The Muehlstein Institute for Jewish Professional Leadership aims to retain early-career professionals in the field of Jewish communal service and develop their leadership skills. The institute offers formal, experiential, and self-directed learning opportunities specifically tailored to the experiences, concerns, and needs of emerging professional leaders in Jewish communal agencies in the New York metropolitan area. Muehlstein fellows are exposed to the highest levels of expertise in the Jewish and general not-for-profit sectors.

The Muehlstein Institute's formal learning components include a not-for-profit management curriculum taught by top faculty from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, a career-management curriculum led by experts in the field of career development, and a Jewish communal service curriculum taught by leading academics and practitioners in the Jewish communal service field. Experiential learning components include a mentoring program, a salon series with key leaders in Jewish communal life, an overseas seminar, and a resource library. Opportunities for fellows to customize their learning are provided through electives, continuing learning grants, and group action-learning projects.

We are conducting our third Muehlstein Institute cycle. Details on our upcoming institute, including application deadlines, application materials, and a tentative schedule, will be available in early 2009. For now, you can learn more about the Muehlstein Institute program and how agencies are involved when their employees participate in the institute.