In June 2010, a group of students from the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at NYU participated in the JDC Short-Term Service Program to Tel Aviv, Israel, in partnership with JDC’s Center for International Migration and Integration (CIMI). Their service focused on at-risk children whose parents are refugees, asylum-seekers, and foreign workers from Sudan, Eritrea, Ghana, the Philippines, and other countries.

Below are a few of the images these students captured while serving in Israel. The full gallery is on display through January at the Bronfman Center in the West Village.

7 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003
(between 5th Avenue and University Place)

More information on the visiting the gallery: http://www.nyu.edu/bronfman/new/?page=hatikvah2010
Support the NYU students’ campaign for these children here: http://jdc.org/nyu
Blog entries from their service trip to Israel: http://www.jdcinservice.org/author/nyuhillel/

Hi! I’m Naomi and I’m a third-year student at Cornell studying Landscape Architecture.  This past August, I went on the JDC Short-Term Service program to Ukraine.

Naomi, second from the right, reflects on her experience in Ukraine through her photography.

I went because I am very interested in seeing new parts of the world, experiencing new cultures, and sharing my Jewish experiences with others.  These photos give you a taste of my experiences during the time I spent in Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk with our Ukrainian peers.

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Adam, Tufts Hillel, and the Jewish Youth Pioneers of India

Earlier this summer, students from the Tufts University Hillel participated in a JDC Short-Term Service trip to the Jewish community of India.

Following this experience, participant Adam Shepro collected his thoughts, reviewed his [outstanding] photographs, and assembled a photo essay on his experience in India with his peers.

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Throughout 2010, JDC Next Generation will be touring the United States with Jewish Morocco: Then and Now, a photo exhibit offering an inside, candid look at the Moroccan Jewish community. Photo in the exhibit were graciously provided by Jewish North American young adults and the acclaimed JDC Archives.

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