Real Jobs, Real Grads
A sampling of positions obtained by Brandeis graduates in Jewish studies:
President, New York Board of Rabbis
Technical writer, Intel Israel
Vice president and director, Legal Momentum
Research scholar, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
Scholar-in-residence, Congregation Kehilat Shalom
Associate director of major gifts, Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Researcher/analyst, King Hussein Cancer Foundation, Amman
Communal services manager, Jewish Family Service of Metrowest
Associate professor of Talmud, Hebrew Union College
Executive director, Jewish Community Day School Network
Coproducer/booking agent, "Saturday Night Live"
Foreign-affairs officer, U.S. State Department
Where Do I Go From Here?
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| Jennifer Gallop '87 was named a top 10 corporate lawyer by Women's Business Boston magazine |
Jewish studies at Brandeis gives students the intellectual tools they need to continue after graduation with sophisticated, productive, lifelong Jewish learning. One look at Brandeis graduates shows that throughout the University’s history each group of students has made its own imprint on what is most interesting, challenging, troubling, important and exciting in the Jewish world.
Many students take Jewish studies courses just because they are interested, rather than for specific career goals. However, for those who wish to pursue such work, Jewish studies at Brandeis lays the foundation for a broad spectrum of careers, ranging from the rabbinate, the administration of communal organizations and the Judaic studies professorate to work in law, medicine and business that is grounded in Jewish thought.
Among the many distinguished graduates are Lawrence Schiffman ’70, chairman of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University; Amy Eilberg ’76, the first woman rabbi ordained in Conservative Judaism; Michael Strassfeld ’71, coauthor of "The Jewish Catalogue"; Deborah Bial ’87, founder of the Posse Foundation; and Stephen Coyle ’69, affordable housing innovator and former chair of the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
Many who do not become rabbis or professors on Jewish subjects say that the foundations of their careers in the secular world of law, medicine, business and social activism were laid in Jewish studies at Brandeis.