Alternative Breaks
St. Louis Hillel offers a variety of alternative break options for students during their winter, spring and summer breaks. These kinds of trips offer students the opportunity to spend their vacations providing service to people in need around the world. Alternative breaks take groups of students out of their everyday surroundings and place them in new environments to engage in community service and experiential learning. As part of short-term service projects, participants are challenged to see and understand difficult social issues such as poverty, literacy, and natural disasters and to explore questions of Judaism and social responsibility.
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Alternative Break: January 9-16, 2011
Join St. Louis Hillel and AJWS for a one-week international service-learning program for college students. Participants promote social change in the developing world by volunteering with an AJWS’s partner and explore the relationship between social justice, service and Judaism. This will be St. Louis Hillel’s sixth year partnering with AJWS to give Wash U students an incredible opportunity to engage in tikkun olam. The group will travel to Central America. Registration opens Sept. 20. Watch this space for information on how to register. Cost is $550 plus travel. Contact Rabbi Andy at rabbiandy@stlouishillel.org or Jessica Litwack at jessica@stlouishillel.org for more information.
City Year Alternative Spring Break in Miami: March 13-20, 2011
Be a part of St. Louis Hillel’s exciting new collaboration with City Year on an alternative break trip to Miami! Students will participate in a week-long experience which includes hands-on volunteering with children in need, reflection and discussion that delves into issues of poverty and education and opportunities to explore the highlights of Miami, Florida. During Wash U’s week in Miami, students will act as counselors during a spring break camp coordinated by City Year. Cost is $200 plus travel. Registration will open early second semester. Contact Rayna Schaff rayna@stlouishillel.org for more information.
