Thank you for your interest in HevrutaAmerica, a new online gap-year program for college students from the Shalom Hartman Institute. To read more about the program, visit our website.

Applicants will receive responses within two weeks of submitting a complete application.

For questions about the program, please email Rob France, Director of Campus Initiatives, at rob.france@shalomhartman.org

At the top of any page, you can click on the button to save your progress on this application and resume at a later time.

Personal Information

First Name

Last Name

Suffix

Email

Date of birth (MM/DD/YYYY)

Please make sure your email address is spelled correctly.

Please specify:

For which semester(s) are you applying?

Both Fall and Spring SemestersFall Semester OnlySpring Semester Only

University or College (Name, State Abbreviation):

Major or Intended Major:

Phone Number

Country

Street Address:

If other, please describe:

City

State

Province

Postal Code

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Synagogue Name:

Synagogue City:

Synagogue State:

Synagogue Province:

Personal Statements

Briefly describe your Jewish affiliations (organizations, groups, etc.) on campus or in high school if you are a rising college freshman:
(No more than 200 words)

Share up to five activities or hobbies that are important to you and why:
(No more than 200 words)

In your eyes, what is the biggest challenge the Jewish world faces today? What is your relationship to this challenge?
(No more than 500 words)

What is your proudest achievement? What was the goal? How did you work towards it? What was the result?
(No more than 500 words)

Why are you interested in participating in HevrutaAmerica? What do you hope to learn, and what do you hope to contribute to the cohort?
(No more than 300 words)

As part of your experience on HevrutaAmerica, you will be volunteering up to 8 hours per week with an organization whose work you wish to support. In order to help identify volunteer opportunities that match your interests, please describe those interests below. If you already have a connection or an opportunity, please share this as well:

Letter of Recommendation

Please list the first name, last name, and email address of your recommender. We have found the best recommendations are written by someone who personally knows the applicant well.

Please ask your reference to send your letter of recommendation through this form.

Recommender first name:

Recommender last name:

Recommender email:

Relationship to applicant:

A leader of an organization in which the applicant is activeAnyone who knows the applicant well (except a member of your family)Applicant's Rabbi/CantorEmployerTeacher/ProfessorOther

Please specify: