Be a mentor and transform two lives: yours and theirs.
Your personal and professional experience, combined with the Torah’s timeless wisdom, can inspire a young Jew.
- Add meaning and value to someone’s everyday life in just 30 minutes a week.
- Help them apply Jewish wisdom to their modern-day challenges.
- Go on your own journey of personal introspection and growth.
Embark on a journey of meaningful connection with a young Jew to help them navigate the complexities of life.
Meet them weekly for 30 minutes to help them explore their Jewish identity and work through their personal and professional pain points and questions. Prepare to be astonished at the relationship you’ll build and the impact you’ll make. Here’s how it works:
Sign Up
Use this short form to sign up.
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This helps us match you with the perfect mentee.
Get Matched
Meet your mentee and embark on an initial 10-week structured program.
Connect
Connect with other mentors, our inspirational speakers and educators, and more.
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Hear some short soundbites from Olami mentors in recent months.
FAQs
Even the most successful people have mentors who contribute to their growth. The goal of
the Olami mentorship community is to connect our mentees with someone who has walked
the path before them and can offer guidance and support as they navigate their own growth
journey.
Olami Mentorship focuses on the full 360 degrees of life, so no topic is off limits. We
encourage mentees to discuss work, relationships, family, Jewish identity, and more.
Mentorship is available to growth-oriented students and young professionals who are
associated with a participating Olami Mentorship branch. Click here to find an Olami branch near you.
We have curated content for your initial 10 weekly sessions to help you and your mentee
really get to know each other. It’s deep, it’s meaningful, it’s thought provoking and insightful. Together with your mentee, you can focus on personal identity, setting goals for the future, and considering the values that guide your choices along your journey.
You can meet in person or online – whatever works for you – for 30 minutes once a week. Our mentorship program includes an initial 10 weeks of sessions complemented by local
mentorship events. We hope the weekly sessions and events will set the foundation for a more long-term, meaningful relationship with your mentee. Feel free to meet your mentee for coffee, invite them for shabbat, or welcome them into your life in whichever way you feel comfortable.
Your typical Jewish life can inspire mentees, even if you’re not a teacher or educator. Our
mentors are professionals from across multiple industries with real life experience that offer meaningful conversation, authentic connection and personal growth.
Your responses to our form will help us identify a well-suited match. Our Mentorship team carefully reviews all mentee applications and will match you based on the alignment of many categories. We look at your personal and professional interests as well as what each mentee is looking to gain from mentorship.
Our mentees apply on a rolling basis so we will be in touch as soon as we have a mentee in mind for you! We appreciate that your life is very busy, and we will reach out to see if you are still able to dedicate the time. Once you agree, we will introduce you to your mentee on an introductory Zoom. After the kick-off call, you are welcome to schedule your own ongoing meetings directly with your mentee, at a time that is convenient for you both.
Mentors are evaluated based on industry, upbringing, Jewish affiliation, hobbies and
interests, location, life-stage, personality and shared life experiences.
We know that taking this on can be a rewarding challenge, but a challenge, nonetheless.
That’s why our team is here for you every step of the way. We have two dedicated educators who are leading this initiative with a combined 50+ years of educational experience: Rabbi
Shlomo Landau, Director of Community Mentorship and Jordana Baruchov, Associate
Director of Community Mentorship are here to support you throughout the journey – from onboarding to selecting educational resources, and to navigating complex situations. They can be reached via phone or WhatsApp.
If you got this far and still have questions that we didn’t address, then we’d love to chat with you. You can email Rabbi Shlomo Landau at slandau@olami.org or Jordana Baruchov at jbaruchov@olami.org.
