Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin is a rising 4th year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he is also pursuing a masters degree in Hebrew Bible. He is returning from an emotional and enriching year in Israel as a visiting student at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem. He enjoyed mentoring and learning with gap year students this past year as the Rabbinic Intern/Spiritual Advisor for the 43rd cohort of Nativ. While in Israel, Jacob also was privileged to participate in a variety of programs with Pardes, the Shalom Hartman Institute, and Hadar Israel. During his first two years of JTS rabbinical school, Jacob worked at Cornell Hillel as the Rabbinic Intern.
Jacob is involved in various interfaith activities, for which he was awarded a Milstein Center Fellowship, and he is a leader in JTS’s Dayenu Circle for Climate Action. Prior to starting at JTS, Jacob worked in Jewish social services at DOROT, where he served as the Facilitator of Intergenerational Programming. Summer 2024 will be his fifth summer working at Camp Ramah; he is serving as the Senior Jewish Educator at Ramah NorCal this summer. Jacob is proud of his origins in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he was born and raised and even stayed close by for college at Stanford University.
Jacob was married to his partner Shira, a graduate student at Columbia in social work, this August. Jacob and Shira love seeing Broadway shows, strolling through Central Park, and constantly trying to beat their previous records of how many friends they can fit in their apartment for Shabbat meals. They are really excited to get to know the Shomrei community! Outside of his diverse Jewish and academic interests, in his free time, Jacob enjoys being outside whenever possible, reading the New Yorker, and exploring new vegan recipes. He cannot wait to start his Resnick internship at Shomrei Emunah and looks forward to meeting as many congregants as possible.
About the Pearl and Jack Resnick Internship Program:
During year four at the Jewish Theological Seminary, students are required to work in a rabbinic setting for approximately 15 hours per week. Resnick interns also visit their congregations one Shabbat per month. The work is done under a mentor and includes supervision and seminars at JTS. In recognition of the generous support of Pearl and Jack Resnick, the program is known as the Pearl and Jack Resnick Internship Program.
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- Shomrei Welcomes Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin, 4th Year JTS Student - Wed, Aug 28, 2024
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