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Diller Teen Fellows
A Year To Impact A Lifetime
Applications for the 2025-2026 Cohort will open on March 24, 2025.
Diller Teen Fellows is a prestigious yearlong fellowship for high school students interested in exploring topics in leadership, Jewish identity, social justice, and Israel. The Diller program operates in 32 communities in North America, South Africa, Australia, South America, Europe, and Israel to develop future generations of active, effective leaders with strong Jewish identities, commitment to the Jewish people, and a passion for Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World). Pittsburgh launched its first cohort in 2008 in partnership with Pittsburgh’s Partnership Together region in Israel: Karmiel, Misgav.
The Diller Teen Fellows program consists of Sunday workshops once to twice a month, three overnight Shabbatonim (Shabbat weekend retreats), a 10-day home-hosted exchange with our Israeli partnership community, and a 3-week transformative Summer trip in Israel.
The Diller Teen Fellowship is open to Jewish high schoolers in 10th and 11th grades.
We encourage Jews from all backgrounds to apply. Whether you keep kosher or love bacon, speak Hebrew, or have never been to synagogue, you are Jewish enough for Diller.
The Pittsburgh Diller Teen Fellows program is generously supported by the Helen Diller Family Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
Program Highlights:
In each participating community, a cohort of up to twenty teens (10th and 11th grade) is selected through an application and interview process. As a member of the Pittsburgh Cohort, you will experience and collaborate on:
- 13 Sunday afternoon workshops
- Tikkun olam/social action initiatives
- Three Shabbatonim/weekend retreats
- The opportunity to host Israeli teens from our partner community in the spring
- Israel Summer Seminar with Fellows from around the globe (32 participating communities)
Is the Diller Teen Fellows Program Right for Me?
We encourage people to apply from all races, socio-economic backgrounds, sexual and gender identities, and ranges of Jewish practices and beliefs.
Applicants to the program must:
– Be a Jewish teen residing in the Greater Pittsburgh area
– Be in their 10th or 11th year of high school during the program year (applications apply during their 9th and 10th grade year)
– Have a desire to become a leader and grow into their own potential
– Be dedicated to Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World)
– Be interested in exploring their Jewish identity
Program Cost:
The program fee for the entire year, including all weekend programming, overnight experiences, and travel to Israel, is $3,600.
Socio-economic status or finances should never be a reason not to apply. Need-based scholarships are available, and they are often flexible to address the diverse needs of the Pittsburgh Jewish community.
Applications for the 2025-2026 cohort will open on March 24, 2025.
Visit Diller Teen Fellows for more information about the international and global program.
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