Holocaust Educator School Partnership Internship (HESP)

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?

Schedule and Payment Information

-Interns must be able to provide at least one full day of availability every week consistently.

-Interns receive payment on a stipend basis. Interns will receive $60 for every pre-visit presentation delivered and $60 for every tour of the museum gallery given.

-Pre-visits are facilitated by two interns however, if there is only one intern giving the pre-visit presentation the intern will be paid double the usual rate ($120)

-The August training period will be paid training.

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