On April 22, 2007, 500 wheelchairs rolled across the San Diego Jewish Academy’s campus. That day, 300 Jewish teens from across San Diego got down on their hands and knees, wrestling with wrenches and screws to build 500 wheelchairs made of lawn chairs and bike tires, which were then shipped to disabled citizens in Tijuana, Mexico, and surrounding communities. Through our hard work, the priceless gift of mobility was given to people who had been living on the ground with rats or stuck in a bed, having the joys of life robbed from them.

an interview with SimhaRosenberg at the Jewish Coalition for Service

What is J-Serve 2005?

On April 23rd , Jewish teens from all over the world took to the streets for J-Serve 2006, a global tikkun olam (repair the world) day. Teens everywhere cleaned up their communities, educated about Darfur, shot hoops in charity basketball games, and sorted food for the homeless, to name just a few of the many J-Serve projects. We managed to catch up with Matt Kurs-Lasky, 17, a super-teen who coordinated all of the J-Serve action in Pittsburgh, to get the low-down on J-Serve and volunteering.