Alumni Perspective
“Working at Mayyim Hayyim has been a tremendous experience for me both personally and professionally. Over the past year, I have managed projects for the fall and spring fundraising benefits; directed the Personnel Committee in the creation of the organization's Employee Handbook; prepared financial documents for presentation at Board of Directors and Committee meetings; and written a grant for a new program to be launched in Spring 2010. Empowered by the talented, passionate group of women with whom I work, and strengthened by the diverse skill set I have acquired during my time at Mayyim Hayyim, I am that much more confident in my abilities and my potential moving forward in my career.”
Jenny Kibrit '09 MA/MBA
"Fieldwork at Hornstein gives students the opportunity to find synergy between the classroom and the Boston Jewish community. I was able to pinpoint specific skill sets I wanted to improve and use the fieldwork experience as a catalyst for growth in professional and educational settings."
Jordan Fruchtman '08
Executive Director, Orange County Hillel, Calif.
Field Experience
Isaac Rothbart '09 (r) with B'Nai B'rith Beber Camp director, Stefan Teodosic
The professional field experience forms an important part of the Hornstein Program and is carefully designed to match each student’s interests and career goals. Each student is placed in a Jewish organization to conduct specified projects under the mentorship of a leader within the organization and in conjunction with a Brandeis faculty member. This collaboration reinforces the student’s professional development and integrates the experience into the context of Hornstein's overall curriculum and goals. Field experience usually takes place in the summer and/or second year of the program, and ranges between 125 and 250 hours.
Recent Field Experiences
- Anti-Defamation League: a Hornstein student worked closely with the staff leadership of the Confronting Anti-Semitisim Program to develop, market, and deliver high-quality programs.
- Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco: a student worked full-time over the summer on legislative and public policy issues, including researching and writing about the Jewish community and the Armenian Genocide.
- Hebrew Senior Life: a student shadowed the top leadership in addition to working on projects critical to the organization and his own professional development.
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Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies: as a participant observer at a variety of Jewish overnight camps in the Northeast, a Hornstein student learned how to conduct field work to objectively evaluate how Jewish institutions conceive of and deliver educational programs to children.
- Brandeis Hillel
- Camp Bauercrest (winter office)
- Camp Ramah New England (winter office)
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies
- Gann Academy - The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston
- JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood
- Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
- Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston
- Jewish Family and Children’s Service
- Jewish Women's Archive
- Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Education and Mikveh, Inc.
- Prozdor, Hebrew College
- Temple Israel (Boston)