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, Seventh Floor, NW, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-775-0991 Fax: 202-785-0395
E-mail: info@jewishlawyers.org
Website: www.jewishlawyers.org
AMERICANS FOR PEACE NOW (APN)
1101 14th Street, NW, Sixth Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-728-1893 Fax: 202-728-1895
E-mail: apndc@peacenow.org
Website: www.peacenow.org
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC)
440 First Street, NW, Suite 660, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-639-5200 Fax: 202-347-4889
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 JEWISH CONGRESS
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 407, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-466-9661 Fax: 202-466-9665
E-mail: washrep@ajcongress.org
Website: www.ajcongress.org
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
1101 14th Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-842-4700 Fax: 202-842-4151
E-mail: avodahdc@avodah.net
Website: www.avodah.net
B’NAI B’RITH – INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
2020 K Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-857-6600 Fax: 202-857-2700
E-mail: internet@bnaibrith.org
Website: www.bnaibrith.org
HADASSAH NATIONAL – WASHINGTON ACTION OFFICE
5100 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20016-4119
Phone: 202-363-4600 Fax: 202-363-4651
E-mail: washingtonoffice@hadassah.org
Website: www.hadassah.org
ISRAELI POLICY FORUM (Washington Office)
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-842-1700 Fax: 202-842-1722
E-mail: ipfdc@ipforum.org
Website: www.ipforum.org
JEWISH COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE (JCADA)
1010 Rockville Pike, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-315-8040 Fax: 301-315-8043
E-mail: jcada@jcada.org
Website: www.jcada.org
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER WASHINGTON
1720 Eye Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-552-5355 Fax: 301-770-7553
E-mail: jcouncil@jcouncil.org
Website: www.jcouncil.org
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
800 Eighth Street, NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-789-2222 Fax: 202-789-4344
E-mail: advocacy@thejcpa.org
Website: www.jewishpublicaffairs.org
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON
6101 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-230-7200 Fax: 301-230-7265
E-mail: info@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
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 515, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-667-3900 Fax: 202-667-0601
E-mail: info@jinsa.org
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: jkarokin@jwi.org
Website: www.jewishwomen.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
1101 14th Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20005-5639
Phone: 202-842-0900 Fax: 202-842-0991
E-mail: info@nif.orf
Website: www.nif.org
PANIM: THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEADERSHIP AND VALUES
6163 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20851-4816
Phone: 301-770-5070 Fax: 301-770-6365
E-mail: info@panim.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
SCHREIBER PUBLISHING
PO Box 4193, Rockville, MD 20849
Phone: 301-424-7737 Fax: 301-424-2336
E-mail: books@schreiberpublishing.com
Website: http://www.schreiberpublishing.com/
UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITIES – WASHINGTON ACTION OFFICE
1720 I Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-785-5900 Fax: 202-785-4937
E-mail: info@ujc.org
Website: www.ujcdc.org
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@uahc.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: n/a
Website: www.dcjcc.org
THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH AGING SERVICES
316 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Suite 402, Washington, DC, 20003
Phone: 202-543-7500 Fax: 202-543-4090
E-mail: harvey@ajas.org
Website: www.ajas.org
