Spring 2026 Masa Wilf Leadership Summit

The Masa Wilf Leadership Summit is a four-day learning experience for 60 post-college Masa Fellows, designed to strengthen leadership abilities, foster meaningful peer connections, and engage with pressing issues facing Israel and the global Jewish community.

What the Summit offers

An immersive four-day leadership experience
Learning through different environments, including home groups, peer case consultations, and exposure visits
Opportunities to practice leadership in real-time within complex systems

At the heart of the Summit is the Adaptive Leadership framework, developed by the Harvard Kennedy School. The program challenges traditional ideas of leadership by emphasizing responsibility, action, and learning over authority or position.

The Summit’s core leadership principles

Leadership is not a title, it is a practice
Leadership is about taking responsibility and acting as an effective agent of social change
Leadership is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and strengthened

All graduates of the Summit receive a certification in Adaptive Leadership from the Masa Leadership Center and the Kansas Leadership Center.

Dates: Monday, March 16 – Thursday, March 19

Location: Hotel Yehuda, Jerusalem

Applications open on Feb. 2, 2026 – Applications close on Feb. 16, 2026

Informational and Q&A Zoom Session (optional) for the spring Summit will take place on Feb. 9, 2026.

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A. D.

This has been one of the highlights of my time in Israel. I grew as a leader this week. I would consider this a turning point, and the reason being that I feel more confident in using my voice and exercising leadership

J. B

This was an intense 4 days of learning, growth, confusion, fun, and reward. I am leaving having practiced patience, trust, and with an open mind.

O. P

This week is not about teaching or telling you how to be a leader; it's about empowering you to lead, to problem solve, to be intentional

K. R

The Summit is designed to push you, pull you, and shape you into the most authentic and capable version of yourself. The journey strengthened my voice, my leadership, and what it means to serve others. I now understand that leadership is not a title you hold, it is a responsibility you carry.

Goals of the Summit:

Articulate a personal purpose for exercising leadership.
Apply the concepts of the Adaptive Leadership Framework.
Recognize the individual leadership muscle and learn to expand it.
Diagnose challenges and design experiment of effective intervention.

Eligibility Criteria:

Current post-college Masa Fellow participating in a program through March 2026
Able to actively participate and engage in discussions conducted in English
Able to attend the full four days of the Summit and participate in all sessions

*Hotel accommodation, transportation, meals, and tuition are fully covered by the Wilf Foundation for all accepted participants.