Jewish Learning Fellowships
Together with a group of peers, with snacks and refreshments, we explore Judaism and ourselves each week.
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The Jewish Learning Fellowships are a 10-week experiential, conversational seminar for students looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their own terms. Together we ask big questions like "How do I heal a broken world when Bio 101 is taking up all my free time?" or "Does Judaism believe in Feminism?" Our job is to help you explore this tradition from a place of curiosity and honesty. The Jewish Learning Fellowships provide stipends of up to $250 to students who complete the seminar requirements. Learn more about the different tracks and how to apply below.
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Learning Tracks
Below is the 2024 Fall Schedule.
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10-Week Courses
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Jewish Roots Fellowship with Rav Talia | Mondays 5:00-6:30pm​​
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​Do you ever encounter Jewish content that you feel like you're "supposed" to know about already? Whether you’re starting from scratch or filling in some gaps, this fellowship will help you strengthen your knowledge about core parts of Judaism so you can make more informed Jewish choices and know where to look for answers. We'll get a sense for Judaism's core texts, eating practices, the flow of the Jewish calendar, denominations, and much more.
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Life's Big Questions 2.0 with Rav Talia | Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm
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​Explore some of the most consequential questions life throws at us in a community of learners and thinkers. What is the role of gratitude in our lives? When living in a world that is increasingly more secular, what is the role of religion and spirituality? Is it important to have a personal concept of God? Is forgiveness important? How do we decide what our calling should be? Who are we, as Jews, responsible to care for?
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6-Week Course
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Strange Israel with Netanel | Tuesdays 5:30-7:30pm
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​Strange Israel explores the most niche, yet intriguing sub-cultures within Israeli society today. From viral internet memes, through various underground music scenes, and up to Hasidic missionaries – A Sub-culture is a microcosmos to a larger universe that you might have yet been exposed to. Come explore Israeli society with Nathanel Hyrsh, Grinspoon Hillel’s Israeli Fellow and film director, through Israeli cinema, TV shows, viral videos, and more.
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4-Week Course
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Jewish Values and Civic Engagement with Chloë & Liat | Mondays 5:30-7:00pm
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This series explores what Jewish values might teach us about what it means to be a Jewish person in community, with people who are like us and people who are different than us, and particularly what it means to be Jewish citizens in democracies.
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What our students say
" In Hillel's Jewish Learning Fellowship, we talked about things that I never would have talked about in a regular academic setting...it gave me the opportunity to explore something within Judaism that’s relevant among my age... "
— Olivia Weinberg