Jewish service missions | Rabbi Sid Schwarz

February 20, 2019

Jews with a Mission

sid.schwarz Articles community service, developing world, Haiti, Jewish education, Jewish service missions, Jewish spirituality, service learning, tikkun olam

When I accepted an invitation from the Israeli organization, Tevel B’Tzedek, to travel to Haiti a few months after the devastating earthquake in 2010 and to do some teaching for their disaster-relief team on the ground, little did I know that it would lead to one of the most fulfilling projects of my rabbinic career. […]

March 17, 2017

Taking “Service” to the Next Level

sid.schwarz Articles Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, community service, ELI Talks, Haiti, Jewish Civics, Jewish service missions, PANIM, Repair the World

Community service in the Jewish community has come a long way. I had the privilege of being on the ground level in the 1990’s when the Jewish community got on the bandwagon. The passage of the National and Community Service Trust Act was signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton. Building on the […]

January 25, 2015

Jews with a Mission

sid.schwarz Articles Haiti, human rights, Jewish identiity, Jewish service missions, Jewish social justice

When I accepted an invitation from the Israeli organization, Tevel B’Tzedek, to travel to Haiti a few months after the devastating earthquake in 2010 to do some teaching for their disaster relief team on the ground, little did I know that it would lead to one of the most fulfilling projects of my rabbinic career. […]

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Jews with a Mission

Taking “Service” to the Next Level

Jews with a Mission