SOS International is an educational travel experience led by Rabbi Joel and Aviva Tessler from Potomac, Maryland. Its goal is to provide Jewish teenagers and college students with the opportunity of doing chesed (acts of kindness) activities in order to assist and strengthen Jewish communities in the Diaspora and in Israel.
SOS International has taken teenagers and college students to Jewish communities in Spain, Croatia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania and Israel. Some of the chesed activities that SOS organizes in Jewish communities include: cleaning cemeteries, visiting the elderly, painting schools, preparing meals in soup kitchens, packing food for needy families, working with youth, assisting Ethiopian immigrants, comforting terror victims in Israel, distributing care packages to Israeli soldiers and so much more.
Through SOS International participants will experience a program that is balanced with chesed, Torah learning, Jewish history and fun. SOS International participants in past years have shared that these programs have helped them deepen their love and commitment to Judaism and at the same time have increased their self confidence necessary to make a difference. These programs give life to the Talmudic words in tractate Sanhedrin 37a that states: “to sustain the life of one Jewish soul, is as if, you have sustained the entire world.”If you have any questions about the SOS travel opportunities, just email: info@sosintl.org or call: 1.855.ENJOYSOS (1-855-365-6976)
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