The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is now accepting applications for its 2012-2013 Jewish Service Corps (JSC) through March 15, 2012 at www.jdc.org/jsc. JSC is a year-long, paid, professional opportunity for recent college graduates and young professionals to travel overseas and play a hands-on role in addressing global Jewish and humanitarian challenges. By engaging in a variety of community-building, educational, cultural, and development-related programs, JSC fellows gain an unparalleled understanding of pressing issues and simultaneously build awareness about their work while in the field and upon their return.
“At the heart of our lifesaving work and the Jewish community connections we foster around the globe, are the people who put that mission into action. We’re privileged to have a group of young Jews in JSC whose unparalleled passion for change ensures we transform lives everyday. As we recruit for a new group of JSC visionaries, we’re on the look-out for that kind of drive and enthusiasm,” said JDC CEO Steven Schwager.
JDC currently has twenty-five JSC fellows serving in 11 countries: Argentina, Ethiopia, China, Germany, India, Israel, Latvia, Russia, Rwanda, Turkey, and Ukraine. Read blog updates from a few of our current JSC Fellows:
Amy—Serving in Kiev, Ukraine: http://amygoestokiev.wordpress.com
Ari—Serving in Gondar, Ethiopia: http://arielbstein.tumblr.com
Barrett—Serving in Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Rwanda: http://myrwandanjourney.blogspot.com
Hannah—Serving in Mumbai, India: http://ablondewalkedintobombay.blogspot.com
Jeanine—Serving in Shanghai, China: http://bilkulperfect.blogspot.com
Joey—Serving in Riga, Latvia: http://newconversations.tumblr.com
Michelle—Serving in Kharkov, Ukrainehttp://mishinukraine.tumblr.com
Sarah—Serving in Duisburg, Germany: http://sjberliner.tumblr.com
Shaun—Serving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: http://shaunethiopia.wordpress.com
Sivanne—Serving in Jerusalem, Israel: http://sivannemass.blogspot.com
Yahel—Serving in Berlin, Germany: http://twostrudels.tumblr.com
