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"Do not separate yourself from your community." - Pirkei Avot 2:4
Tzedek Hillel provides a venue in which students can integrate Jewish values and actively pursue tikkun olam (the repair of the world). Through Tzedek Hillel students can participate in community service, activism, education and develop partnerships with campus and neighborhood agencies. In addition to groups dedicated to specific issues, Tzedek Hillel offers general programming that enable students to explore the connections between Judaism and social justice. Katrina/Rita Relief Alternative Spring Break Trip is a trip to the Gulf Coast Region to assist in the continuing Recovery and Relief efforts dealing with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Seven students will travel to New Orleans from March 22-29, 2009 to assist in these efforts and explore issues of social justice, poverty, racism and their relation to Judaism and texts. This year our work efforts will focus on rebuilding houses by painting, roofing, putting up dry wall, and much more. Applications for this year's trip are no longer being accepted. For more information about future trips, please contact nbranman@stanford.edu. Alternative Spring Break is an intensive week of service and study. Students travel to a developing country (most recently Honduras) to do hands-on work with community based projects, learn about grassroots sustainable development, and explore how this work is integral to what it means to be a Jew. This program is in partnership with American Jewish World Service. Contact rabbimrc@stanford.edu for more info. **In spring of 2006 eight students from Stanford went to Rabinal, Guatemala. Visit Adam Adler's website documenting the trip: click here. In 2008-2009 there will be no international ASB trip, but rather we will be participating in a relief trip to the Gulf Coast region (please see above). Camp Kesem ("Camp Magic") provides a safe, supportive and exciting camp experience for children who have a parent who is currently in treatment for cancer, is in remission from cancer or has died from cancer. For more information, location details, or to get involved, check out the website or e-mail nbranman@stanford.edu.
Tzedek Hillel - Contact Hellen Helfand, helfand@stanford.edu, the Social Action Chair of the Jewish Leadership Council to find out more and get involved in community service work through Hillel. Useful LinksAlternative Spring Breaks ConferencesSpitzer Hillel Forum on Public Policy is a unique opportunity for Jewish student activists to learn about public policy issues and how to advocate for these issues. Held in Washington, D.C. this year Hillel will not hold a Spitzer Forum. The theme of the conference in 2007 was "Sustainability." To find out more about the 2007 conference visit http://www.hillel.org/conferences/spitzer. Currently the Spitzer Conference is not being held. Spring Break: A Chance to Help Repair the World American Jewish World Service Alternative Spring Breaks spark: Partnership for Service Voting Civic ParticipationGay, Lesbian, Bisexual TransgenderThe National Union of Jewish Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender Students The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian,Bisexual, Transgender Jews Keshet - The Jewish GLBT Advocacy Organization ( Boston ) Trembling Before G-d is a documentary about GBLT orthodox Jews Hunger, Homelessness PovertyMazon: The Jewish Response to Hunger Poverty Fighters sponsors micro loans to poor people around the world that enables them to start their own businesses, helping them emerge from poverty. Social Justice IsraelVertigo Dance Company, Jerusalem welcomes incorporates dancers with diverse physical abilities. King David Stables uses horses ponies as a means of therapy for children, adults, as well as victims of terror. Venture Philanthropyspark: Partnership for Service Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps is a year-long program combining front-line anti-poverty work, Jewish study, and community building. |
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