Qualifications of the JLIC Educator

To apply for JLIC educator positions, please send a cover letter and resume to . We offer a competitive salary plus benefits.

We are currently looking for Orthodox couples (including both male and female educators) for campuses in which we are experiencing turnover of our current educators, as well as potentially for new campuses.

Overview:
The Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC), a collaborative effort of the Orthodox Union and Hillel, helps Orthodox students navigate the college environment and balance their Jewish commitments with their desire to engage the secular world. In addition, JLIC provides avenues to spiritual development and exploration for Jewish students from varied backgrounds, presenting a positive, sophisticated and welcoming face for Orthodox Judaism on campus.

JLIC places Orthodox Rabbinic couples to serve as Torah educators within the Hillels on local college campuses. Now on fifteen campuses in North America, the JLIC educators strive to enhance the learning opportunities available to students, and also to bolster an infrastructure for Orthodox life to flourish. The educators offer weekly Shiurim and classes, bring guest speakers and events to campus, and make key Orthodox necessities, such as Kashrut, Chagim and Shabbat, easier to observe and more meaningful.

However, instead of taking only a generalized approach, they also strive for a more individualized touch. Students grace their Shabbat tables as regular guests, interact with them in informal settings such as the cafeteria, and learn with them B’Chavruta (one-on-one learning). The regular ongoing availability of the couple creates a comfort level that enables students to confide in them and seek advice for their more serious issues, whether of a Halachic, personal, or intellectual nature.

Educators are considered full members of the Hillel staff and interact with a large number of students, both Orthodox and non-Orthodox. Hillels are often very thankful for the presence of JLIC, not in the least because it enables them to better serve the Orthodox populations on campus, but also because it bolsters their ability to offer educational/spiritual services to all of the Jewish students. While the primary impetus of JLIC has been to serve the Orthodox, we have found that the educators have had a very substantive impact on a broader population as well.

Our current campuses include: University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland, University of Illinois, UCLA, Brooklyn College, Yale University, Princeton University, Brandeis University, Cornell University, NYU, University of Florida, University of Massachusetts, Johns Hopkins University, Boston University, and Rutgers University. Read More >>