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Seven students graduate from the Jewish Communal Leadership Program, with music, a keynote from community organizer Fatima Salman, and a cohort theme two years in the making: when you change yourself, you change the world.

Each year, JCLP students go on a national trip with their entire cohort. In February 2026, 12 students made the trip to Baltimore for four days of engagement with the local Jewish community and organizations.

Every year, graduating JCLP students plan a public program meant to engage and challenge the University and Ann Arbor communities around issues or experiences related to American Jewish life. The graduating class of 2026 hosted writer, musician, performer, and feminist Torah teacher Alicia Jo Rabins in April 2026. The evening was filled with music, singing, and learning, as Alicia presents Girls in Trouble, her interactive indie-folk song cycle which brings Biblical women to life through song and storytelling. JCLP student Allie Rosenberg opened the evening with a creative musical performance.