THE FELLOWSHIP

The Nahum Goldmann Fellowship, initiated and sponsored by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, provides an intensive experience in Jewish living, learning and leadership for young men and women from around the world between the ages of 25-40 who show serious interest in Jewish culture and demonstrate a potential for individual growth and communal leadership.

The Memorial Foundation has organized twenty-one Fellowships since 1987 in Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, Australia, South Asia, South Africa, Latin America and Israel. Following each of the past seminars, Fellows returned to their communities and took steps to assume leadership positions in their communities. Some 700 Fellows have partcipated in the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship since its inception.


THE PROGRAM
The program consists of morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Morning sessions involve lectures by outstanding Jewish academics from around the world. Afternoon sessions include interactive workshops on Jewish texts, Jewish identity, community building and other topics of importance to the fellows, as well as recreational opportunities. Varied Jewish cultural events and peer-led discussion groups take place in the evening.


MOST RECENT FELLOWSHIP
The twenty-first Nahum Goldmann Fellowship took place at the Kinneret in Israel on February 2009. Forty-two fellows from 24 countries attended and was the largest ever assembled. There were numerous factors responsible for the extraordinary success achieved at this Fellowship. The two major ones were the very diverse geographic, ideological, and cultural composition of the group, and the very high quality of the Fellows. Secondly and equally important, were the components of the program, a blend of features and goals of past Fellowships with a number of recent innovations and objectives, which together generated a powerful synergy which strongly impacted on the Fellows in a manner that was visible to all present from the very start of the Fellowship. [learn more]


ELIGIBILITY
Young men and women between the ages of 25-40 who demonstrate an interest in Jewish learning and living, capacity for personal growth, current professional and communal achievement and leadership potential are eligible to apply.


COSTS
Room and board for those chosen as fellows are provided by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. The fellows and/or their local community or organization they represent must cover travel expenses.