I was the Penn Hillel student coordinator for a JFS alternative spring break trip to Tierra Miguel Farm in Pauma Valley, CA in March 2009. JFS was fantastic--as educators, trip managers, and friends. The students learned a lot about the environment and Jewish thought and had an amazing time. Many students who went on the trip have been inspired to make significant changes to their lifestyle and/or work on Jewish environmental causes.

I joined Kol Tzedek in June 2008 and have been an enthusiastic member since. Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann guided me through my conversion process and KT has been just about everything I could have wanted in a Jewish community--warm, welcoming, supportive, spiritual, traditional yet progressive, and fun. I have taken classes, attended services, planned events and made friends. As I get closer to my college graduation I am getting sadder by the day at the thought of having to leave KT if I move to another city.