Master of Jewish Education

1. A flexible three year, part-time program designed for Jewish educators working in Jewish settings who want to transform their practice. Complete your degree in the comfort of your home through our award-winning online courses—without sacrificing the personal attention you’ve come to expect from Hebrew College. Note: Hebrew College also offers the MJEd in conjunction with rabbinical or cantorial ordination.
2. Courses are online, combining synchronous meetings with asynchronous work and assignments. Join a dynamic community of students from across the country and around the world in an interactive virtual classroom with Hebrew College faculty. Use our Schoology online learning platform to learn with ease and comfort and build a personal relationship with your faculty adviser who will serve as your mentor and guide. Hebrew College has been recognized nationally for its online learning programs, and our faculty have been teaching in the online environment for more than a decade.
3. A specialized focus on Jewish Spiritual Education, Jewish Educational Leadership, and Emerging Trends in Jewish Education.
4. A program designed for Jewish leadership and learning for a pluralistic world.
5. Year-long field experience in your home community. Current teaching may count toward your field experience.
6. Faculty advisor to guide you throughout the program.
7. No Hebrew language prerequisite for admission. Hebrew courses may be taken before or during the program. Students are expected to pass a Hebrew assessment by the time they graduate, and those who wish to be exempt may request to take a Hebrew assessment upon entering the program.
8. Earn a Graduate Level Certificate in one of the following areas: Certificate in Jewish Educational Leadership, Certificate in Jewish Spiritual Education
   Certificate in Teaching and Learning, Certificate in Emerging Trends in Jewish Education.
9. Generous midcareer fellowships available. Prospective students who have (1) completed an undergraduate degree at least five years ago (2) served the Jewish community professionally for a minimum of three years and (3) work in a Jewish institution for a minimum of 15 hours/week while pursuing their degree may be eligible for up to 25 percent off tuition.

Successful completion of Hebrew assessment and completion of 30 credits:

• 3 Certificates (24 credits) —see certificate options below.
• 1 Supervised Field Experience (3 credits)
• 1 Graduate Research Seminar/Final Thesis (3 credits)

• You will feel uniquely prepared for the ongoing dilemmas in Jewish Educational Leadership.
• You will learn in an intentionally pluralistic community, preparing you to navigate the complexities of 21st learning environments.
• You will develop a robust and diverse network of colleagues in your field

Master in Jewish Education: From Calling to Career

“One reason I chose Hebrew College’s MJEd was the program’s emerging trends focus. I think innovation, and not falling behind with what’s happening in our field, is really important. Knowing that was going to be a part of what we were learning was very attractive to me.” — Elaina Stein, Director of K-7 Learning at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA

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Application Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university
• Completed application and fee
• Official transcripts of all previous undergraduate and graduate study
• Three letters of recommendation
• Two reflective essays
• Admissions Interview via Zoom
• Application Deadline

The application deadline for the Fall 2026 Cohort is June 15, 2026. Extensions are granted on a case-by-case basis, though financial aid awards may be more limited for late applications

“Whatever I do, I’m doing something that’s helping people connect to their Judaism and get into a creative rhythm. Because I have the tools that I’ve been gaining from the semesters in the MJED, my teaching is stronger than ever.”
– David Ratz, MJEd Graduate, 2026

“I think there’s a reason that I only hire assistant directors who have master’s degrees. For me, it’s that they’ve chosen this and they see Jewish education as a calling. They recognize the importance of it and it’s not just something they want to do for a year or two. They want to be trained. They want to learn what it means to be a full Jewish educator. It’s not just running a school. It’s teaching Torah, it’s taking care of everything that’s extracurricular—they need to have a real basic understanding of everything. Then they can move from there.”
– Marcy Goldberg: Director of Education at Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, CA