The Meaning-Makers Track is for students that want to make Jewish experiences fun, meaningful, and relevant to today’s world and accessible for those who don’t know what they’re all about. You are passionate about making and marking sacred time, bringing wisdom and relevance into your peers’ lives. You want to get to the core of Jewish traditions and holidays and build opportunities for your campus community to celebrate, reflect, learn and be together. From planning community-wide holiday celebrations and Shabbat dinners on campus to reimaging jewish identity-building programming, as a Meaning-Maker, you will own the ins and outs of programming and experiences for your community. As a part of this cohort, you will participate in onboarding and training to assist in your reimagination and execution of these programs and events and the overall development you need to grow and design meaningful Jewish experiences.
Expectations:
Trainings/Commitments:
You’ll be successful if: you are able to make meaning out of the mundane and bring life into Jewish traditions. You’re able to incorporate new learnings and refreshing ideas into experiences for your community, you can think outside the box to create new ways for students to connect to Judaism, and you make doing Jewish ritual fun.
Expectations:
- Take the lead in organizing meaningful experiences each semester including, but not limited to, Shabbat, Jewish holidays, and Jewish cultural celebrations.
- By the end of the year, we hope you’ll have spearheaded 3-5 initiatives for your campus community and/or the SF Hillel community at large.
Trainings/Commitments:
- Attend mandatory fall and spring leadership retreats. More details to follow.
- Mentorship Meeting: 1 hour, 1-on-1 supervision meeting once per month with your Hillel mentor, where you will receive personal and professional development.
- Meaning-Makers Track Cohort meetings: Twice per semester, meet with your cohort to collaborate and strategize for upcoming initiatives.
You’ll be successful if: you are able to make meaning out of the mundane and bring life into Jewish traditions. You’re able to incorporate new learnings and refreshing ideas into experiences for your community, you can think outside the box to create new ways for students to connect to Judaism, and you make doing Jewish ritual fun.
