Hillel Connections is a program designed to attract Jewish college students to Birmingham, allowing them opportunities to develop personal, mentoring, and professional relationships with our community at large. An eight-week immersive summer internship program enables them to envision living in Birmingham as a young professional, and to consider looking for employment opportunities here after graduation; BJF feels this is a cornerstone of ensuring our Jewish future.

We are grateful to the Birmingham Jewish Federation, Birmingham Jewish Foundation, The Grafman Endowment Fund of Temple-Emanu-El, the Levite Jewish Community Center, and several visionary individual donors who have invested in our future by previous and current support of this program. Of the 20 students that have completed the program, 4 continued to work during the following school year, seven currently live in Birmingham, and seven are still in school or in post-grad programs and have expressed interest in returning (with the potential to bring at least 3 Jewish significant others with them).

Each week, we will “showcase” student(s) interested in joining our HC 2022 summer program; EMPLOYERS are needed to offer summer internships. Please review and reach out if you can help NETWORK on behalf of these talented students. They are bright, efficient, and willing to work!

If you know of a potential employer for these students, please have them reach out to us at hillel.connections@gmail.com or text Roxanne at (205) 907-2531. A detailed resume and further information can be provided if that would be helpful before you make the contact.

Emily B. is a Wake Forest Sophomore majoring in Communications with a minor in Creative Writing. She currently is a staff writer for the university newspaper and excels at public speaking and writing. Opportunities in the publishing industry and/or PR, Marketing fields, especially with regard to Brand Image are desired.

Hailey S. is a University of South Carolina Sophomore from Atlanta. She is a Mass Communications major with a minor in Jewish Studies. She is involved as an Events and Information assistant, scheduling and marketing campus events as well as is VP of Communications and Media for Hillel. PR and social media opportunities are desired.