Building Community Through Volunteers in Jewish Mumbai

Tahl Mayer, JDC Entwine’s 2012-2013 Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Mumbai, India has joined the local Jewish Community Center (JCC) to spearhead a new youth leadership and engagement initiative.

Tahl Mayer, JDC Entwine’s 2012-2013 Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Mumbai, India has joined the local Jewish Community Center (JCC) to spearhead a new youth leadership and engagement initiative.

Lisi, a 29-year-old volunteer organizer in Turkey, says, “Our community is small, but our potential is enormous.” Find out how JDC’s leadership training helped her recruit hundreds of unaffiliated young people to Istanbul’s Jewish community.

Despite the challenges of growing up Jewish in Mumbai, Meirah’s family ensured she’d have a strong Jewish identity. Find out how JDC’s leadership training programs empowered this dynamite community leader.

Former JDC Jewish Service Corps fellow Jeanine Buzali takes us on her personal Jewish journey in India. And see the faces of the future of Mumbai’s Bene Israel community in Asian Jewish Life.