Opportunities

Camp Coleman needs Counselors

Looking for something fun and rewarding to do this summer? Spend your summer in beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia at Camp Coleman. For more information, contact assistant director Neil Nadel at (770) 671-8971 or by e-mail at nnadel@urj.org.

Tikun Olam in Tel-Aviv

This MASA-scholarship approved program is an initiative of the Tel-Aviv based NGO called Bina and the Tel-Aviv Municipality.
Tikun Olam in Tel Aviv offers Jewish college graduates the opportunity to spend five to ten months in Israel volunteering in various community service settings in Tel Aviv as well as learning Hebrew and about Israel. If interested, please visit the website at

Tikun Olam in Tel-Aviv.

Want to Expand Tzedek Programs on Campus? Are you willing to help Hillel@FSU expand its Tzedek and service initiatives? spark: Partnership for Service, a national non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring a commitment to service in the Jewish community, has developed HeartAction to encourage volunteering among Jews. HeartAction is an intergenerational service learning program that links Jewish teens and college students with seniors. The program integrates service, learning and reflection. Campuses participating in HeartAction will receive a program grant, resource materials and ongoing support from spark staff. If you are interested in bringing HeartAction to your campus, please contact Naomi Friedman at 410-366-4151 or naomi@sparkpfs.org. For more information, check out www.sparkpfs.org.

Project in a Box Learn about how genetic disorders affect the Jewish population and what this means for you. “Project in a Box” is a resource guide and how-to packet that you can bring to your campus and use to enhance or establish education and programming about Jewish genetic disorders. Hillels, fraternities or sororities, Jewish student groups, community service centers or pre-medicine organizations would all make wonderful sponsors for this program. For more information, visit http://www.jewishgeneticscenter.org/events/interest/project.asp or contact Karen Litwack at the Chicago Center for Jewish Genetic Disorders, 312-357-4717, jewishgeneticsctr@juf.org.

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