/ Hartman Teen Fellowship

Hartman Teen Fellowship

A Wellspring program for high school students

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

If you have any questions regarding the 2026-2027 Hartman Teen Fellowship application process, please contact Jesse Steinman, Manager of Teen Community & Engagement, at [email protected].

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The Hartman Teen Fellowship is an extraordinary opportunity for Jewish high school students in grades 10-12 from across the United States and Canada to cultivate their Jewish identities and worldviews. During this historic time for Israel and Jews around the world, young people continue to show up with strength, courage, and pride in their Jewish identity. They also have big questions, face challenging dilemmas, and are searching for a community of mentors and peers that takes their ideas seriously.

Guided by the Shalom Hartman Institute’s preeminent faculty, Hartman Teen Fellows explore critical questions related to pressing issues related to Jewish identity and belonging, their relationship to Israel, challenges facing the Jewish people, and their own leadership. In a community of Jewish peers, Fellows cultivate a desire and the capacity to lead meaningful Jewish lives and the tools to build an informed, meaningful, and bright Jewish future.

Fellowship highlights include:

Building a pluralistic community of motivated and engaged peers from Jewish communities across North America
Studying with leading faculty and scholars from the Shalom Hartman Institute
Exploring big ideas in small group settings at in-person retreats and through virtual seminars

Testimonials

“I met so many incredible people with different perspectives and everyone was... willing to have difficult conversations.”

"I also loved meeting new people who share some core values even though we are all from different places and Jewish backgrounds."

"This Shabbaton beyond met my expectations, and I made so many friends from such diverse backgrounds, learned so much, and had an incredible time building and discovering community."

"While we were simultaneously learning about big themes of community building, I was discovering I’m really part of such an enormous and connected community of Jewish teens which was a really awesome thing to be experiencing."

"I was expecting to witness into a vibrant community, and when I arrived, I not only witnessed it, but I was welcomed into it. "

"I came to the Shabbaton to meet people who think differently, want to learn and engage with opinions and have interesting insights, and I’ve had all that. I came to learn new things, get new perspectives on texts and Jewish life and hear from incredible teachers, and I had that. In addition, I just had so much fun in all the activities (including the learning activities), so I feel my expectations were met (if not exceeded)."