Spend your summer doing something different and fun. There is so much to choose from! Travel, volunteer, lobby on Capitol Hill, become an organic farmer, go rock climbing, take a university-level class, have an in depth studio experience at the Jewish Museum. Plan early and you'll have so much to look forward to!
American Jewish Society for Service
Make a difference this summer. Build low-income houses, live with other Jewish teenagers and explore a new corner of the U.S. in this six-week summer camp work project.
American Jewish World Service
Participants work for seven weeks with an AJWS partner organization in a rural area in the developing world. Projects require intense physical labor (approximately seven hours a day, five days a week). Structured discussions occur at least four times a week, and opportunities abound for cross-cultural exchange and community building within the group.
Berkshire Institute for Music and Art (BIMA)
BIMA is a summer arts program for Jewish teenagers. Located at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, BIMA brings talented teens together for four weeks in the summer to cultivate a vibrant, pluralistic environment brimming with artistic discovery and Jewish experiences. A BIMA summer experience allows you to hone your artistic skills, live and discover in a diverse Jewish community, and explore who you are as an artist. Major areas include: Music, visual arts, writing and theater. Community Service Summer Experience (Sid Jacobson JCC, Long Island)
Community Service Summer Experience (CSE) is the JCC's four or six week community service summer program. The summer combines exciting environmental and social service oriented volunteer projects, adventure, recreation and tons of fun!
Drisha Institute for Jewish Education (Girls only)
Every summer, high school students from around the world spend five memorable weeks together, building their knowledge and their friendships at Drisha Institute in New York City. It provides young women with an opportunity to immerse in the study of classical Jewish texts, including Tanakh, Talmud, Halakha and Philosophy.
Etgar 36
Etgar 36 is a cross-country summer journey in which you experience the sites, sounds, culture, food, and people of each city. You will learn about the American history that shapes us, our Jewish heritage that binds us, the issues that confront us and how the political process impacts us. The goal of the trip is to empower you to get involved politically and socially to create change in the world.
Genesis at Brandeis
Genesis is an academic program, but it is much more than summer school. Teenagers with different beliefs and practices engage with an exceptional group of scholars, artists, activists and experiential educators to participate in a dynamic Jewish living experience. JCC Maccabi ArtsFest
JCC Maccabi ArtsFest is designed to inspire Jewish teens through a dynamic combination of workshop, performance, exhibition, recognition of excellence, community service, social activities, and fun. Teens develop their individuality through the medium of artistic expression while strengthening their bonds to their Jewish heritage, community and Israel. Held in Fairfax, Virginia and Minneapolis, Minnesota this summer. Jewish Coalition for Service
Volunteer opportunities in the US, Israel, and around the world. Programs lasting a week to a year. Legacy Heritage Internship for Young Scientists
Passionate about science? Interested in making it a career? Want to travel to Israel and visit and explore amazing sites? Looking for friends who love science as much as you do? Internship combines love of science with Israel and the opportunity to conduct guided research at Hebrew University. Mosaic
One month summer program in film production for teens. Write an original screenplay, act, film, produce, direct, edit, meet industry professionals. Manhattan film studio with industry-standard equipment. Screening of students' film at a movie theater. Explore your Jewish identity.
NFTY Mitzvah Corps
Days are spent volunteering at sites such as food banks, transition shelters for abused women, and senior citizen homes. Evenings and weekends are dedicated to different Jewish educational programming and group service projects, sightseeing, traveling and social programming.
Operation Shema (BBYO)
Do you want to make a difference in the world? Based in dynamic urban Baltimore, Operation Shema (formerly known as Nitzotz) is your opportunity to “give back” in a meaningful way, while living as a community with your peers on a college campus and participating in exciting cultural and enrichment activities. Panim Works
A rural service, cultural and camping experience.
Live and work on a Native-American reservation. This camping trip in the majestic Southwest includes hands-on service projects with the local population and outdoor recreational activities. Earn up to 60 hours of community service hours.
Project Adamah – Teen Leadership Institute
Project ADAMAH is a 1-2 week residential summer program for Jewish teens that integrates agriculture, community building, leadership training, and outdoor Jewish communal living. Participants spend their days working on an organic farm, participating in outdoor adventure activities, and partaking in a variety of projects that foster creative self- expression. Project NYC: An Experience for Emerging Entrepreneurs
Spend ten days in New York City immersed in the fields of Sports & Entertainment, Marketing, Wall Street & Finance, and Fashion. Hear from top industry leaders and entrepreneurs; learn what it takes to build a successful career; sharpen your skills through a college-level training seminar; enjoy New York’s cultural and Jewish opportunities. Samberg Family History Program (Center for Jewish History)
Students are chosen for a unique month-long summer fellowship that is focused on personal genealogy in its historical context. Participants use verious research methods to investigate their family roots while exploring the Jewish experience.
SummerArts at the Jewish Museum
SummerArts is a four-week in-depth studio experience that enables high school students to deepen their artistic knowledge and skills. Participation in SummerArts is also an opportunity for students to develop a variety of artworks that can be included in their portfolios.
Summer at Yeshiva University
Students who have completed 11th grade will have the opportunity to spend a summer at YU. Spend a month experiencing dorm life while learning in a Beit Midrash-based learning program. Enjoy a choice of classes in fields as diverse as politics, law, international affairs, medicine, scientific research, finance and marketing. Explore the best that NYC has to offer with exciting trips and great Shabbatonim.
Summer JAM (Judaism, Activism and Mitzvah Work)
Join a diverse group of high school students from across the country and participate in meaningful (and fun!) community service projects, study Jewish texts and values, and gain advocacy training from leading experts on domestic and international policy issues.
Szarvas Fellowships Program
This is the world’s largest international summer camp, located in Hungary. Every summer Jewish teen leaders come together for the unique opportunity to meet, celebrate, explore and share experiences.
Teva Adventure
Teva Adventure offers a special program for teens, ages 14-16, combining wilderness backpacking, rock climbing & fishing for more than three amazing weeks! There are separate boys’ and girls’ groups for the wilderness part of the program. This program is challenging, but requires no previous outdoor experience - only a great attitude.
The TIYUL @ the 92nd Street Y
The Tiyul is six amazing weeks of community service, outdoor adventure and travel throughout the United States. The Tiyul will change your life!
USY Outdoor Adventure: Costa Rica
Discover the wonder of Costa Rica on a 3-week adventure and Spanish immersion program while hiking, sightseeing and exploring the rain forests of Central America. Learn how to live a Jewish lifestyle in the rain forests.
USY Outdoor Adventure: Pacific Northwest
Discover the wonders of the Pacific Northwest on a 4-week camping trip with USY while hiking, sightseeing, and sea kayaking. Learn how to live a Jewish lifestyle in the great outdoors.
USY on Wheels: Travel USA
Spend six and a half weeks traveling coast to coast and experience North America, from sunrise on the rim of the Grand Canyon to pizza and blues in Chicago.
USY on Wheels: Mission Mitzvah
Travel through the U.S. and participate in intensive social action projects in the communities you visit. Approximately one-third of the 45-day trip will consist of various hands-on projects that will directly impact the community and people you'll meet and will help improve the community and living situations. |
