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Holocaust Educator School Partnership Internship (HESP)

Museum of Jewish Heritage
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The Holocaust Educator School Partnership is a paid internship program at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City for undergraduate and graduate students currently studying in the New York tri-state area. Interns are trained on how to teach the history of the Holocaust and then work with middle and high school students in public schools to understand this history. The due date to apply for the Fall 2025 semester is by 5 PM on May 9, 2025. The dates for the next training are August 4-15, 2025, with a short break on August 9-10. 

ELIGIBILITY CHECKLIST
-Will you be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student during the semester of your internship?

-Is your college within a two-hour distance of New York City, or located in Connecticut and New Jersey?

-Do you have a minimum of one full weekday per week to commit to the program (October through December 2025)?

-Will you be fully available for the training session in August 2025?

Compensation
Interns are paid on a stipend basis. Payment is provided as follows:

Pre-Visit Presentations: $60 per presentation delivered. These are typically facilitated by two interns. However, if only one intern is available to lead the presentation, they will receive $120 for that session.

Museum Tours: $60 per tour of the museum gallery led by the intern.

Internship Timeline:

Paid Training: ($30/hr)

  • Start Date: Monday, August 11, 2025
  • End Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
  • Duration: 10 consecutive days of paid training
  • Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage (On-Site)
  • Training will prepare interns to lead pre-visit presentations and facilitate gallery tours.

Regular Semester Schedule:

  • Start Date: Monday, September 1, 2025
  • End Date: Monday, December 15, 2025
  • Interns will begin delivering presentations and tours as scheduled throughout the fall semester.
  • Flexible scheduling will be coordinated based on intern availability and program needs.
  • Interns must provide one day of availability for the entire semester.

Application Process

-Make sure to fill out our application in addition to the Handshake application → https://mjhnyc.wufoo.com/forms/m1d8uze602si0mw/ 

-If you have any additional questions, please reach out to our Internship Programs Coordinator, Anthony Steed → asteed@mjhnyc.org