B'TSELEM - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

B'TSELEM - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel.

B'Tselem in Hebrew literally means "in the image of," and is also used as a synonym for human dignity. The word is taken from Genesis 1:27, "And God created humans in his image. In the image of God did He create him." It is in this spirit that the first article of the Universal ...

Chabad of Thailand Tsunami Relief

Chabad of Thailand was among the very first aid organizations to offer, help, solace, and comfort to tsunami survivors, Jewish and non-Jewish alike. This page contains a collection of Jewish relief workers' testimonials, projects, and media coverage in relation to the tsunami in southeast Asia in 2004.

Eco Campus

Eco Campus is an interactive website that connects classrooms through a social network and environmental curriculum focused on Jewish values. The site is available in both Hebrew & English, and includes areas for parents, teachers and students.

Expanding the Universe of Obligation: Judaism, Justice and Global Responsibility

Expanding the Universe of Obligation: Judaism, Justice and Global Responsibility is the core curriculum for AJWS service-learning programs. It serves as the educational foundation for AJWS service-learning experiences and helps deepen and enrich AJWS volunteers' time in the Global South. The participant edition includes Jewish texts and contemporary articles that explore a range of ethical issues related to volunteering in the Global South. The facilitator edition also includes lesson plans, facilitator's notes and annotations on the texts. While the texts and articles in the curriculum are geared to volunteers participating in service-learning programs in the Global South, many can be applied to a more general Jewish social justice context.

Gender and Sexuality for Teens: A Look at Reform Judaism's New Curriculum

What does general culture tell boys and girls to think about themselves and about the other? What can Judaism contribute to a reorienting of these gender images? Wendy Grinberg presents a curriculum initiative from Reform Judaism.

Help Japan Now! A Jewish Response

This page was created by Repair the World in response to the devestating earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011. It contains links for further reading and how to help through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and is being continually updated as new information arises.

Jewish Disaster Response Corps

Currently, most, if not all, of organizations that respond to disasters are faith-based organizations. As a member of the wider faith based community, the Jewish community should be a part of the disaster response effort. As members of a religious and ethical tradition that emphasizes helping the weakest in society it is our obligation to assist those impoverished and displaced by catastrophic disasters. The current lack of a visible organized presence from the Jewish community in responding to domestic disasters is a noticeable problem, that the JDRC will rectify by creating a Jewish organization that works alongside other faith-based aid organizations in order to help communities that have been affected by disaster.

Jewish Farm School

The Jewish Farm School is an environmental education organization whose mission is to practice and promote sustainable agriculture and to support food systems rooted in justice and Jewish traditions. They offer a wide range of programs for teens, adults & educators, including an internship program for high school seniors in NY state; an organic farming alternative spring break in CA & Philadelphia; an educators' seminar in NY state; an urban sustainability program in Philadelphia; as well as workshops, conferences, lectures, & outreach programs across the US.

Jewish National Fund-- Go Neutral

JNF has been performing environmental work in Israel for over 100 years. Today, as the problems that are plaguing our planet become more apparent, JNF continues to develop and implement cutting edge environmental projects, including the GoNeutral education program. Website resources include a variety of free educational downloads, including monthly newsletters for ages middle school through college, as well as ancillary materials, a blog and a "GoNeutral" calculator to determine your carbon footprint (personal environmental impact).

Jewish Response to the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake struck Japan, triggering a massive tsunami that further devasted a broad stretch of the Japanese coast. In the aftermath, several nuclear reactors experienced leakages, leading to a wider humanitarian crisis.

This is a collection of resources for Jewish educational frameworks, presented by the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education.

Jewish Responses to Genocide

This text study was prepared jointly by the American Jewish World Service Education Department and students of Yeshiva University. It is designed to provide a series of entry points into conversations about the Jewish obligation to respond to the genocide in Darfur.

The text study is divided into two sections. Section One addresses the question, “What is the nature of our responsibility to prevent unjustified killing?” Section Two addresses the question, “What are the boundaries/limits of our responsibility to prevent unjustified death?”

Jewish Service-Learning: What Is and What Could Be, a Summary of an Analysis of the Jewish Service-Learning Landscape

In the fall of 2007, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, the Jim Joseph Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation commissioned BTW informing change (BTW) to assess the landscape of Jewish Service Learning. Joined by a shared interest to better understand the practice and potential of Jewish Service Learning, these foundations asked BTW to examine Jewish Service Learning, the current capacity among practitioners, the support required to further that capacity and the relevance of secular national service and other faith-based service traditions in defining the potential and evolution of Jewish Service Learning. The BTW team conducted 86 key informant interviews with donors, institutional funders, Jewish Service Learning practitioners, community professionals and Jewish thought leaders, as well as representatives of faith-based and secular service organizatio ...

Jewish Social Action Month: Educators' Page

Jewish Social Action Month (JSAM) is a global initiative to promote both social action (tikkun olam) and Jewish Peoplehood. This section is intended for educators at every level, to help engage students and teachers with ideas for social action. We've started with just a few resources, but we hope you will take the time to contribute more ideas and content.

Add a comment, or create a page with your own ideas for action. We will link it to the main page when you tell us it's ready and send us the link. You can also create a Group for your idea, or discuss it in the Forum.