Jewish Studies Internships

The Internship in Jewish Studies, JST 481, provides students with the opportunity to explore Jewish Studies outside of a classroom setting.  Prerequsites: At least one course in Jewish Studies and permission of the Jewish Studies program coordinator.

Local Opportunities

The Greensboro Jewish Federation, the central organization of the Jewish Community in the Piedmont Triad region, offers internship opportunities (with stipends available) in:

• grant-writing
• marketing
• oral history
• developing resources for Holocaust education
• researching current events
• researching the Triad Jewish community
• developing the Triad Jewish Film Festival
• video interviewing and editing for The Jewish Foundation of Greensboro
• working with Jewish Family Services, also an approved site for internships through Elon’s Department of Human Service Studies

National Opportunities

Opportunities include internships at the following organizations:

• AIPAC, Washington DC and other locations throughout the country
• American Jewish Committee, Washington DC and other locations throughout the country
• American Jewish World Service, New York, NY (as well as volunteer opportunities around the world)
• Cleveland Hillel Summer Internship Program, Cleveland, OH
• Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Internships in Women’s Studies, Waltham, MA
• Hazon, New York, NY and San Fransisco, CA
• Hillel Foundation, Washington, DC
• J Street, Washington DC and other locations throughout the country
• Lewis Summer Intern Program, Chicago, IL
• Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, NY
• National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA
• The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
• The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Washington, DC
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC

International Internships

• The Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
• The Shalem Center, Jerusalem, Israel
• Friends of the Earth-Middle East, Tel Aviv, Israel

Please contact Elon’s Student Professional Development Center for further information about internships at Elon; please contact Prof. Geoffrey Claussen for further information about receiving credit from the Jewish Studies program.