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Membership Committee

The Membership Committee maintains contact with national Rabbinic and Cantorial associations and schools of all denominations and provides information (and applications) about the NAJC and its services.

Membership is open to any person serving as a Jewish Chaplain in an institutional or agency setting, as well as others who share a commitment to the values and goals of NAJC. A variety of membership categories are available, reflecting the diversity of experience and involvement of the membership body.

Membership Categories

NAJC welcomes all who share in the vision, mission and goals of the organizations. Interested persons may choose to join and support either as a Member (Regular, Certified, or Retired) or as an Affiliate.

Membership categories and criteria may be found at Member Categories

All Members and Affiliates receive the NAJC mailings (including the Newsletter) and may attend the NAJC Annual Convention and other meetings as convened.

Members only are eligible to vote or hold office in NAJC. Members also receive access to the members only section of the web-site, and can participate in the rapid response hotline and the list-serve for instant messages. For more information or a membership application contact .

Download Member Dues Form

Download Application to join NAJC (see notes below)

  • Please be sure to specify on the form the specific category of that application.
  • The form is applicable to all categories:
  • Certified, Corporate Member, Member, Affiliate, Student Affiliate, Retired Member, Israeli Member, or Military

Certification Requirements

The National Association of Jewish Chaplains certifies qualified individuals as Jewish Chaplains. This certification is analogous to the professional recognition by other national pastoral care organizations. Some Jewish Chaplains will seek certification by more than one association depending upon the individual's professional goals.

  • Basic Certification requirements can be found on page 2 of Member Categories
  • The Certification Handbook and Application form can be found at: Handbook

  • Once Certified, all certified members are required to follow the continuing education requirements.

All Certified Members are required to follow the Continuing Education and Peer Review policies and reporting guidelines.

Use the MEMBER LOGIN and go to DOCUMENTS page to access these documents

Conference and Publications

files/content/NAJC_Newsletter_June2009.pdf2009 CONFERENCE

Spiritual Care Summit ‘09

Health and Hope:

The Hard Reality of Living Intentionally in a Village of Care

 was held February 1 – 4, 2009 in Orlando, Florida

Over 1800 Chaplaincy professionals shared in

social, educational, worship and celebrations of spirit

For follow-up information and papers from many of the presentations

check out the website of the 

Spiritual Care Collaborative

See pictures from the conference

2010 CONFERENCE

January 10-13, 2010
Boston, MA

Theme

Hinuch, Education: Rededicating the Sacred Through Learning, Reflecting, and Acting

NAJC NEWSLETTER

The NAJC conducts an annual Conference, provides a Journal and a quarterly newsletter, and publishes special member-only on-line documents and discussion threads. Topics cover the broad range of interests of Jewish Chaplaincy.

Monthly features include: President's message, Certification news, Events, Regional activities, Member news

Special Articles include (and much more):

Pastoral Care & Epidemics: A Hospital Chaplain's Preliminary Thoughts;

Organ Donations Affirm Jewish Values

Read an electronic version of the most recent Newsletter:

June 2009 (pdf)

Members Only Area

All members of the NAJC receive on-line access to:

  • Application to join the Listener and Speaker Resource Center
  • Job postings and information
  • Special articles of interest
  • Documents of specific concern to NAJC members

Members may access these at Members Area after Login