Jewish Student Advisor

## Jewish Student Advisor Apply:
Smith College:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
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Job Description
** Job Summary
** Oversee Jewish Life on Campus, provide advising and guidance in an extraordinarily diverse campus environment that is multi-faith, pluralistic, and secular, in which community members access Jewishness through both religious and secular means. Be a resource for all Jewish students of varied backgrounds, affiliations, political, and cultural identities. Preside over Jewish religious services. Collaborate with director and CRSL team to promote initiatives in the areas of interfaith collaboration, spiritual flourishing, religious literacy, contemplative practice, ethical reflection.

Implement a wide range of activities and educational opportunities for student religious practice, spiritual development, cultural identity formation, and other areas which promote well-being. Help students build essential capacities in alignment with Smith’s strategic plan, such as self-awareness and the ability to engage across difference.

* Take appropriate actions to support a diverse workforce and participate in the College's efforts to create a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming work environment.
* ** Essential Functions*
* ** Oversee Jewish Life (65%):
*** Provide spiritual counsel and religious guidance for all Jewish students of varying levels and types of observations of Judaism.
* Organize and lead weekly Shabbat prayers and major Jewish holidays (such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Pesach, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah), and give dvar torah reflections throughout the year as needed.
* Provide religious leadership and pulpit leadership on major holidays (provide or seek out and oversee pulpit support as needed).
* Plan and execute meaningful religious services for community.
* Help students navigate the challenges and opportunities of being a religious and cultural minority.
* Facilitate dialogue between groups when there may be tension.
* Provide education to the wider community on legacies and contemporary realities of antisemitism, making and suggesting best intervention strategies.
* Consult with CRSL staff about issues of importance to the Jewish community.
* Provide pastoral care to non-Jewish as well as Jewish students and help facilitate other CRSL Programs related to CRSL mission such as center-wide efforts in support of human rights in higher education and beyond.
* Collaborate with local community on programs related to Jewish life.
* Model savviness in engaging across differences of perspective and identity with a wide range of constituents, including not only students but also administration, campus leadership, alums, prospective students and their communities/families.
* Collaborate with CRSL staff on broader CRSL efforts and programs.
* Provide outreach and spiritual care to Jewish students.
* Provide education and engagement opportunities to a wide range of religious orientations.
* Liase with faculty from the Religious and Jewish Studies Department as well as other departments when there are intersecting goals.
* Oversee Kosher Kitchen and help supervise cooks, consult with dining about kosher needs.
* Oversee other aspects of adherence to Jewish law and ritual.
* Liaise with students who elect not to participate in Jewish life at Smith to ensure that their religious needs are met within the broader community.
* Eagerness to partner with local synagogues.
* Eagerness to partner with Jewish student professionals at MHC, Amherst, and at UMass-Hillel and to engage Smith students with regional, national, and international Jewish student networks,…