Diller Teen Fellows

The Program

Throughout the 12-month program (September – September), the Diller Teen Fellows cohort participates in educational workshops, weekend retreats, and extended educational seminars, and creates and implements social service projects.

Highlights Include:

• Monthly workshops exploring our Six Core Experiences: Leadership, Jewish Identity, Pluralism, Israel, Jewish Peoplehood, and tikkun olam (repairing the world)
• Shabbatonim – Three weekend retreats spent exploring Jewish identity and bonding as a group
• Meeting and working with the Israeli partners during two inspiring seminars:
• Jewish Communities Mifgash – Ten-day experience hosting a Rishon LeZion fellow in the spring
• Israel Summer Seminar – Three-week experience in Israel including traveling, volunteering, and exploring Israel with the Diller Teens Fellows from Rishon LeZion and the other international Diller groups during the summer
• Personal, hands-on community service projects

The Diller Teen Fellows Program offers each participant the opportunity to transform into a well- rounded and informed young leader and Jew. Our teens experience a journey unparalleled to participation in the typical Jewish youth movement.

Application Requirements:

• Fellows are chosen based on their leadership aptitude, commitment to Jewish learning, passion for serving their community, and interest in exploring their connection to Israel.
• Applicants must live in Greater MetroWest New Jersey
• Applicants must be in 10^thor 11^th grade in September of the cohort year (currently in 9^th or 10^th grade)
• Applicants must submit TWO references along with their completed application with at least one reference from a school official or teacher.
• Applicant must participate in an individual and group interview as part of the screening process
• The Diller program requires a significant time commitment from fellows and their families. To better understand the time commitment, download a sample calendar.

Program Cost and Scholarship Opportunities

Thanks to a $10,000 subsidy from the Helen Diller Family Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, the program tuition per fellow is $4,000 total, which includes a non-refundable $500 deposit. Grants and Need-based Financial aid are available.

Apply here