Jewish Communal Leadership Program
Prepared for Challenge, Poised for Change
The Jewish Communal Leadership Program (JCLP) offers a distinctive educational opportunity for emerging leaders committed to helping Jewish communities meet 21st-century challenges while also addressing broader social concerns.
The Master's in Social Work program with JCLP is a five-semester on-campus program conducted over 20 consecutive months that include:
- A Master's in Social Work a from the nation’s #1-ranked School of Social Work
- A Certificate in Jewish Communal Leadership from the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
- Supervised field work in a range of local, national, and international change-making agencies
- Significant tuition support
- Merit awards and need based financial aid are also available. All eligible admitted applicants are encouraged to apply for the Nachshon Project Graduate Fellowship Launchpad Track for extra scholarship funding
Why a Social Work Degree? Gain necessary skills to advance in your career:
- Grant management
- Community organizing and advocacy
- Social entrepreneurship
- Organizational management
- Therapeutic interventions
- Fundraising and development
- Research and evaluation
- Program and project management
- Social policy
- Intergroup dialogue
Apply Now! Applications are open for Fall 2025
To guarantee full consideration, please apply by our March 1 deadline. Applications received after March 1 will be considered on a space-available basis.
When completing the MSW application, please answer "yes" to the question, "Do you plan to apply to an SSW Special Program?" found on the Financial Assistance page of the online application and then select the Jewish Communal Leadership Program checkbox. The JCLP application pages will be added to the end of your online MSW application.
For more information or to answer questions, please contact Megan Bernard, MSW, Program Manager, Jewish Communal Leadership Program at [email protected] or (734) 764-5392