Movement for Progressive Judaism recruits campus ambassadors
Part time paid positions open to all current or soon-to-be students, who will work a few hours a week during term time
The Movement for Progressive Judaism has launched a new, paid student initiative: hiring campus ambassadors to help platform its message across universities.
The project is funded by some of the £2.2 million raised at the organisation’s inaugural dinner in December 2025, where more than 350 supporters celebrated the formal coming together of Liberal Judaism and the Movement for Reform Judaism .
Part-time ambassadors will be paid to act as a link between Progressive communities and their local university, as well as creating and hosting events on their campuses.
Zac Bates Fisher, MPJ’s student engagement officer, said the hiring is “directly empowering student leaders to take initiative and create the communities that they want to see.”
He added: “I have spent the last year travelling to different campuses and meeting students and, during that time, we have identified this real need to create and grow thriving student communities – both for today and to exist for many years to come.
“The late UJS president Alan Senitt famously said that he wanted ‘more Jewish students doing more Jewish things’, and I am confident that this will do just that.”
The campus ambassador roles are open to all current or soon-to-be students, with multiple positions available across universities around the UK and Ireland.
They will be recruited each academic year and will work for a couple of hours a week during term time. Their role will include putting on events for their peers, being a point of contact for MPJ’s 77 communities and representing Progressive Judaism within the wider student landscape.
The organisation’s co lead Rabbi Josh Levy said: “One of the four key missions of The Movement for Progressive Judaism is to inspire, connect and nurture future generations of Progressive Jews.
“By creating campus ambassadors we are meeting the needs of young people when they are outside of their families and congregations, as well as creating more ways for them to engage with their Judaism and the Jewish community.”
Applications close at midday on Monday 27 July.
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