Our Story
A few years ago, we took a pulse check: what support could we give to a group of emerging Jewish leaders whose offline gathering spaces — colleges, synagogues, networking events, conferences, happy hours, and time with friends and loved ones — had abruptly just gone digital?
The answer was clear: create a space to connect and leverage their skills to make a difference.
Launched in the summer of 2020 in response to that initial outreach, the first Jewish Changemakers Fellowship was a six-week, virtual learning experience of more than 1,000 participants from across the world. Since then, the program has grown and evolved to meet each new moment and challenge: the pivot from the digital spaces back to in-person gatherings, rising antisemitism, and polarization. The Jewish Changemakers Network now consists of more than 2,500 alumni, offering a continuing source of connection, growth, and support, and with each completed Fellowship cohort, that community only grows.
Across career fields, North American geography, and ways to express Jewish identity, Jewish Changemakers are leveraging their Jewishness to make a difference.
Jewish Changemakers is the next (or your first!) step on your leadership journey.
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Get perspective
through knowledge and conversations that lead to new opinions and challenge your point of view, all helping you discover and really learn who you are.
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Get paid
to explore your passions. Receive a $350 stipend while building new connections as you continue your Jewish leadership journey.
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Get connected
to a community of 2,500+ Jewish leaders. Meet like-minded individuals and gain access to unique opportunities.
About Jewish Federations of North America
The Jewish Federations of North America consist of 146 Jewish Federations and dozens of Network communities which collectively raise and distribute more than $3 billion annually to support flourishing Jewish life and the needs of the Jewish people in their home communities and around the world.
The Jewish Federation system, among the top 10 charities on the continent, leads the largest network of volunteer and professional leaders who build and sustain Jewish communities that are healthy, safe, caring, welcoming and inclusive, educated and engaged, involved in the broader community, and deeply connected to Israel and the global Jewish people.