Upcoming Fellowship
A Vision for American Judaism: 2030
Recent events in North America, including the mass shooting at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, have created a great deal of individual, communal, and political soul-searching for American Jews. The Regional NGF will invite US-based participants to think together, intelligently and creatively, about the future of the Jewish community in the United States.
Who Should Apply
Young men and women between the ages of 25-40 who demonstrate motivation and interest in Jewish learning and living, capacity for individual growth, professional and communal achievements, and leadership potential are eligible to apply.
Cost
Room and board for those chosen as Fellows is provided by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. The Fellows themselves and/or the local community or organizations they represent must cover travel expenses. There are limited travel scholarships available on request.
Apply
Applications for the USA Regional Nahum Goldmann Fellowship will close on 18 January, 2019.
All applicants will be notified of the success of their application by 1 February, 2019.
Program
The intensive and highly interactive program, will be conducted in English.
Presentations will include two plenary conversations: ‘Where are We and How did We get Here?’, a multi-perspective panel on the last 25 years of American Jewish life, including ideologies, denominations and politics and ‘This Moment in America’, answering questions like: ‘Is America safe for the Jewish community?’ and ‘Is there such a thing as American Judaism?’
Workshops offered include: ‘American Jewish Identity in Film & Anti-Semitism in Hollywood’, ‘Power and Powerlessness in American and Jewish texts’ and ‘On the politics and political lives of American Jewry.’
Faculty
Rabbi Prof. Saul Berman,Professor of Jewish Studies, Stern College of Yeshiva University, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of Law, USA
Prof. Steven Windmueller, American Scholar and Jewish Communal Professor, Prof. emeritus, contemporary political Issues and American Jewish Affairs, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, USA
Rabbi Dr. Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics and National Director of Recruitment and Admissions, HUC, USA
Prof. Eric Goldman, Noted film historian and educator, adjunct professor of cinema at Yeshiva University; also teaches at Fairleigh Dickinson University and The Streicker Center; founder of Ergo Media, Inc., USA
Prof. Shaul Kelner, Associate Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University, USA
Rabba Yaffa Epstein, Director of Education, North America for the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, USA
About The Fellowship
The Nahum Goldmann Fellowship occupies a unique place in the Jewish world offering high level learning that crosses religious, ideological, political, and geographic lines. As the centrifugal forces in the Jewish world increase in volume and vilification, the NGF offers a compelling counter-force. We nurture global Jewish unity and peoplehood: we believe in the inherent value of Klal Yisrael, its heritage, history, and culture. The Fellowship encourages individual Jewish expression, informed by engagement with serious Jewish scholarship and by real interactions with other young Jews who represent the full spectrum of the Jewish people.
Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information, contact ngf@mfjc.org
