Steven Jacobson

Raised in a Chicago suburb, Steven M. Jacobson holds degrees from the University of Kansas and Brandeis University and was a Fellow of the Melton Center for Diaspora Jewish Education at Hebrew University where he had the privilege of being in the last class of renowned Torah educator Nechama Leibowitz, just prior to her death.

Steve has been Director of the University of Kansas Hillel Foundation, Project Director for a curricular initiative of the Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service at Brandeis University and has been at the Dorot Foundation since 1999, where he is Vice President for Strategy and Director of the Dorot Fellowship in Israel.

Additionally, Steve has taught courses relating to International Jewish Communal Service and has been a consultant to a variety of nascent-stage Jewish initiatives. He currently serves on the advisory boards of Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, Shma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility, and the Rhode Island Jewish Federation’s Strategic Planning Partnership.

Steve lives in Providence with his wife and two daughters.