For 2012 Spring and Summer internship opportunities, click here.
The Jewish Studies Program's internship offers students the opportunity to improve organizational skills and gain work experience in a variety of settings throughout the Washington Jewish community: museums, political and activist organizations, community centers, archives, philanthropic funds, and Israeli groups. Students will earn academic credits while contributing needed services to organizations or institutions. In recent years, Jewish Studies has placed students in the Anti-Defamation League, Seeds of Peace, the Jewish Community Center, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hadassah, B'nai B'rith, and other such organizations.
Interns will keep a journal reflecting upon activities, the organization, and what the internship teaches about Jewish communal life. Students will also compile a portfolio of all materials produced during the internship. This portfolio will comprise of all written work such as memoranda, letters, reports, charts, and other written assignments.
Since Washington, D.C., is a center of Jewish organizational life, internships with over 60 local Jewish organizations devoted to community relations, religious activities, Israel, social welfare, and so on are offered for credit. The number of credits earned depends upon the number of hours of work. Students register for an internship after consultation with the Jewish Studies Program's Director.
Students have the opportunity to intern in three general areas:
General Organizations | Religious Organizations | Social Service Agencies
General Organizations
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LAWYERS AND JURISTS
2020 K Street, NW, Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-775-0991 Fax: 202-828-0909
E-mail: info@jewishlawyers.org
Website: www.jewishlawyers.org
AMERICANS FOR PEACE NOW (APN)
2100 M Street NW, Suite 619, Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-408-9898 Fax: 202-408-9899
E-mail: apndc@peacenow.org
Website: www.peacenow.org
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC)
251 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-639-5284 Fax: 202-347-4918
E-mail: oncampus@aipac.org
Website: www.aipac.org
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 1201, Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-785-4200 Fax: 202-785-0390
E-mail: washington@ajc.org
Website: www.ajc.org
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICE - ISRAEL AND PALESTINE PROGRAM
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016
E-mail: sisabroad@american.edu
Website: http://www.american.edu/sis/summer/Israel.cfm
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE –DC/MD/VA/NC
1100 Connecticut Avenue,NW,Suite 1020,Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-452-8310 Fax: 202-296-2371
E-mail: n/a
Website: www.adl.org
AVODAH : THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS
1816 12th St, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-450-2837 Fax: 202-450-2839
E-mail: avodahdc@avodah.net
Website: www.avodah.net
B’NAI B’RITH – INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
2020 K Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-857-6600 Fax: 202-857-2700
E-mail: info@bnaibrith.org
Website: www.bnaibrith.org
THE DERSHOWITZ GROUP (TDG)
1726 M Street, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.250.6104
E-mail: info@dershowitzgroup.com
Website: http://www.dershowitzgroup.com/
HADASSAH NATIONAL – GREATER WASHINGTON AREA CHAPTER
6101 Executive Blvd., Suite 130, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-881-8203 Fax: 301-881-8209
E-mail: bwash@hadassah.org
Website: www.hadassah.org/washingtondc
THE ISRAEL PROJECT (TIP)
2020 K Street NW, Suite 7600, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-857-6644 Fax: 202-857-6674
E-mail: info@theisraelproject.org
Website: www.theisraelproject.org
JEWISH COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE (JCADA)
PO Box 2266, Rockville, MD 20847
Phone: 301-315-8040 Fax: 301-315-8043
E-mail: jcada@jcada.org
Website: www.jcada.org`
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER WASHINGTON (MAIN OFFICE)
6101 Montrose Road, Suite 205, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-770-0881 Fax: 301-770-7553
E-mail: pr@jcouncil.org
Website: www.jcouncil.org
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
1640 Rhode Island Ave NW #500, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-212-6036 Fax: 202-789-4344
E-mail: advocacy@thejcpa.org
Website: www.jewishpublicaffairs.org
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON (MAIN OFFICE)
6101 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-230-7200 Fax: 301-230-7265
E-mail: rockville@shalomdc.org
Website: www.shalomdc.org
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER WASHINGTON
701 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-789-0900 Fax: 202-789-0485
E-mail: info@jhsgw.org
Website: www.jhsgw.org
JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
1307 New York Ave., NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-667-3900 Fax: 202-667-0601
E-mail: info@jinsa.org, lkleinman@jinsa.org (internships)
Website: www.jinsa.org
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 720, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-857-1300 Fax: 202-857-1380
E-mail: VMickjewicz@jwi.org (internships), agreenberg@jwi.org (magazine internships)
Website: www.jwi.org
NCSJ
2020 K Street, NW, Suite 7800, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-898-2500 Fax: 202-898-0822
E-mail: ncsj@ncsj.org
Website: www.ncsj.org
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
1707 L Street, NW, Suite 950, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-296-2588 Fax: 202-331-7792
E-mail: action@ncjwdc.org
Website: www.ncjwdc.org
NEW ISRAEL FUND
2100 M St NW, Suite 619, Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-842-0900 Fax: 202-842-0991
E-mail: info@nif.org
Website: www.nif.org
PANIM: THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEADERSHIP AND VALUES
2020 K Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-857-6594 Fax: 202-857-6568
E-mail: panim@bbyo.org
Website: www.panim.org
PROJECT INTERCHANGE – SEMINARS IN ISRAEL
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-833-0025 Fax: 202-331-7702
E-mail: pi@projectinterchange.org
Website: www.projectinterchange.org
RABINOWITZ/DORF COMMUNICATIONS
2852 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 265-3000 Fax: (202) 265-1212
E- mail: Samantha@rabinowitz-dorf.com
Website: www.rabinowitz-dorf.com/
SCHREIBER PUBLISHING
PO Box 4093, Rockville, MD 20849
Phone: 301-725-3906 Fax: 301-725-0333
E-mail: schreiberlanguage@comcast.net
Website: www.schreiberlanguage.com/
U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW (15th Street & Independence Ave.),
Washington, DC 20024-2150
Phone: 202-488-0400 Fax: 202-861-0520
E-mail: info@ushmm.org
Website: www.ushmm.org
Religious Organizations
RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER OF REFORM JUDAISM
2027 Massachesetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-387-2800 Fax: 202-667-9070
E-mail: rac@urj.org
Website: www.rac.org
SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE IN DOWNTOWN DC
600 I St, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-408-3100 Fax: 202-408-5124
E-mail: efoer@sixthandi.org
Website: www.sixthandi.org
Social Service Agencies
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
1529 16th St, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-518-9400 Fax: 202-518-9420
E-mail: See website for staff directory
Website: www.dcjcc.org
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER WASHINGTON
6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-881-0100
Email: See website for staff directory
Website: www.jccgw.org
THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH AGING SERVICES
2519 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-543-7500 Fax: 202-543-4090
E-mail: info@ajas.org
Website: www.ajas.org
