Over 70 Yeshiva College and Stern students attend CJF's “Avodat Hakodesh: A Jewish Education Evening” Apr 2, 2010 -- Over 70 Yeshiva College and Stern students gathered at the Schenk Shul before the Passover break to hear about the diverse field of Jewish education. The Center for the Jewish Future’s (CJF) “Avodat Hakodesh: A Jewish Education Evening” offered an intimate setting for students to learn about graduate school options at Yeshiva University and about the possible career pathways they can open within the world of chinuch. Students sat in small groups with the deans of Azrieli, Revel, RIETS, Wurzweiler and the Masters Program in Advanced Biblical and Talmudic Interpretation and had the opportunity to ask questions about their respective schools. The deans were paired with young professionals in the field of chinuch who hold degrees from the respective programs; they spoke about how their education helped them establish themselves in the field and answered questions about the realities of being a Jewish educator. The evening opened with a D’var Torah and introduction by Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the David Mitzner Dean of the CJF, and closed with practical guidelines for finding Rabbinic and teaching placements led by the CJF’s Rabbi Ronald Schwarzberg and the Institute for University-School Partnership’s Joey Small. Most of the students in attendance were participants in the most recent CJF Alternative Winter Break Programs, supported by the Jim Joseph Foundation and the Repair the World Foundation. In fact, the impetus for this program came from a group of Stern students who had attended the Shabbat 2010 trip to Israel. Inspired by the people they met and the experiential education in which they were engaged, several students approached Rabbi Brander for help in finding out how they could head down a similar career path. Two months later, the “Avodat HaKodesh” evening took place, and these students and their peers were presented with the various opportunities available to them through Yeshiva University, whatever their career aspirations might be.