Tikvah is a leading Jewish think tank and educational institution committed to supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish State. Tikvah runs and invests in a wide range of initiatives in Israel, the United States, and around the world, including educational programs, publications, and fellowships.

Current Opportunities:
Development Associate
Assistant Director, Jewish Parents Forum
Millstone Scholars Program Faculty: Part Time – Westport, CT
Millstone Scholars Program Faculty: Part Time – Redwood City, CA


Development Associate

Tikvah is a leading Jewish think tank and educational institution committed to supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish State. Tikvah runs a wide range of initiatives in America and Israel including educational programs, publications, and fellowships.

The Development Associate is a frontline fundraising role, responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of donors while supporting development initiatives including fundraising events, and campaigns. This position has a direct impact on Tikvah’s financial and operational success.

Major duties and responsibilities include

  • Maintain a personal portfolio of entry-level Tikvah Society donors and prospects (annual gifts around $2,000).
  • Serve as the primary relationship manager for this portfolio of prospects, developing and implementing a strategy for these accounts.
  • Set and regularly revise projections for all budgeted donors.
  • Communicate with donor portfolio via face-to-face meetings, emails, phone calls, and Zoom meetings.
  • Identify new Tikvah Society prospects by calling, emailing, and mailing lower-level donors and subscribers within Tikvah’s larger database.
  • Track all donor interactions in Salesforce and maintain accurate portfolio data, updating addresses, emails, and names as needed.
  • Review weekly development report package.
  • Log all pledges into Salesforce and collect payment in a timely manner.
  • Support department’s strategic engagements including events, direct mail campaigns, email campaigns, etc.
  • Attend Tikvah’s events and other networking opportunities.
  • Ensure proper donor recognition in all publications and oversee accurate donor lists for those publications.
  • Regularly read Tikvah’s educational materials, participate in events, and take a proactive role in understanding Tikvah’s many programs in the US and Israel.

Requirements

  • 1-3 years of professional experience.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft office suite.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally and manage up.
  • Working knowledge of Tikvah’s work and alignment with the mission.

The Development Associate will be a member of the development team and is expected to perform the above duties with a high degree of autonomy and independence.

The compensation range is $70,000-$100,000, commensurate with experience and skill. The Development Associate will be eligible for a performance-based bonus. Excellent benefits package including health insurance, 401K plan, paid vacation, paid time off for Jewish and national holidays, and short Fridays.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Human Resources at hr@tikvahfund.org. Only applicants who submit both a resume and cover letter will be considered.


Assistant Director, Jewish Parents Forum

Reports To: Executive Director, Jewish Parents Forum
Position Type: Full-Time
Location: Our main offices are in midtown Manhattan. We will consider all candidates from Eastern time zone in United States. Options for remote or in person employment.

Tikvah is a leading Jewish think tank and educational institution committed to supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish State. Tikvah runs a wide range of initiatives in America and Israel including educational programs, publications, and fellowships.

The Jewish Parents Forum (JPF) is a program of Tikvah that convenes thousands 10k+ parents for monthly lectures, briefings and parlor meetings on the key issues facing Jewish parents today. JPF works directly with educational and lay leaders of Jewish day schools around the country to consult on issues that lie at the nexus of schools and homes. Over the past year, JPF has spearheaded a national movement to encourage Jewish schools to adopt healthier technology policies, with a focus on cell phone-free schools and culture change.

JPF is looking for a mission-aligned, self-starter to join the team. Candidates should have excellent organizational, analytical, writing, editing, and communication skills plus a strong interest in Jewish education and thought, and demonstrated leadership skills. This person will represent JPF and Tikvah publicly so he/she should be comfortable with public speaking and speaking with high-profile individuals. We are looking for someone to support data collection and analysis, communications, event planning, general program management, and to be a thought partner as we scale and grow JPF nationally.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Program Management
    • Draft and manage communication with participants, families and schools.
    • Assist in designing and producing materials for JPF.
    • Plan and execute JPF events.
    • Support the launch of new JPF initiatives including planning, grant writing and project management.
  • Relationships Building
    • Communicate on behalf of JPF Executive Director with JPF stakeholders via face-to-face meetings, emails, phone calls, and Zoom meetings.
    • Conduct regular in-person and Zoom focus groups for parents across the country to stay up to date on most pressing challenges they face.
    • Identify and attend relevant Jewish communal conferences and gatherings.
  • Data Management
    • High level use of Salesforce, FormAssembly, Excel, Canva software and platforms
    • Keep data clean and accurate in relation to all activities.
    • Analyze data for trends and for strategic planning.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher
  • Experience using platforms such as Salesforce, Excel and FormAssembly
  • Experience with a LMS such as Canvas or equivalent
  • Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills
  • Advanced interpersonal and relationship building skills
  • Passion for excellence in Jewish education
  • Demonstrated leadership skills
  • Thrives in a fast-paced work environment

The compensation range is $65,000-$85,000, commensurate with experience and skill. Tikvah offers an excellent benefits package including health insurance, 401K plan, paid vacation, paid time off for Jewish and national holidays, and short Fridays.

Interested candidates should submit ALL of the following to Human Resources at hr@tikvahfund.org for consideration:

  • Resume
  • Cover letter
  • Short writing sample


Millstone Scholars Program Faculty: Part Time – Westport, CT

What is the Millstone Scholars Program?
The Millstone Scholars program provides 7th and 8th graders — drawn from public and secular independent schools — the opportunity to study Jewish and Zionist history and ideas at the highest level. Now in its third year, the Millstone program is continuing to expand nationally and will operate in over 25 locations around the country this fall.

Millstone students come together in person every week for the entire academic year. They participate in seminar-style, discussion-based classes with fellow young Jews eager to rediscover their own Jewish history and heritage in an intellectually serious way. We say to B’nai Mitzvah: Here is the full tapestry of your Jewish story — enter the narrative, debate with the greatest leaders of your rightful history, and claim it as your own.

About the Role:
Tikvah’s Millstone Scholars Program is searching for a part-time faculty member to serve as the instructor for a group of students in Westport, CT beginning the end of October.

Students will be meeting and learning together in person on Mondays from 7:00- 8:15 PM.

We are looking for an experienced teacher with knowledge of Jewish History and Zionism. The faculty member must be comfortable teaching students of diverse Jewish backgrounds.

This is an excellent opportunity for a current classroom teacher, university professor, or graduate student.

The curriculum we’ve designed is built around three core trimesters:

  • Fall – The Foundational Ideas of the Jewish People
    Students explore the foundational stories and ideas of the Jewish people — the faith and moral vision of Abraham, the founding of God’s nation by Moses, the political leadership of David and Esther, the Jewish map of the human soul offered by thinkers like Rabbi Akiva and Maimonides.
  • Winter – Zionism: The Great Leaders Who Built the Jewish State
    In the second trimester, students focus on the remarkable story of modern Zionism. We discover how Jews preserved the longing for Zion throughout centuries of exile, and then study the heroic men and women who created the modern state of Israel: visionaries like Herzl and Rav Kook, statesmen like Jabotinsky and Ben-Gurion, moral leaders like Menachem Begin and Natan Sharansky. We also explore the defining moments—like the recovery of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War—that changed Jewish history forever.
  • Spring – Land of Hope: The Jewish Meaning of America
    Our third trimester is devoted to the Jewish experience in America. Students learn how Hebraic ideas shaped the founding of our exceptional nation, and how Jews have been woven into the fabric of American democracy, from the colonial era to the modern age: from Jonas Phillips’s bold defense of religious freedom to Emma Lazarus’s poetry of American liberty, from the Zionist leadership of Justice Brandeis to the incredible victory of the Soviet Jewry movement. Our Millstone students emerge as proud champions of the American spirit.

The salary range for this position is $10,000 – $12,000, dependent on experience.

To apply, please submit both a CV and a Cover Letter to Dr. Dodie Katz at dkatz@tikvahfund.org.


Millstone Scholars Program Faculty: Part Time – Redwood City, CA

What is the Millstone Scholars Program?
The Millstone Scholars program provides 7th and 8th graders — drawn from public and secular independent schools — the opportunity to study Jewish and Zionist history and ideas at the highest level. Now in its third year, the Millstone program is continuing to expand nationally and will operate in over 25 locations around the country this fall.

Millstone students come together in person every week for the entire academic year. They participate in seminar-style, discussion-based classes with fellow young Jews eager to rediscover their own Jewish history and heritage in an intellectually serious way. We say to B’nai Mitzvah: Here is the full tapestry of your Jewish story — enter the narrative, debate with the greatest leaders of your rightful history, and claim it as your own.

About the Role:
Tikvah’s Millstone Scholars Program is searching for a part time faculty member to serve as the instructor for a group of students in Redwood City, CA beginning the end of October.

Students will be meeting and learning together in person from 4-5:30 PM on Tuesdays.

We are looking for an experienced teacher with knowledge of Jewish History and Zionism. The faculty member must be comfortable teaching students of diverse Jewish backgrounds.

This is an excellent opportunity for a current classroom teacher, university professor, or graduate student.

The curriculum we’ve designed is built around three core trimesters:

  • Fall – The Foundational Ideas of the Jewish People
    Students explore the foundational stories and ideas of the Jewish people — the faith and moral vision of Abraham, the founding of God’s nation by Moses, the political leadership of David and Esther, the Jewish map of the human soul offered by thinkers like Rabbi Akiva and Maimonides.
  • Winter – Zionism: The Great Leaders Who Built the Jewish State
    In the second trimester, students focus on the remarkable story of modern Zionism. We discover how Jews preserved the longing for Zion throughout centuries of exile, and then study the heroic men and women who created the modern state of Israel: visionaries like Herzl and Rav Kook, statesmen like Jabotinsky and Ben-Gurion, moral leaders like Menachem Begin and Natan Sharansky. We also explore the defining moments—like the recovery of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War—that changed Jewish history forever.
  • Spring – Land of Hope: The Jewish Meaning of America
    Our third trimester is devoted to the Jewish experience in America. Students learn how Hebraic ideas shaped the founding of our exceptional nation, and how Jews have been woven into the fabric of American democracy, from the colonial era to the modern age: from Jonas Phillips’s bold defense of religious freedom to Emma Lazarus’s poetry of American liberty, from the Zionist leadership of Justice Brandeis to the incredible victory of the Soviet Jewry movement. Our Millstone students emerge as proud champions of the American spirit.

The salary range for this position is $10,000 – $12,000, dependent on experience.

To apply, please submit both a CV and a Cover Letter to Dr. Dodie Katz at dkatz@tikvahfund.org.

Tikvah is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to an inclusive work environment, and we welcome a diverse pool of candidates for all searches.