South Africa

We are very privileged to announce our newest program, the South Africa Jewish Leadership Initiative. Twenty Five of the most qualified young Jewish leaders will be chosen from the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa to participate on a 7 day intensive learning and leadership seminar in the bush of South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The goal is to spark their growth in an understanding of Jewish philosophy and direct leadership training, while building a strong networked group identity for future personal and professional development.

The Staff will include Rabbis Akiva Tatz and Mordechai Becher, both renowned and prolific authors and lecturers, Rabbi Shmuel Lynn of the University of Pennsylvania and Mr. Harley Glass, Kruger Park Game Ranger. Accommodations will be centered at the Leopard Creek resort, approximately four hours from Johannesburg. Your mornings will be spent learning, afternoons spent gaming and engaging in bushcraft, while evenings will be left to cookouts and philosophy. Shabbat will be spent in the Johannesburg community.

We are seeking highly motivated young men, either upperclassmen or recently graduated (ages 20-27), who have displayed strong leadership qualities in their collegiate environments and whose relationship with Judaism could be described as comfortable at the least, if not already significant. If you’re warmed to your heritage, enthused by Jewish thought and empowered by taking responsibility for the future of your people, this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn Judaism and Leadership from the highest ideas down to the ground.

Applicants chosen from the first round will be asked to submit an extended essay and arrange a personal interview before final approval.

View the trip video on-line!
Find out more at http://www.sajli.co.za