About Emerging Scholar Fellowship

In order to further Ma'ayan's mission of supporting the growth of women's Torah learning, Ma'ayan has created a fellowship program for an emerging Orthodox female scholar of Jewish texts. The fellowship provides mentorship, supports the development of the fellow's pedagogy, and offers opportunities to teach. This program, begun in September 2022, identifies, cultivates, and helps launch the next generation of outstanding Orthodox female adult Jewish educators.

We have witnessed more than a generation of outstanding Orthodox female scholars of Jewish texts. To date, however, the Jewish community has not created a structure to support their growth as adult educators. This fellowship program seeks to address that gap.

This fellowship is geared to an Orthodox Jewish woman in North America with a strong background in the study of Jewish texts, who is developing or wishes to develop a practice in teaching text-based adult Jewish education. There is no geographic limitation within North America, but the fellow will be expected to travel to Boston.

Year 1: The fellow will teach for Ma'ayan in Boston four times over the course of the year. The fellow will meet with a mentor twice before and once after each class session.

Year 2: The fellow will return to teach two classes in Boston the following year.

The fellow will earn a stipend of $7,000, distributed in two parts. Ma'ayan will also provide travel and housing throughout the fellowship.

Made possible by the generous support of our donors.