In this section:
About the Program
The shape of the North American Jewish community is rapidly changing, presenting Jewish educational leaders with a new set of challenges and opportunities. The Educational Leadership Program is an 18-month fellowship that empowers Jewish educational leaders from a wide range of settings to sharpen their educational visions, broaden their understanding of the educational landscape, and develop leadership skills to bring their visions to fruition.
Program Overview
The program includes four in-person seminars, virtual short courses, peer-led practice groups and one-on-one sessions with an adviser. Three seminars are held at the Mandel Institute’s space in Brookline, MA and one is held in Israel. All program costs and travel expenses are covered by the Mandel Institute. The curriculum is organized around three strands:
Program Strands
Educational Visions
Fellows work to clarify and enrich their educational aims and methods through engagement with a wide range of approaches to Jewish education.
Educational Ecosystem
Fellows deepen their understanding of trends in North American Jewish life, the Jewish educational Institutional landscape, and the evolving history of Jewish education in North America.
Leadership
Fellows develop leadership capacities that empower them to bring their educational visions to life, lead organizational change and act to impact the field more broadly.
Program Dates
Seminar 1: Boston - April 7-11, 2024
Seminar 2: Boston - November 10-14, 2024
Seminar 3: Israel - March 18-25, 2025
Seminar 4: Boston - October 26-30, 2025
About the Fellows
Fellows are educational leaders in Jewish organizations (or Jewish departments in organizations with a broader mission) who aspire to deepen their impact on their own organizations and the broader field. The program deliberately brings together fellows from a wide range of educational settings and perspectives. We believe that educators from different settings have much to learn from one another and that the robust exchange of ideas across settings can spark innovation and clarify visions.
Fellows & Graduates
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Rebecca Berger
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Stefani Carlson
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Rachel Dingman
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Rebecca Hammerman
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Yael Jaffe
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Julia Levine
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Eliana Light
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Sarah Moody
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Daniel Olson
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Noach Pawliger
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Aaron Portman
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Keren Rhodes
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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David Saiger
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Jane-Rachel Schonbrun
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Yafit Shriki Megidish
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Alison Weikel
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Rachel Weinstein White
Educational Cohort II 2024-2025
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Scott Aaron
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Adi Barel
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Mara Braunfeld
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Megan Doherty
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Tehilah Eisenstadt
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Suri Ganz
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Amy Golding
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Yael Krieger
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Amy Meltzer
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Rebecca Milder
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Laura Perpinyal
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Yehudah Potok
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Tamar Rabinowitz
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Ana Robbins
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Jonathan Shmidt Chapman
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Beverly Socher-Lerner
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Stephanie Tankel
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Mason Voit
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Ethan Zadoff
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
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Micol Zimmerman Burkeman
Educational Cohort I 2022-2023
Faculty & Advisors
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Jonathan Krasner
Faculty
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Jethro Berkman
Faculty
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Nigel Savage
Advisor
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Arielle Levites
Visiting Faculty
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Michelle Shapiro Abraham
Advisor
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Devora Steinmetz
Faculty
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Michal Fox Smart
Faculty
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Tova Birnbaum
Faculty
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Adam M. Kleinbaum
Visiting Faculty
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Kathy Simon
Advisor
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Susie Tanchel
Advisor
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Jacob Pinnolis
Advisor
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Michelle Lynn-Sachs
Advisor
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Saul Kaiserman
Advisor
Eligibility & FAQ
Applications for Cohort II are now closed.