Hillel International Expands Flagship Fellowship to Foster Next Generation of Jewish Leaders
WASHINGTON – Creating more opportunities for early career professionals, Hillel International will expand its flagship Springboard Fellowship for recent graduates next fall through $1.5 million in new investments. The third cohort will bring 40 new young professionals to campus, creating an unprecedented total network of 77 Fellows deployed across the country to engage students with innovative Jewish programming.
The ‘gimmel’ class of the Springboard Fellowship will, as in previous years, include an Innovation Track, which will train fellows to spark ideas, connect with students in new ways, and infuse creativity into campus Hillel programming. This track is ideal for recent graduates who may not previously have considered pursuing a career in Jewish communal life.
New this year is the Ezra Jewish Education Track, which will train Springboard Fellows to introduce Jewish learning to campus life by incorporating their passions for Jewish wisdom, history, and culture into their work with students. This track is ideal for recent graduates with an interest in Jewish education and deep roots in the Jewish community and will incorporate young professionals who are currently part of Hillel International’s Ezra Fellowship.
The revitalized Springboard Fellowship allows young professionals to interact with and learn from one another, and partner to create diverse and unique programming for students on 68 campuses. The two-year program provides fellows with hands-on mentorship, competitive compensation and dynamic professional development opportunities from local and national Hillel staff, as well as experts from across the corporate and non-profit worlds.
“By expanding our existing fellowships, we are enhancing a platform that will allow these early-career professionals to network with their peers and learn from one another’s approaches to engaging students on campus,” said Mimi Kravetz, Chief Talent Officer of Hillel International. “Our Springboard Fellows not only galvanize their respective communities, but at the same time, jump-start their careers in tangible ways.”
Campus Hillels hosting the first cohort of Ezra Jewish Education Fellows include:
UC San Diego Hillel
University of Southern California Hillel
University of Delaware Hillel
Central Florida Hillel
Hillel Ontario – Waterloo
University of Kansas Hillel
University of Maryland Hillel
Rutgers University Hillel
Baruch College Hillel
Hunter College Hillel
New York University Hillel
University of Pennsylvania Hillel
Vanderbilt University Hillel
Hillel at Virginia Tech
Hillel Milwaukee
Campus Hillels hosting the new cohort of Innovation Fellows include:
Hillel 818
Hillel at Stanford
Beach Hillel
UCLA Hillel
George Washington University Hillel
University of Delaware Hillel
Georgia Tech Hillel
Cohen Hillel at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hillel Ontario – Toronto
Hillel at Brandeis University
University of Maryland Hillel
University of Albany Hillel
Baruch College Hillel
Hillel at Ithaca College
Hillel of Buffalo
Queens College Hillel
The Ohio State University Hillel
Pennsylvania State Hillel
University of Rhode Island Hillel
Texas A&M Hillel
University of Vermont Hillel
Hillel International launched the Springboard Fellowship in 2016 to train young Jewish professionals in highly-valued skillsets and place them at local Hillel campuses for two years. The Springboard Fellowship is a reimagining of the Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps Fellowship, which Hillel ran from 1994 to 2008 and trained a generation of emerging Jewish communal leaders through their roles in Jewish student engagement.
Fellows will receive salary, benefits and ongoing professional development funded by a partnership between their campus Hillels and Hillel International, and through generous support from the Beacon and Shapira Foundation, Mosaic United, Marcus Foundation and the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation. The Ezra Fellowship was founded through a generous four-year grant from the Maimonides Fund.
“Years from now, we look back at the launch of the Springboard Fellowship as the defining moment in talent development for the next era of Jewish life,” Kravetz said. “Hillel couldn’t be prouder at our efforts to serve students while building this critical pipeline”
For more information and to apply, visit hillel.org/fellowships.
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About Hillel International
Founded in 1923, Hillel has been enriching the lives of Jewish students for more than 90 years. Today, Hillel International is a global organization that welcomes students of all backgrounds and fosters an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel. Hillel is dedicated to enriching the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. As the largest Jewish student organization in the world, Hillel builds connections with emerging adults at more than 550 colleges and universities, and inspires them to direct their own path. During their formative college years, students are challenged to explore, experience, and create vibrant Jewish lives.