 
     
     
G. Other Links of Interest
     
Babaga-Newz
Lesson plans and resources for teachers and parents for topics related to Judaism and Israel.
  inFed
An invaluable resource for educators wishing to learn more about the theory and practice of informal education.
     
J-Vibe
Online Jewish magazine for teens
  National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse’s websites contains information and relevant resources to support service-learning programs, practitioners, and researchers.
     
     

 


 
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