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Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the University of Michigan

Prepared for Challenge, Poised for Change

The University of Michigan's Jewish Communal Leadership Program (JCLP) offers a distinctive educational opportunity for emerging leaders committed to helping Jewish communities meet 21st-century challenges while also addressing broader social concerns.

Combining academic training in social work and Judaic Studies, hands-on engagement with contemporary communal challenges, and experiential training in non-profit management, JCLP students become active participants in the work of imagining and building a Jewish communal future.

Click on image above for April 2, 2009 "If Not Now: Challenge, Choice, and Change in 21st-Century Jewish Community" Conference schedule

The Jewish Communal Leadership Program is a five-semester program conducted over 20 consecutive months combining:

• A Masters in Social Work
• A Certificate in Communal Jewish Service and Judaic Studies from the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
• Experience and training in non-profit management through participation in the University of Michigan's Nonprofit and Public Management Center's Board Fellowship Program
• Supervised field work in a range of local, national, and international change-making agencies

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Program Funding: All accepted resident (in-state) and non-resident JCLP students will receive financial support.

Communal Possibilities: JCLP graduates will be prepared to work locally, nationally, and internationally in a wide range of communal, philanthropic, and social change agencies.

Course of Study and Program Requirements: Seminars, internships, and placements on the boards of non-profit organizations develop expertise in community organizing, management, dialogue facilitation, and coalition building within and across groups.

Course Options

Faculty Advisory Committee

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