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Internship Opportunity

Internship for Rabbinical and Cantorial Students


ISJL Rabbinic/Cantorial Summer Internships

“Raise your eyes and look out from where you are, to the north and to the south.” - Genesis 13:14 

Are you looking for an exciting summer opportunity that will give you invaluable rabbinic and/or cantorial experience, while receiving ongoing rabbinic support? Do you want to employ the skills and knowledge you have been learning all year in a way that will make a tremendous impact on the lives of others? Is being part of a dynamic team of Jewish professionals, who engage Judaism in unique and creative ways, important to you? If your answer is “Yes,” then the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life’s Rabbinical/Cantorial Internship may just be the summer opportunity you have been looking for.

As an ISJL  Rabbinical or Cantorial Intern, you will become part of a team that is reshaping the Jewish professional landscape with an innovative approach to the challenges faced by isolated and underserved congregations in the Southern United States. In addition to enriching everyday Jewish life for these small communities who have limited access to rabbinic guidance, you will assist the ISJL in establishing greater interfaith, intergenerational, and interracial dialogue. Through these efforts, you will help these historic communities continue to play a significant role in American Jewish life for years to come.

Specifically, the Rabbinical or Cantorial Intern will:


  • Travel Southern U.S. to celebrate Judaism with communities without fulltime clergy support.
  • Lead a variety of services (Shabbat, Holiday Observances, etc.) in a variety of environments.
  • Create & implement education materials: Torah Studies, Adult Educations, Judaism 101, etc.
  • Write insightful sermons as part of the ISJL's Taste of Torah series.
  • Provide pastoral care: home, nursing home, hospital visits.
  • Take an important role in the ISJL’s annual Education Conference.
  • Address & participate with interfaith groups, representing the ISJL & the Jewish community.
  • Serve as a role model to those who do not have ongoing exposure to Jewish professionals.

What You Will Gain:

This position is ideal for a creative, flexible, practical idealist, who desires to work hard and gain experience in religious leadership within the congregational, educational, and organizational components of Jewish communal service. Through this energizing summer internship, you will establish important contacts with other Jewish professionals as well as gain invaluable skills that will help shape your rabbinate or cantorate for years to come. Stipend, travel expenses while on the road for the ISJL, and mentoring provided.
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 We are now accepting resumes; those submitted by January 15  will receive first consideration.

So, if you are a current rabbinical or cantorial student (third year or above preferred), please send your resume with references, along with a letter of interest and 2 sample sermons to information@isjl.org.
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  • WHO WE ARE
    • Our Mission & History
    • Goldring and Woldenberg
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Our Founder
    • Jobs and Opportunities
    • Contact Us
  • WHAT WE DO
    • Education >
      • ISJL Program Associates
      • Collective Enrichment >
        • Conference
      • Curriculum Highlights >
        • Lesson Plan Evaluation
      • Community Support >
        • Communities
      • Literacy >
        • LAB
        • Our Reading Family
        • TAP >
          • TAP Basic Resources
          • Order TAP Supplies
          • TAP Newsletter
          • TAP Workshops
          • Zadeck TAP Mentors
    • CULTURE >
      • Cultural Programming >
        • Presenters Roster
      • Heritage & Interpretation >
        • Virtual Vacation >
          • Virtual Road Trip Through the Jewish South
        • Southern Jewish Heritage Tours
        • Temple B'nai Israel - Natchez
      • History >
        • Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities >
          • Alabama Encyclopedia
          • Arkansas Encyclopedia
          • Georgia Encyclopedia
          • Florida Encyclopedia
          • Kentucky Encyclopedia
          • Louisiana Encyclopedia
          • Mississippi Encyclopedia
          • North Carolina Encyclopedia
          • Oklahoma Encyclopedia
          • South Carolina Encyclopedia
          • Tennessee Encyclopedia
          • Texas Encyclopedia
          • Virginia Encyclopedia
          • Encyclopedia Credits
        • Meet the Historian
        • Oral History
    • SPIRITUALITY >
      • High Holidays Helper 2022
      • Meet Our Rabbi
      • Taste of Torah
  • Shalom Y'all
  • DONATE
  • Strategic Plan
  • Southern & Jewish Blog
  • ISJL Calendar
  • Who Knows One
  • Virtual Press Kit