Jewish education is changing and needs leaders like you.

At Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, your intellect is challenged by rigorous studies with the largest, most distinguished Jewish education faculty in the world, while your imagination is nurtured through mentored clinical education with cutting-edge practitioners. As you develop the knowledge, skills, and strategies to be an innovator and leader in this growing field, you are empowered to build your team, inspire and guide the development of re-imagined learning opportunities, and implement your vision for a thriving Jewish future.

Please contact us to explore full- and part-time programs:

M.A. in Jewish Education at the Rhea Hirsch School of Education

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M.A. in Religious Education at the New York School of Education

After your first year in Israel experiencing Jewish peoplehood in action, you return to Los Angeles or New York to explore new ways in which Judaism can be understood and taught. Academic courses engage your critical thinking about the content and meaning of Jewish education, while you apply your growing expertise in mentored internships to challenge others to ask questions, explore their Jewish heritage, and embrace a commitment to make a difference in the world. Emerge with the professional excellence to translate your passion for Jewish life into a unique and rewarding career - one that will have a profound impact on the Jewish future. You also have the options of joint degrees in HUC-JIR's rabbinical, cantorial, and Jewish nonprofit management programs.
CONTACT US: EducationPrograms@huc.edu

The Executive M.A. Program in Jewish Education

If you are an educator with a minimum of five years of experience in a leadership position in the field of Jewish education, the Executive M.A. Program in Jewish Education is for you. This program is ideally suited for professionals looking to expand their professional learning who cannot enroll in HUC-JIR's full-time programs due to employment and location.
CONTACT US: LLitman@huc.edu

DeLeT – Day School Leadership through Teaching

Become a Jewish Day School Teacher and contribute to the Jewish future. Earn a California State Teaching Credential and a Certificate in Jewish Day School Teaching in this 13-month program which uniquely combines graduate-level coursework and a full internship in a Jewish Day School in either the Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay areas.
CONTACT US: DeLeT@huc.edu

Certificate in Jewish Education for Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Expand your knowledge, strengthen your skills, and gain a professional edge as an educator working with adolescents or young adults. This non-residential part-time program includes online and on site courses in the areas of adolescent development, experiential learning, program planning, organizational dynamics, uses of social media, the arts, and service learning.
CONTACT US: EdCert@huc.edu The Jim Joseph Foundation Education Initiative provides a total of $45 million in grants to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Yeshiva University to increase the number and enhance the quality of Jewish educators working with Jewish youth and young adults. Funding of up to $15 million, per institution, will support the development of new certificate and degree programs and training and mentoring new and practicing education professionals over the next five years.

The Jim Joseph Foundation Education Initiative at HUC-JIR expands our education programs to reach a wide variety of people from across the United States with a broad range of interests in the field of Jewish education. In addition to generous scholarships, the initiative enables HUC-JIR to create an Executive M.A. Program in Jewish Education; certificates in the Jewish education of adolescents and emerging adults and in Jewish early childhood education; alumni induction and retention programs; and a joint rabbinical-education program in Cincinnati and cantorial education program in New York (to complement the current rabbinical-education programs in Los Angeles and New York).