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.
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Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, AJU’s Goldstine Distinguished Scholar, received the Mathilde Schechter Award from the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) during the organization’s international convention
Learn more about AJU’s Rabbi Bradley Artson Receives Women’s League for Conservative Judaism’s Prestigious Mathilde Schechter Award
In the summer of 1994, Gidi Grinstein arrived at American Jewish University’s Brandeis Camp Institute (BCI) as a 24-year-old Israeli naval officer preparing for what he expected would be a long military career. Twenty-eight days later, he left with a …
Learn more about ‘I Went as an Israeli and Came Back a Jew’: How BCI Shaped Community Leader Gidi Grinstein’s Life
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.
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