Meet with extraordinary activists, journalists, academics and elected officials to understand the impact of AJWS’s international work. You’ll experience how people on the frontlines are tackling some of the world’s most pressing problems such as the climate crisis and the persecution of women and minorities, to transform their own communities and protect human rights.
Travel With AJWS
Pack your bags. Grab your passport. There's no better way to ignite your passion for global justice than by traveling with AJWS to Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean.
Travel Opportunities
Experience social change around the world.
Study Tours
AJWS Study Tours are rare opportunities to witness grassroots change up close. Each 7-10 day philanthropic adventure to Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean is led by AJWS staff and goes beyond the bounds of traditional tourism. Together, we will explore how our dollars can reverse poverty and injustice and empower people to build a more just world.
Global Justice Fellowship
The AJWS Global Justice Fellowship is a selective program designed to inspire, educate and train American rabbis to become activist leaders in support of global justice. The six-month-long fellowship includes a 7-day educational trip to one of 18 countries AJWS work in and then the opportunity to advocate for policy change in Washington, D.C.
We were transported to these activists’ world of extraordinary bravery and complexity, and we walked away feeling that we had born witness to real change.
Suzanne Schecter, AJWS Board Member
AJWS Study Tour to BurmaI cannot yet tell people about my trips in a way that fully captures the emotional impact they have had on me, and perhaps I never will. But I will continue to find ways to articulate these journeys. Traveling to meet grantees is how I derive inspiration for my leadership at AJWS. Their work inspired me before, but once I saw it with my own eyes, it changed me forever.