UCSB, Senior HSJCSC Fellow
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This is the first gathering of all of the JCSC Fellows. Each year, it is held in conjunction with the Student Leaders Assembly at Camp Moshava in Honesdale, PA. �Leaders,� as it is known, is our official training, where we learn what our job entails, some examples of previous programs, and best of all get to meet other fellows for the first time!!! While students also attend this 6-day conference, the fellows stay at the opposite end of the camp, where most of our training occurs. However, there are several opportunities, such as during meals or Shabbat services, where you can interact with the students from your school or different schools. The dress during Leaders is casual, but people like to get more dressed up for Shabbat.
PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONFERENCE:
Besides Leaders, PSC is the second of two mandatory conferences. This one is held in Princeton, NJ and is preceded by a JCSC Shabbaton. The Shabbaton is nice, because it is a chance for the fellows to see one another and exchange ideas prior to PSC when all of the Directors, Program Directors and other staff join us. You will stay in a separate hotel for the Shabbaton, then pack up your stuff and move to another one for PSC. At PSC, you will listen to speakers, participate in Jewish learning, become closer with people that you met at Leaders, and eat lots of food! PSC culminates in a huge Gala event, with dinner, awards, and dancing. With that being said, the dress for PSC is generally business attire.
Each year the Meyerhoff Center for Judaic Studies coordinates regional kallot, which are opportunities for professionals to gather for Jewish learning. Fellows, Program Directors, and Directors all participate, but it is optional. Each kallah is only one day, but helpful because you will learn how to incorporate Jewish learning into your Hillel programming. While I did not go to any Kallot, I did participate in the WHO (Western Hillel Organization) conference, the conference at the beginning of the year for professionals who work in the Western area Hillels.
While not everyone participates, some JCSC fellows do coordinate retreats or other trips as an opportunity for students to meet Jewish students on other campuses. For example, this year, I helped send some students to the Women's March for reproductive freedom in Washington, DC.
SPITZER:
Some fellows attend the Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer B'nai B'rith Hillel Forum on Public Policy with their students. This was the first year that it was not in the greater Washington, DC area. For more info on taking UCSB students to Spitzer, click here.
ROAD TRIP:
As if all of the conferences and retreats were not enough, many of us become so close with other fellows that we plan road trips on the weekends to go and visit them. It�s amazing how close you can become with people in one year�