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Beyond Chai
Are you 18 - 23 and want to keep in touch with your Congregation Beth Torah family?
The Beyond Chai committee will send packages for the High Holidays, Hanukkah, and Passover to youth ages 18 - 23. Our program Coordinator, Jessica Shea, will be keeping in touch with our young adults through e-mails and newsletters and will also be creating special programs throughout the year.
Please e-mail Marcia at mrittmaster@beth-torah.org your child’s contact information including e-mail address, mailing address, and year in school or what they are doing whether that’s employment, internship, or travel abroad.
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PAID Internship Opportunity in Lawrence:
KU Hillel is looking for talented, passionate, responsible and mature students for paid internship opportunities in 2010/2011
Accounting
Campus Entrepreneur Initiative (CEI)
Communications (Social Networking, Publicity, PR/Media, Website/Email)
Date Management
Development/Fundraising
Freshman Enga...gement
Grinspoon Israel
MASA Israel Study Abroad
Senior Jewish Educator
Shabbat Administrative
Tzedek
To apply, or for more information, Contact: Jay Lewis at jlewis@kuhillel.org
(785) 749-5397. Applications are due by April 16, 2010
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
Israel: A Better Stimulus Plan
The job market, particularly for soon-to-be and recent college graduates, is as bad as it’s been in decades.
Masa Israel Journey offers terrific opportunities for young adults to spend 5-12 months in Israel studying, interning, volunteering, or developing their skills in just about any fie...ld: the arts, business, the environment, health, social justice, technology, and many others.
Visit the website to view program opportunities, grants and scholarships.
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
The Summer Institute
The Summer Institute is a unique one or two week long campus-based Jewish learning experience. For Philadelphia-based students it is an opportunity to complete a full course in one week. Students also enjoy breakfast, lunch and special programs. For Online students, the Summer Institute provides an ...opportunity to experience the Gratz College campus, engaging and learning with outstanding professors and fellow students from around the country. Local overnight accommodations and three meals daily are included. In addition to the Summer Institute, Gratz College offers other opportunities for on line and on campus summer study.
* 6 day accredited intensive courses for 3 college credits
* An ideal time for online and new students to visit our suburban Philadelphia campus
* Educational field trips to rich resources in Philadelphia
www.gratz.edu
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
Are you interested in a career in community organizing but wondering how to move forward?
Here's your opportunity. The Community Organizing Residency (COR) is a six-month, paid residency. COR is for people from different faith backgrounds who want to make community organizing their profession. They will gain social just...ice experience working with leading organizing groups in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The residencies will begin July 29, 2010 and end Feb 2, 2011. Residents will receive a salary and healthcare benefits. To apply, complete an application by April 2, 2010.
For more information, visit http://jewishjustice.org/cor/ or contact Rachel Feldman at rfeldman@jewishjustice.org.
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
Recent & Soon-to-Be College Graduates:
Apply to be a RAC Legislative Assistant!
Applications for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's 2010-2011 Eisendrath Legislative Assistant Program are online now! Eisendrath Legislative Assistants (LAs) advocate for Jewish values and social justice on behalf of the Reform... Jewish Movement. LAs monitor legislative activity, develop synagogue social action programming, coordinate special events, create educational materials, plan and run weekend conferences for teens, and mobilize the grassroots of American Jewry. This one-year fellowship is a unique and exciting opportunity to work alongside advocates and policymakers in Washington and engage in the work of tikkun olam.
Apply now for the 2010-2011 program year at:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Vqfg0Vt%2Bfp3IxoeEk8bXuHZQPeEX7vYA
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
College Students: Live, Learn & Intern in DC This Summer!
The RAC's Machon Kaplan is a unique work/study internship program for undergraduate students interested in Judaism and social justice. Based in Washington, D.C., it provides students with a meaningful internship dealing with social justice issues; the opportunity... to engage in academic study that relates to their internships; and a community of like-minded students who share their experience together. Students learn, through study and action, the interrelationship of Judaism and American democratic ideals, as well as the political interaction of the organized American Jewish community and the U.S. government. Participants also gain a foundation to understand the public policy issues on which the Center works.
Upon completion of the program, participants receive six academic credits from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR).
Apply now for the 2010 summer at:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fiuYZef0EIZ8cztUSDM9tnZQPeEX7vYA
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
Registration For Birthright at www.kesherbirthright.org
(Applicants Referred by URJ Professionals Receive Priority Status)
Registration for the Summer 2010 season of Taglit-Birthright Israel trips with URJ Kesher opens tomorrow at 12:00pm EST at http://www.kesherbirthright.org.
Share the Gift of Israel with... Eligible 18-26 Year Olds
If you are eligible for the Taglit-Birthright Israel program, we will make sure that your application is handled with priority status so long as you sign-up with URJ Kesher. As a reminder, eligibility criteria are: Jewish, 18-26, and first time in Israel on a peer program.
Summer 2010 trips will be offered in May, June July, and August and we expect that registration will be closing very, very early this season -- most probably within 24-48 hours of opening on February 17th. Accordingly, it is critical that applicants plan ahead to register on time.
Start the application process at www.kesherbirthright.org
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
Do you know someone who wants to volunteer, intern, or earn a graduate degree?
* 5-12 month opportunities in Israel
* Up to $7,500 in grants per person
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
Givat Haviva: Semester of Intensive Arabic
Study Arabic, Hebrew, and Middle Eastern Studies.
Engage in coexistence projects with Israeli Jewish and Arab peers.
Program includes:
-Rigorous Arabic language courses
-Middle Eastern Studies courses
-Hebrew Ulpan courses
-Transferable academic credits
-Volunteer and coexistence projects with Israeli Arabs and Jews
-Leadership-building workshops with top experts
-Trips and hikes throughout Israel
-Accommodation on Kibbutz Barkai
Program duration: Five months
Program location: Kibbutz Barkai
Open to ages: 18-30
For more information contact:
Dr. David Mendelsohn, Program Director
davidm@givathaviva.org.il
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Beyond Chai Program Opportunity:
Technion International School of Engineering - Freshman Year Program
Study engineering in English at one of the top technological institutes in the world.
Program includes:
Basic Science and Engineering courses in English
Middle Eastern Studies and Hebrew courses
Private tutors
Tours throughout Israel
Religious and cultural campus programming
On-campus dorms, shared with Israeli students
Transferable credits
Opportunity to continue your undergraduate studies at the Technion
Program duration:
Foundation period (if necessary): Aug. 1, 2009 - Nov. 23, 2009
First semester + exam period: Dec. 1, 2009 - April 9, 2010
Second semester + exam period: April 13, 2010 - July 30, 2010
Program location:
Haifa
Open to:
High school graduates
For more information, contact:
Ariel Geva
Managing Director
arielg@technion.ac.il
+972-4-829-3325
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