Certificate Description
- Jewish Innovation Unbound – half credit
- Business Model Canvas or Havrutah – one credit
- Clergy Entrepreneur Series or Havrutah – one credit
- Synagogue Engagement Series – up to eight credits (half and one credit options available)
- Non-Profit Ready – one credit
This will help you in:
- “Reality Checking” your Business Model and assumptions, making adjustments to the business model as needed
- Designing a budget and looking at funding/fundraising options
- Designing the minimal viable products and/or services you seek to provide and making adjustments to those products/services
- Business process development
- Branding and media, including designing a website and social media
- Creating a team (board, staff, volunteers, etc.) and project launch
Once the project has been launched, the student will receive their certificate.
While these mentor meetings and subsequent work by your mentor to help grow your project are our core offering, none of this is possible unless you as student are willing to put in the time outside these meetings to make your vision come true.
Typical Meeting Times & Availability
Monday-Friday, 8AM-4PM Eastern (earlier during winter due to Shabbat)
Getting Started
Reach out to Rabbi Patrick Beaulier, Innovation Program Director
FAQ
How many credits can I receive for this certificate?
There is one additional credits for the certificate beyond what a student receives from taking the prerequisite courses.
How long is this program?
The certificate takes six months once the prerequisites have been met.
What is the program’s cost?
The prerequisites are included free at PRS. The final mentorship for this certificate is $600.
Is there a ceremony/graduation of any kind?
For rabbinical students who complete their certificate by their smicha date, the certificate will be presented to them at the ordination ceremony. Those already ordained who wish to receive their certificate may receive it at a smicha ceremony of their choosing. Other students may receive their certificate in the mail.
I am a previous student at PRS and have completed the once-required Innovation courses before this certificate came available. May I receive this certificate? What courses overlap with the new requirements?
Yes! Students would receive credit for the previously required courses. These students would need to take Nonprofit Ready (a free course for students and alumni). From there, alumni would take the mentoring with Rabbi Patrick toward the certificate.
When do mentor meetings happen, and how?
Students will meet virtually with Rabbi Patrick on a schedule convenient for both of them.
When does the program start?
The program is on a rolling basis and students may begin at any time starting May 1, 2025.
