Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center and the Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality
Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality

Seasonal Positions

IF Community 2006

The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center is home to a unique constellation of Jewish residential communities. Each seeks to embody its own vision of a spiritually vibrant, relevant, and meaningful Jewish life. Interns in spiritual community, environmental educators, and organic farming fellows work hard, learn, eat, and have fun together. We welcome you to join us!

Work Exchange Opportunities

Elat Chayyim Program/Office Intern

Individual will work up to 36 hours a week in exchange for room, board, health insurance, free participation in any Isabella Freedman program and stipend of $500 per month.

Responsibilities include: Serving as the primary assistant for all administrative ECCJS departments (Programming, Marketing/PR, Retreat Management, Registration, IT, Fundraising); Serving as a copywriter/editor to ECCJS materials; Serving as an assistant both the ECCJS and Isabella Freedman retreat managers on the implementation and organization of management of retreats. Working on special projects as identified by the ECCJS Director such as Assisting the EC director in the coordination of fundraising campaigns and correspondence to past and present donors.

For more details and a complete job description click here.

The Teva Learning Center

Summer Interns

The Teva Learning Center, North America's foremost Jewish Environmental Education Institute, is a non-denominational educational service for participants from throughout the Jewish community. Working with Jewish Day Schools, Congregational Schools, synagogues, camps and youth groups, Teva's programs touch the lives of 2,000 participants annually.

Teva staff is made up of musicians, artists, fire eaters, stilt walkers, jugglers, dancers, performers, athletes, scientists, scholars and lovers of life. Some staff members have pursued advanced degrees in education, environmental studies, and social work, while others have gone on to Rabbinical school and leadership positions within the Jewish community. For more information about Teva, click here.

Teva staff live at the Isabella Freedman Center from September through December.

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ADAMAH: The Jewish Environmental Fellowship
May 25 – September 1, 2008
Septmeber 7 – December 7, 2008

Summer Interns

ADAMAH is a three-month leadership training program for Jewish young adults — ages 20–29 — that integrates organic farming, sustainable living, Jewish learning, teaching, and contemplative spiritual practice. Fellows spend much of their time learning and practicing sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry on the four-acre ADAMAH farm and in small gardens throughout the retreat center. Fellows also participate in leadership training, community living, ecological and Jewish seminars with visiting faculty, and more. Click here for more information.

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Passover Intern
April 17 – 28, 2008

Spend Passover in the Berkshires in a community of peers and senior adults. Passover staff work 6 hours a day 6 days a week. When not working, take advantage of all that Freedman has to offer including extensive programming and full use of our facility – miles of hiking trails, hot tub, fitness center and more. Passover staff work one seder night and can fully participate in the second one. Staff must arrive in the evening of April 17 and stay through the day on April 28. Staff are paid $30 per day plus room, board, a share of tips, and full access to programs and facility. Staff must abide by Isabella Freedman’s Community Guidelines (.doc) at all times. Applications will be available on line starting the first week of February.

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Seasonal Staff Positions 2008
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter

Isabella Freedman is currently seeking to fill live-in seasonal staff (six or seven weeks) positions for work in: kitchen, children’s program, registration, retreat management, shuttle driving, lifeguards and computer instruction. All positions require strong communication skills, professional appearance, a commitment to teamwork and a desire to be part of a progressive and diverse Jewish community. To learn more, please click here.

2008 Dates

All staff must abide by Isabella Freedman’s Community Guidelines (.doc). Applications will be available on-line starting the first week of February.

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Paid Opportunities

For up-to-date paid job opportunities, please visit IsabellaFreedman.org/jobs.

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