Jackson Mercer

Education

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  Terra Linda High School

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  Rothberg International School

  2015 - 2015

  Nachshon Fellow, BJE Lainer Fellows Jewish/Judaic Studies

  In conjunction with the Israel Experience, participated as a Nachshon Fellow studying Jewish Leadership and Experiential Jewish Education.

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  University of California, Los Angeles

  2014 - 2016

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) cum laude Jewish Studies

  Activities and Societies: Hillel, Residential TV, On The Hill Social Media, Bruins for Israel, UCLA Bayit Active in Hillel at UCLA as a member of Hillel Student Leadership as the Reboot Intern and part of Shabbat Team, leading the Bruins B'yachad (Reform/Conservative) minyan, as well as functioning as the Jewish Learning Fellowship's Intern for both the "Life's Big Questions" track as well as the "Judaism and Creation" arts track A member of the UCLA Cohort at 2015 Shalom Hartman Institute's iEngage Program in Jerusalem. Active in UCLA's Ha'Am Student Newspaper as a staff writer and in the… Show more Active in Hillel at UCLA as a member of Hillel Student Leadership as the Reboot Intern and part of Shabbat Team, leading the Bruins B'yachad (Reform/Conservative) minyan, as well as functioning as the Jewish Learning Fellowship's Intern for both the "Life's Big Questions" track as well as the "Judaism and Creation" arts track A member of the UCLA Cohort at 2015 Shalom Hartman Institute's iEngage Program in Jerusalem. Active in UCLA's Ha'Am Student Newspaper as a staff writer and in the Westwood Bayit.Recipient of Hillel at UCLA's Nachshon Award for Innovation for risk taking and pioneering change in student programming. Directed research under Professor Mark Kligman at UCLA in Ethnomusicology, specifically Jewish Music in America culminating in project on Music at Ramah summer camps. Show less

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  Hebrew College

  2017 - 2024

  Rabbinical School Rabbinical Studies
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  Hebrew College

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  Rabbinical School
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  College of Marin

  2012 - 2014

  Associate of Arts (A.A.) History Dean's List (4x)