Four outstanding individuals will become the next group of Hebrew College Fellows as they begin their graduate work at Hebrew College this fall. Together, they bring a commitment to social justice, diversity in education, online learning, creative pedagogy and Hebrew and Torah mastery. "These students have the potential to take on leadership roles in the Jewish community, and we know they will enhance the intellectual vibrancy of our student body," says Dean of Students Ina Regosin.

Matt Conti, the Abraham and Sadie Shapiro Fellow, has devoted his college career at American University to social justice and communication. Through numerous internships—at NBC's Meet the Press, Rabinowitz Media Strategies and Hillel International Center—and various campus leadership positions—through AIPAC, AU Students for Israel and the student government—he has honed his public policy skills and inspired other students to get involved in community activism. He will pursue his MJEd degree in line with the mission of his fellowship, as a student planning to pursue a career in Jewish education and committed to postgraduate work in the Jewish community.

Kimberly Herzog is the recipient of the Edith and Eliot Shoolman Fellowship. She originally deferred her admission to the MAJS program for a year to accept a Jewish Outreach Institute Fellowship, through which she currently works at Rosie's Place, a women's shelter in Boston. Previously, Herzog studied in the Beit Midrash Program at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York; the World Union of Jewish Students Institute-International Graduate Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in Arad, Israel; and at Carleton College, in Northfield, Minn., where she received her BA in history. Through various volunteer and professional experiences, she has demonstrated a deep commitment to diversity in education.

Caryn-Amy King was awarded the Dr. David M. Gordis Fellowship because she exhibited exceptional potential for Jewish communal leadership. She will bring to her MAJS studies a BA from Hampshire College in nonfiction and narrative, and professional experience in publishing and technology. Throughout her work at Eastern Research Group, nSight and The Free Press, she has aspired to improve the communications and motivations of the teams she supports. As a web producer and project manager, she has developed online courses and trained employees on the uses of custom software. As a Sunday school aide at Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, Mass., and a student of Talmud in the Adult Learning Collaborative of CJP and Hebrew College's Workplace Study program, she has developed an insatiable curiosity to increase her Jewish learning.

Rachel Raz, the Barbara and Leo Karas Fellow in Jewish Education, has taught at Temple Emunah in Lexington, Mass., for the past six years. Known for her imaginative approach to curriculum development, she has taught first grade through high school students. Rachel is a fluent Hebrew speaker. She earned her BA in criminology from Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel, and her postbaccalaureate teacher training from Framingham State College. Through her participation in workshops and forums at Facing History & Ourselves, the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston and the New England Region Jewish Educators Assembly, she has developed as a professional Jewish educator. The Karas Fellowship, awarded to a graduate student in the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, will support Rachel as she pursues her MJEd.

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