I serve on the Board of AJSS because of a desire to see the remarkable mission of this unique organization fulfilled. The opportunity to ensure that young Jewish men and women  experience firsthand how others less fortunate live and to see how their efforts can impact both those they help as well as themselves is a way to "repay" AJSS for the ways it helped transform me so many years ago.
Dr. Michael Bennick, AJSS Volunteer 1970 and father of 3 recent volunteers

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Larry Green, Chair
Larry was an AJSS volunteer on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Busby, MT, in 1968 and on staff in Waterloo, IA, in1972 and in Crookston, MN, in 1973.

Sara E. Nathan, Vice-Chair
Sara was an AJSS volunteer in Fulton, KY, in 1970. She is also the parent, sister, cousin and aunt of many AJSS volunteers.

Rob Sherwin, Treasurer
Rob’s summer of service was in 1968 in Busby, MT. His three sons were AJSS volunteers.

Bruce Levinson, Secretary
Bruce participated in an AJSS project in Madisonville, KY in 1971 and his daughter was an AJSS volunteer in 2007 in Johnson City, TN.

Peter Sheingold, Governance Chair
Peter spent the summer of 1986 in Cincinnati, OH, and returned to serve on the staff in Topeka, KS, in 1991. 

Jean Zukerman Cohen, Program Chair
Jean was an AJSS volunteer in 1969 in Crow Agency, Montana and on staff, in 1972 in Waterloo, Iowa. Jean’s two sons participated on AJSS trips in 2000 and 2002.

Martin P. Kopelowitz, Alumni Outreach Chair
Marty, along with his wife, Rochelle, served as project directors from 1972 through 2000, directing 27 projects throughout the United States. Each of their three children participated as volunteers and one on the staff.

I serve on the Board of AJSS because I believe tikkun olam is the essence of Judaism.
Marty Kopelowitz, AJSS Project Director, 1972 - 2000