Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs – which give people the opportunity to pay in advance to receive a season’s worth of produce directly from a local farmer – have skyrocketed in popularity over the last decade. And it’s no wonder why. Read More »

We’re a little bit (okay, a lot) excited about the Academy Awards this year – the red carpet glamour, the little gold statuettes, and yes, the fantastic lineup of films. When this Sunday February 26th rolls around, we’ll be ready to geek out movie-style with our popcorn and personalized Oscar ballots . Read More »

Happy Monday, and happy President’s Day ! This week’s round up of service-related posts from around the web is dedicated in honor of the birthday of our country’s first President, George Washington, and to the commitment to service that America’s presidents give to this country. Read More »

Shabbat Service is a weekly bit of Torah-inspired do-gooding, brought to you by Repair the World and our grantee-partner American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Read on to see how these ancient stories can apply today. Read More »

This is the first in a series of interviews featuring a handful of the nearly 10,000 awesome teens who are involved with J-Serve – the International Day of Jewish Youth Service coming up on April 22. First up: Rebecca Slatkin of Fairfax, Virginia. Read More »

For the last 130 years, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) has provided rescue and refuge for persecuted and oppressed peoples – both Jews and, more recently, refugees and immigrants from all backgrounds – around the world. Read More »

This past week, the entertainment industry said goodbye to one of it’s legends: Whitney Houston . The pop icon and many-time Grammy Awards winner was known for her phenomenal singing, as well as for starring in movies like The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale. She was only 48. The cause of Houston’s death is still unknown. Read More »

Valentine’s may be a sappy (and sometimes stressful!) Hallmark holiday – but we think it’s pretty great to have a day entirely devoted to spreading the love. Unfortunately, the business of showing and sharing our love isn’t always so peachy. Read More »

With a budding partnership already under way, two groups are planning to redefine the role of service in American Jewish life. Read More »

Happy Monday! Hopefully you’re recovering from your Grammy Award-watching party. To get your week going, here’s your weekly roundup of service-related stories from around the web: NBC featured a heartwarming video about a 105-year old woman in Miami named Dorrie Aber Noyek, who continues to make volunteering a priority in her life. Read More »

Compared to his brother Rahm, Ezekiel Emanuel flies under the radar in the eyes of much of the American public, but this well-established bioethicist has a track record of his own. Read More »

Shabbat Service is a weekly bit of Torah-inspired do-gooding, brought to you by Repair the World and our grantee-partner American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Read on to see how these ancient stories can apply today. Seem far fetched? Check it out: The story: In this week’s parsha (Torah portion), Yitro , Moses receives an unexpected visitor. Read More »

February is Black History Month – a month dedicated to celebrating the achievements of black Americans, and recognizing the central role they have played in U.S. history. The month honors leaders and heroes in every field from civil rights activists like Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr. Read More »

To the Editor: David Brooks is right that national service is a vital tool for building bridges between different “social tribes.” National service programs such as the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps also do far more: they deliver real benefits to communities while forging a stronger civil society. Read More »

New Year’s Eve may have recently passed, but on the Jewish calendar it is New Year’s all over again! Tomorrow we celebrate Tu Bishvat – the 15th of the Jewish month of Shivat which, according the Talmud, is the ‘Rosh Hashana L’Ilanot’ or the ‘New Year’ for Trees. Read More »

Shabbat Service is a weekly bit of Torah-inspired do-gooding, brought to you by Repair the World and our grantee-partner American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Read on to see how these ancient stories can apply today. Read More »

As CEO of Repair the World , Jon Rosenberg is in the business of empowering others to make service a defining part of Jewish life. But last Monday night, Jon had an opportunity to personally live out the organization’s mission. Read More »

Many of us think that slavery is a thing of the past – a serious social problem that disappeared 150 years ago at the end of the Civil War. Read More »

The end of January has arrived, which means two things: 1. Super Bowl Sunday (yay!) and 2. the end of winter break (not so yay). Students across the country are buckling down and getting back in the groove of papers, quizzes and homework. Meanwhile, daydreams of winter breaks just-past still dance in their heads. Read More »

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend. Here, as always, is your weekly round up of inspiring service-related bits and stories from around the web. The Forward published an article about student journalists helping to build bridges between Jewish and Palestinian teens in Israel. Read More »