Become a Catalyst for Social Change: Get the education you need to deliver quality Jewish service learning programs!

The Jewish Service Learning Certificate program seeks to increase knowledge and skills of professionals working in informal and formal Jewish settings to provide engaging, meaningful, and fun service learning experiences to learners in Jewish frameworks.

The course is a partnership between the Jewish Service Learning Project at the Bureau of Jewish Education and San Francisco State University. For more information please contact Mara Kassoff, at 415.751.6983 x126.
This unique program provides Jewish community professionals with the opportunity to:

• Strengthen program development skills;
• Increase Jewish knowledge;
• Deepen understanding of service, social justice, and community organizing;
• Become leaders in Jewish service learning at their institutions;
• Incorporate Jewish service learning into already existing programs;
• Meet influential community leaders and funders.

Prerequisite for the course: students must have 2 or more years of professional experience and current employment in the Jewish community.

Cost: $518.00 per semester; financial assistance may be available. Also, many Jewish organizations sponsor Certificate Program students, demonstrating an investment in their staff's growth and career longevity. Jewish communal professionals at all levels are invited to participate.

For more details, please contact Mara Kassoff, Jewish Service Learning Project Director at 415.751.6983 x 126.
*Jennifer (Jenni) Mangel has spent fifteen years working as an educator with youth, teens, and adults in professional, academic, and extracurricular settings. Her work reflects a commitment to connect learning, community involvement, and leadership with personal and spiritual development. Jenni holds a MA in Educational Leadership from Mills College in Oakland, CA and a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in History with a Minor in Education. She was selected to participate in the pilot years of both the Professional Leaders Project in 2006, and the (ti-ke-a) Fellowship for Educators of Jewish Teens in 2001. Over the years, she has held a variety of leadership and educator positions at the Bureau of Jewish Education in San Francisco, Berkeley Hillel, Jewish Vocational Service, Mills College, San Francisco State University, Jewish Milestones, and Habonim Dror.

Testimonials from Certificate Participants:

I never considered myself a Jewish educator until I took the Jewish Service Learning Certificate course, where I realized that every point of contact with a volunteer, a young adult or a child, is an educational opportunity and should be treated as one. The JSLP has taught me how to incorporate Be'chol Lashon's goals with lasting, meaningful programs.

- Esther Gibian Fishman, Program Coordinator, Be'chol Lashon (In Every Tongue)

I have found a collegial environment with others working towards social justice. This new-found resource allows me to get immediate feedback from colleagues about programming ideas, implementation and collaboration in a highly supportive environment. The instruction has formalized what I intuitively knew about service programming allowing a more professional presentation of projects to my superiors and outside agencies. I feel more comfortable with the relationship between service and Judaism as the instructor, Jenni Mangel, has been fabulous about incorporating the historical and religious components of Jewish texts into the practical application of service. I wouldn't trade this life-changing experience for anything!

- Sandy Rechtschaffen, Social Justice Coordinator, Congregation Emanu-El