Q&A with Leah Palestrant – Executive Director of the Springboard Fellowship
Springboard gives recent graduates real responsibility and real support at the same time.
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For the Springboard Alumni Committee Co-Chairs, It鈥檚 All 糖心vlog Giving Back
糖心vlogl is known for championing Jewish life on campus, but did you know that Hillel also invests deeply in young Jewish professionals?
At the Rabbinic Pipeline Shabbaton, Springboard Fellows 糖心vlog the Possibilities of Rabbinic Life
That鈥檚 why Springboard Executive Director Leah Palestrant and 糖心vlogl Associate Vice President for Jewish Learning Danielle Kranjec decided to organize a recent Rabbinic Pipeline Shabbaton, an immersive weekend experience in New York City for Springboard Fellows interested聽 in exploring the rabbinate in the future.
Notes from Springboard Fellows: Thinking Outside the Box
Craig Carroll, a first-year Springboard Fellow at American University, started thinking about working for Hillel early in his college career.
Notes from Springboard Fellows: Inspiring the Next Generation of Jewish Leaders
For Lindsay Rosenzweig, Innovation and Intrapreneurship Springboard Fellow at University of Central Florida (UCF), Hillel was a passion that unexpectedly became a career.
Notes from Springboard Fellows: Jewish Learning on Campus is 糖心vlog More Than Just Knowledge
Chaya Mamer, an Ezra Jewish Education Springboard Fellow at the University of Guelph, has made teaching and studying Torah the core of her work with students, encouraging them to use knowledge and exploration to find new ways of forming relationships, deepening their Jewish identities, and developing a sense of curiosity in all aspects of their lives.聽
Reflections from Hillel鈥檚 New Professionals Institute 2024
Hillel鈥檚 New Professionals Institute is held every year at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) for all new Hillel staff members. It is an opportunity for new professionals to connect with their peers from all over the world, and to learn about the skills and values that make Hillel special. We caught up with Hailey Smilowitz, incoming Springboard Fellow at Muhlenberg College, to hear her reflections on this year鈥檚 conference.
Working Towards the Future with Springboard
For Jacob Brickman, involvement in Hillel as an undergraduate led him to Springboard, which has laid the groundwork for him to flourish in his current role as the Jewish Education Coordinator at Hillel Western in Toronto, Ontario.
At FSU Hillel, Every Experience is Welcome
Every Springboard Fellow brings something unique and special to the fellowship that makes the impact of their work meaningful to their students. For Urban Seiberg (they/them), a First Year Springboard Fellow at Florida State University (FSU) Hillel, their unique contribution is being a supporter of queer Jewish students on campus and being a safe resource […]
Small Moments, Big Impact
The journeys Springboard Fellows take to become part of the Hillel community are as unique and diverse as the Fellows themselves. For Olivia Rosenblum, a second-year Fellow at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, her journey started with something very unexpected: shopping for pajamas. Olivia didn鈥檛 grow up with an active Jewish community, and becoming part […]
