What’s the Yavneh Fellowship?
The Yavneh Fellowship provides college students with training, resources and leadership opportunities to empower them to build religious communities and Jewish life on campus. Join an amazing group of students creating Jewish life on campuses around the world!
Sharing Jewish life
Hosting Shabbat meals
Learning and sharing Torah
Hosting Israel-related activities and programming
Creating and hosting events
Participating in national student initiatives
Leadership Network
Inter-collegiate Shabbatons and leadership conferences throughout
the yearStudent-run national board
Personal Growth
Individual mentoring and support
Group webinars and training
Great Trips and Resources
Winter Break Trip to Israel Dec 24 - Jan 3 (with an option to extend an extra week)! This trip includes service work, group Shabbat, training sessions and a week in yeshiva/midrasha!
Programming funds
Access to amazing Israel and Jewish speakers
Connecting with other campus leaders
What's the Fellowship Involve?
Building Jewish life on your campus! The Yavneh Fellowship is designed to support each campus and fellow individually.
Winter break trip to Israel (Dec 25-Jan 1, with an option to extend), including direct flight from NYC. As part of the trip, each fellow commits to raising around $1,000 for JNF development work in Israel. We will be working together as a group to fundraise for the projects we are going to be working on!
Access to campus programming funds
Access to additional grants for larger programs
Ongoing training, mentorship and support
Inter-collegiate shabbatons and leadership conferences throughout the year
*All in-person gatherings and trips are subject to change and dependent on public health guidelines
Is Yavneh on My Campus?
Yavneh Fellows are a group of passionate and inspired student leaders committed to building and sharing Jewish life on campuses around the world. Join us!
small and mighty
These are campuses with smaller Jewish communities with less religious infrastructure. Yavneh fellows on these campuses focus on building religious community, infrastructure and a vibrant Jewish life.
OU-JLIC
Campuses with an OU-JLIC program are generally larger Jewish communities with a more developed religious infrastructure. Yavneh fellows on these campuses work closely with their OU-JLIC educators to serve as leaders in their religious communities and share Jewish life with the broader Jewish community.
YU/Stern
Yavneh fellows at YU/Stern have a number of leadership options and opportunities: building Jewish life on their campus and sharing Jewish life with peers on other campuses.
Alternative Winter Break
in partnership with JNF
Our winter break trip to Israel is from December 25, 2022 to January 1, 2023. In Israel, we will spend a week making an impact by volunteering in Israel with children, the environment, people with special needs, and minority communities. And then we’ll spend a week back in Midrasha/Yeshiva!
JNF has been running Alternative Break trips to Israel for over 15 years. They have brought 2,500 Jewish college students and young adults ages 18-24 to get their hands dirty while making a difference for the land and people of Israel.
Each day of the 1-week trip is comprised of volunteering, touring, education, and independent time in the evenings and on Shabbat. Each participant commits to raising a minimum of $900 for JNF's BluePrint Negev Campaign. We will be working together as a group to fundraise for the projects we are going to be working on!
