Finding the Chosen People in Haiti

Finding the Chosen People in Haiti
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Rabbi Sid Schwarz

Senior Fellow | Clal: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership

How do we engage young “post-tribal” Jews? Reflecting on his trip to Haiti with a group of young adults, Rabbi Sid Schwarz discusses how, through the groups collaborative work with a Christian churc... See more

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Mission trips aren't just for Christians anymore as Jews aim to 'heal the world'

Active RNS subscribers and members can view this content by logging-in here. WASHINGTON (RNS) Proselytizing isn't part of Jewish DNA. But alumni say that synagogue-sponsored mission trips provide a hands-on way for Jews to fulfill the obligation of "tikkun olam," Hebrew for "heal the world."

The Haiti Project

When I accepted an invitation from the Israeli organization, Tevel B'Tzedek, to travel to Haiti a few months after the devastating earthquake in 2010 to do some teaching for their disaster relief team on the ground, little did I know that it would lead to one of the most fulfilling projects of my rabbinic career.

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Rabbi Sid  Schwarz, 

Senior Fellow | Clal: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership

Rabbi Sid Schwarz is a senior fellow at Clal: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership where he directs the New Paradigm Spiritual Communities Initiative (www.npsci.org) and the Clergy Leadership Incubator (CLI), a program that trains rabbis to be visionary spiritual leaders (www.cliforum.org). Rabbi Schwarz founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for 21 years, and is also the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, MD where he continues to teach and lead services. He is the author of Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue (Jewish Lights); Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World (Jewish Lights); and Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future (Jewish Lights).