The Young Judaea MODEL Fellowship

Mentorship for Optimal Development of Education and Leadership

Activism and leadership among Jewish teens is needed today more than ever. There is a critical need and opportunity for post-high school activists and educators to step forward to lead the way. The Young Judaea MODEL Fellowship is a year-long program that will:

Train a cohort of Jewish collegiate student leaders to teach the next generation of Jewish social activists
Provide these leaders with the opportunity to create exciting new projects within their own communities that will explore meaningful Zionist, Pluralist ideas and issues
Work with Young Judaea teen leaders to develop year-round programs (including summer) that will attract, educate and inspire teens across the Jewish spectrum
Work with teen leaders to advance one or more of following causes: Supporting Israel, Environmentalism, Human Rights, Fighting Poverty, and Protecting the Weakest of Society

MEET THE YJ MODELS!

Goals for MODEL Fellowship:

To create meaningful relationships between college-aged and high school leaders
To produce impactful Jewish programming around the country
To develop and enrich leading college-aged Jewish leaders and activists

Main Fellowship Gatherings:

2 Day Orientation: June 17-18, 2011
2 Month Summer Training: June-August
4 Day Mid-Year Retreat: Presidents’ Day Weekend

Who is Part of the MODEL Fellowship?

The Fellows: The MODEL Fellowship seeks Fellows from the college-aged (going into at least their third semester of university on-campus coursework) community of Jewish leaders and Young Judaea alumni around the country.

These individuals are energetic and highly motivated post-high school aged Jewish activists who are highly committed to Zionism, Pluralism, and social activism MODEL Fellows will be expected to attend all Fellowship programs. They are also expected to spend 1.5 - 2 hours per week (54-72 hours in total) from September to May:

Working with high school Judaeans around the country
Creating educational (online or in person) programs for their teens
Communicating with the Young Judaea Year Round Programs Staff on a weekly basis
From June to August, the MODEL Fellows will work as full time members of the Camp Tel Yehudah Staff.
While at Tel Yehudah, MODEL Fellows will also take part in semi-weekly educational activities to be created and conducted by Young Judaea’s education department

The Young Judaea Teen Leaders: a group of 5-10 peer-elected leaders of Young Judaea committed to carrying out Young Judaea’s vision in their area of the country.

The Fellowship Supervisor: Young Judaea’s Senior Manager of Year Round Programs will supervise the fellows from September to May. During the summer the Manager of Youth Leadership & Education and the Year Round Programs Associate will supervise and support the Fellows.

Questions about the MODEL Fellowship? Interested in Applying to be a MODEL Fellow next year? Email us at afretwell@youngjudaea.org