Staying in Touch Discussion List Join with college committee chairs, temple presidents, rabbis and other leaders in an ongoing e-mail discussion on how most effectively to support your college-aged congregants.
Our pre-college resources offer guidance in the transition from high school students to college students:
Packing for College Packing for College: Where Does Judaism Fit? is a program from the Union for Reform Judaism designed to ensure that our students are ready for the challenges ahead as they make decisions about where they will go to College.
The 4th Annual RJ Insider’s Guide to College Life has just been published (a Reform Judaism magazine project in partnership with Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and the Union for Reform Judaism).
This annual guide was created to assist high school students in making their college choices through a Jewish lens and finding funding; and help college students in exploring their Jewish identity and coping with various challenges on campus.
An up-to-date chart shows the Top 60 schools Jews choose with most everything Jewish students would wish to know about them (number and % of Jews, Jewish fraternities/sororities, Reform/egalitarian services on campus, etc.); and the Top 20 schools ranked by percentage of Jewish population.
Admissions 106: If I Had to Apply Again Admissions advice by college students interviewed by Betsy Woolf
Campus Life 204: Israel Safety Israel trip security guidelines by Deborah Swerdlow
Campus Life 205: Pilgrimage to Peace Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students at UC Irvine travel together to Israel and Palestinian territories by Marla Jo Fisher
Campus Life 206: 6 Trip Tips Planning a dialogue-centered trip by Marla Jo Fisher
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