From study to practice
From beginner-friendly workshops to advanced degrees, we train people to put Jewish values to work in how they think, teach, and show up in their communities and professional lives.
Our curricula are field-tested and action-driven, so you practice what you learn right away.
Masor School
Across degrees, certificates, and professional training, educators strengthen their practice, administrators learn to lead with clarity, and researchers craft theory and questions to move their fields forward—all grounded in Jewish values.
High Schoolers take college-credit American Jewish University courses at participating synagogues and teen programs.
Explore Jewish Learning Experience
Years ago, Rabbi Sara B. Arias was showing Camp Alonim’s Israeli delegation around American Jewish University’s Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley when she asked the young visitors what the landscape reminded them of.
Learn more about Marking BCI’s 85th Anniversary, Jewish Leaders Reflect on a Program That Shaped Their Lives
“The Ziegler community was great,” he recalled. “The faculty and the students really rallied around me and supported me in the moment.”
Learn more about From Ziegler Student to Senior Rabbi: Daniel Cotzin Burg Begins New Chapter at Hamakom
Ziegler students embrace the age-old Jewish tradition of questioning, debate, and reinvention. Cohorts wrestle with Jewish texts and challenge easy answers, crafting modern approaches that hold up in today’s congregations and communities.
Explore Ziegler School