Resources/Volunteering

ACHARAI: The Shoshana S. Cardin Leadership Development Institute

1515 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-843-7497
dweinberg@acharai
Executive director: Debra S. Weinberg
Independent, community-wide, leadership development program cultivates and nurtures the highest caliber of our community's volunteer leadership. Two-year program combines contemporary leadership training with exploration of Jewish resources about leadership.

Got Shabbat

Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC
3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue
Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-356-5200, ext. 374
sseigel@jcc.og
Sharon Seigel
Friends old and new meet for a kosher Shabbat dinner once a month in homes and synagogues. JCC puts together groups and facilitates meal planning. Targeted to families with young children.

Jewish Community Services

5750 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-466-9200
jcs@jcsbaltimore.org
www.jcsbaltimore.org
Volunteers assist JCS staff and clients. Variety of volunteer opportunities available, including Jewish Big Brothers/Big Sisters, legal consultation, driving clients to medical appointments, visiting and grocery shopping for homebound individuals, tutoring, creating Centerpieces for Tzedakah, office assistance.

Jews for Judaism International

5800 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-602-0276
ruth@jewsforjudaism.org
www.jewsforjudaism.org
Executive director: Ruth Guggenheim
Jews for Judaism International and JTTVLive! preserve and strengthen Jewish identity and pride though inter-active educational programs and community services. Counters aggressive and deceptive proselytizing efforts from individuals and groups that target Jews for conversion.

Northwest Citizens Patrol

PO Box 15126
Baltimore, MD 21282
410-664-NWCP (6927)
office@nwcp.info
www.nwcp.info
President: Neil Schachter
500 volunteers and two Baltimore City Police officers work to reduce crime in the Jewish community and further neighborhood cohesiveness. Operates nightly in the northwest corridor.

Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center

5425 Mount Gilead Road
Reisterstown, MD 21136
410-429-4400
info@pearlstonecenter.org
www.pearlstonecenter.org
Director, Jack Pearlstone Institute for Living Judaism: Carol Press Pristoop

Jewish, kosher venue for weekend Sabbath retreats and weekday meetings, conferences and training sessions. Created to serve Baltimore Jewish congregations and educational organizations; also available to other nonprofits.

Shalom Baltimore

Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC
3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue
Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-356-1661
shalombaltimore@jcc.org
www.shalombaltimore.org
Eileen Berman
Distributes packets of information about Jewish resources to newcomers in the community. Cooperative program with Jewish Community Services.

spark: Partnership for Service

3600 Clipper Mill Road
Suite 228
Baltimore, MD 21211
410-366-4151
www.sparkpfs.org
Director: Maggie Gaines
National Jewish organization dedicated to inspiring ongoing commitment to service as an expression of Jewish values.

The Shofar Coalition

200 E. Joppa Road, Ste 207
Baltimore, MD 21286
410-825-8888, ext. 211
Director: Elaine Whitman
Collaborative response to childhood trauma in the Baltimore Jewish community. Convened by The Sidran Institute, and its Jewish community partners.