Starr Seminar

During their first year, students visit one or more of several cities, including New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C., for briefings at the national offices of both well-established and emerging Jewish organizations. Students have the opportunity to explore issues from a variety of perspectives with the leaders of diverse Jewish nonprofits.

The seminar and fieldwork (which students usually undertake in the summer semester) are integral components of the required course Organizational Behavior in Jewish Nonprofits taught by Professor Mark Rosen, who also leads the seminar. In Organizational Behavior, students examine contemporary management theories and case studies, participate in experiential exercises and use traditional Jewish teachings to "make sense" of organizational dynamics and better understand, predict and influence behavior in Jewish nonprofit organizations.

Organizations Visited on Starr Seminar (2014-2019)

• American Israel Public Affairs Committee

• American Jewish Committee

• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

• Amplifier

• Anti-Defamation League

• Avodah

• BBYO

• Bikkurim

• Birthright Israel Foundation/Birthright NEXT

• Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters

• Columbia/Barnard Hillel

• Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

• Footsteps

• Foundation for Jewish Camp

• Gann Academy

• Hazon

• JCC Association

• Jewish Arts Collaborative

• Jewish Education Project

• Jewish Federations of North America

• Jewish Funders Network

• JPro Network

• Keshet

• Leading Edge

• The Maimonides Fund

• Mechon Hadar

• Museum of Jewish Heritage

• National Council of Jewish Women

• Prizmah

• Repair the World

• Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

• Sharsheret

• Slingshot Fund

• UJA-Federation of New York

• Union for Reform Judaism

• Upstart

• YIVO