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The Nahum Goldmann Fellowship 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 organised 26 Fellowships since 1987 in Western and Eastern Europe, including the former Soviet Union, Australia, Southeast Asia, South Africa, North America, South America and Israel. Following each of the past seminars, Fellows returned to their communities and took steps to assume leadership positions in their communities.
The programme consists of morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Morning sessions involve lectures by outstanding Jewish scholars from around the world. Afternoon sessions include 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 discussion groups will take place in the evening.
Faculty in the past included some of the most distinguished academics and scholars from around the Jewish world. Faculty at this Fellowship will include, among others, Prof Ismar Schorsch, Professor of Jewish History and former Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Prof Jacob J Schacter, Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought, Yeshiva University; Prof Daniel Fainstein, Dean, Universidad Hebraica, Mexico; Dr Steven Bayme, Director, Contemporary Jewish Life, American Jewish Committee; Prof Saul Berman, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of Law; Prof Binyamin Lau, Professor of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University; Dr Moti Zeira, Head of the Hamidrasha at Oranim, Israel; and Dr Ruth Calderon, Member of the Israeli Parliament.
The Fellowship will deal with: Klal Yisrael – Restoring an Endangered Jewish Value; Replenishing Jewish Identity in Secular Society; Shaping Sustainable Diasporas; Jewish Identity and Klal Yisrael – An Israeli Perspective; and Imperatives for Global Jewish Leadership.
Applications can be completed on line at http://new.ngfp.org/ or obtained from The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture: phone: (212) 425-6606; e-mail: office@mfjc.org; or by mail: 50 Broadway, 34th floor, New York, NY 10004, USA.
