Eighteen Powerful Months

Einayich Yonim Fellowship Program Elements

Monthly Jewish Ecology Seminars

Fellows meet one Sunday a month for a mid-day video call facilitated by our lead teachers. Sessions will be built around Jewish ecology text study, discussion and reflection. 

Explorations include:

  • Ecological systems thinking and Jewish spiritual and ethical concepts

  • Application of Jewish ecological thinking to contemporary environmental challenges

  • Reflective sharing, active listening practices and community building

Monthly Mentor Meetings

A central part of the fellowship includes building a relationship with an adult mentor. After the fellows acquire 7 months of foundational learning in the program, mentors will meet once monthly with their mentee. In the action phase the mentor relationship supports the design and implementation of the fellow’s impact project.

The goals of mentoring include:

  • Building intergenerational connections

  • Providing fellows with caring guidance throughout the program and beyond

  • Ensuring fellow has an ally in their community to support success in their impact project

Summer Retreat

While the majority of the fellowship will take place through video gatherings, we believe in the power of being together in a shared space. In the Summer of 2026 Fellows will travel to Northern California for a week-long retreat.

Goals of the summer retreat include:

  • Strengthening connections by gathering together in-person

  • Intensive project planning with the support of teachers and peers

  • Applying concepts of Jewish ecology through experiential outdoor learning

  • Deepening our sense of Jewish connection by celebrating Shabbat together 

Impact Project

Einayich Yonim is about seeing anew, and also about taking action towards that new vision. In the second half of the program participants will begin to think about how to apply their inner journey of learning and growth to their engagement with the wider world.

Goals of the impact project include:

  • Empowering fellows to move from reflection and vision to action and impact

  • Giving fellows the chance to express the value of action in their own unique way

  • Helping fellows understand that they are not alone as they work to make a difference