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About Passport to Jewish Life®

Like the familiar blue passport used by travelers, a Passport to Jewish Life® opens the door for young people in our community, ages 10-26, to reach exciting new Jewish educational destinations.

Every Passport holder can take a new step, plan a new journey, dream a new dream or explore a new passion in Jewish life, at home or abroad.

As a Passport to Jewish Life® sponsor you can take tremendous pride in the young people you help. What’s more, your gift comes back into our community as more young people take advantage of more Jewish programming in Orange County!  For more information about Passport sponsorship, email kathleen@jfoc.org.

Each Passport to Jewish Life® can be used by the recipient family for any Jewish educational experience they choose for their children – after-school programs, congregation Hebrew schools, day and overnight Jewish camping experiences, Jewish leadership training, and Israel experience and study programs.

Begin your Jewish journey by reading the eligibility and application guidelines below!

Before You Apply

Click here for a checklist of information you will need at hand when you sit down to begin the online application process. 

Online applications cannot be saved and reaccessed at a later time, so please be sure you have all necessary info at hand before you begin your online application.

Eligibility and Application Guidelines

Eligible applicants are young people between the ages of 10 and 26 who wish to participate in an extracurricular Jewish educational experience, and are residents of Orange County, California (zipcodes 907--, 908--, 926--, 927-- and 928--).  Click here for complete guidelines.

Application Deadlines

DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 27th at 5pm for the final review meeting of 2010.  

If you are applying for a Passport for religious school or TALIT Nation, you must have your e-application submitted through this site by the deadline. 

Your letter of recommendation (from a rabbi, educator, etc.) must also be in by deadline.  Recommendations are to be emailed to kathleen@jfoc.org, and the text can be in the body of the email OR in a Word document attached to the email.  No JPGs or PDFs, please.