Jewish Learning

Jewish Learning Fellowships

Our fellowships create small cohort-based Jewish learning spaces within our broader Hillel community. In Fellowships, students engage deeply in a variety of Jewish learning topics, build relationships with peers in a more intimate setting, and explore their identities through a Jewish lens. Scroll down for descriptions of each fellowship and the application. 

Yes, let’s!

In an exciting new fellowship opportunity, Rav Maya and Noga will join you in reading and discussing Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch. In this book club, we’ll move through this informative, accessible, and thorough guide to the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (and what makes it so hard to talk about). We’ll grapple with the good, the bad, and the ugly together, and we’ll start to build skills for having conversations across difference.

Meeting Time: Thursdays, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Meetings start on Oct. 31

*This is a full-year fellowship

You’ll have an opportunity to learn about the diversity of Israeli music, and to discover how it has been impacted by significant events in Israel’s history. Each lesson will focus on a different genre. We are going to enjoy a lot of music, discussion, and have a lot of fun!

Meeting time: Mondays, 4-5 p.m.

Meetings start on February 10

This is a fellowship for graduating Seniors.  We gather 10 times during the year for some learning together in thinking about culminating their time at Cal.  Email Rabbi Adam for more information or to join this fellowship.

Meeting Time: Mondays 8:30 – 10 p.m.

Meeting Dates: Sept. 16, Sept. 30, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Dec. 2

*This is a full-year fellowship

This fellowship is all about rooting into the foundational elements that make up the Jewish people. We’ll be flexing our Jewish learning muscles by exploring what makes up the written and oral Torah, the Jewish calendar, the components of Shabbat, Kashrut and Jewish food, prayer, Israel, and more. This is the place to bring all your unanswered questions about what it means to be a Jew, and of course, what it means for you to be a Jew.

Meeting Time: Tuesdays, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Meetings start on February 11