Work With Us!
Kadima currently has several faculty positions available for the 5782 (2021/22) school year. See below for details! We are seeking energetic and creative teachers to join our team of committed, collaborative, passionate, justice-seeking Jewish educators. Current open positions:
Timeline |
Shabbat School starts in on October 2nd, and the first day a musical liturgist would be needed is October 9th. We are moving quickly -- please email with interest as soon as possible!
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Organizational Context
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Kadima Reconstructionist Community is building a progressive community of inclusion, social justice, and Jewish tradition for Jews and our allies. Kadima's youth and family programs empower individuals to be the Jewish leaders in their own lives and households. We aim to enable young people and their families to understand and celebrate Jewish identity, experience a diversity of Jewish practice and informed living, and foster skill-building in our intergenerational Jewish community and outside of it. More information about our Shabbat School, Tuesday School, and B’mitzvah programs can be found on Youth Programs page.
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Antioppression Commitment |
Kadima has signed onto the Not Free to Desist letter (or see the Seattle-specific letter) and made a commitment to “reimagine our collective Jewish covenant, centering racial justice and equity.” We are also committed to creating a more equitable organization through our work to undo cisheteronormativity and classism and deepen our disability justice work. We are actively involved in a long process of examining and recreating our workplace practices, educational curriculums, programming, and more. We are excited to bring these job opportunities to our communities through a lens of equity and intersectional antioppression, bringing in new voices to support our work to move us closer to a culture of collective liberation.
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A Note on Current Events |
We are currently planning on running our youth and family programming with a multi-access approach: Shabbat School will be in-person (and outside as needed), Tuesday School will be online, and we will work with families who need to figure out alternatives while still staying enrolled and involved. That said, we are aware there is still uncertainty about where the pandemic will take us come the fall. The jobs outlined below are reflective of our current plan, and we are also aware we may need to pivot quickly in any number of directions. We are grateful for your flexibility as we figure it out together and adapt as we need to!
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Vaccination Requirement |
We are requiring all teachers to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by October 1, 2021, with the exception of several specific medical conditions, to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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To Apply |
Please send a resume and brief cover letter specifying which position(s) you are applying for and explaining why you feel excited about and qualified for them to Mollie Wolf, Kadima’s Director of Youth & Family Learning, at mollie@kadima.org.
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People of color, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, immigrants, formerly incarcerated people, people from poor and working class backgrounds, disabled people, and transgender, gender non-conforming, and Two-Spirit applicants are enthusiastically invited to apply to all positions.
Kadima does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender expression, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior contact with the criminal justice system, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Shabbat School Musical Liturgist
Position Overview |
This is a new position that will allow our program to integrate liturgy into our young people’s programs in a structured way, both supporting and informing the work that classroom teachers are doing with their cohorts. Our musical liturgists will lead Shabbat morning services designed specifically for young people on second Saturday mornings during the school year. We will collaboratively create young people’s services focused on Kadima’s liturgy while also creating a laboratory for young people to access many traditions of Jewish language and melody. Several positions are available, as we are creating a musical liturgist team to rotate through the dates listed below, and welcome applications from people who are excited to co-create the role together!
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Job Responsibilities |
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Desired Qualities
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Required Availability
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Selected second Saturday mornings from October 2021 through May 2022. (See dates for “Young People’s Services” on our our calendar.)
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Compensation |
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