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Internships
Summer Internship Opportunity - Interfaith Worker Justice
"Justice, justice you shall pursue, that you may live..." (Deut 16:20).
"He who withholds an employee's wages is as though he has deprived him of his life" (Baba Metzia 111a). As Jews, we are challenged to live out the Torah's call to pursue justice and stand with workers in their pursuit for lives characterized by fair treatment and respect. Apply for the Interfaith Worker Justice Summer Internship!
You will start the program in Chicago for an education and exciting orientation week, before spending the summer in one of several locations around the country supporting workers in low-wage jobs. The internship runs from June 8 to August 15, 2008. Undergraduate students will spend the summer engaging religious communities on worker justice-related public policy issues while developing skills such as coalition building, organizing, advocacy, and social analysis. Students will work in diverse, interfaith pairs and have professional and theological support from local and national IWJ staff. Information and applications can be found online at http://www.iwj.org/outreach/students/iwj_summer.html, or by contacting Julia Leis at jleis@iwj.org or (773) 728-8400 ext. 38. The final deadline for applications is Tuesday, April 15th.
Zionist Organization of America
Take your support for Israel to a whole new level...
Summer internships for college students are available at the Zionist Organization of America
SUMMER 2008
EAST COAST AND WEST COAST
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
• Be an active part of the Zionist cause
• Work for the oldest pro-Israel organization in America
• Interact with pro-Israel students across the country
To apply, visit www.thecollegezionist.org/internships or send a cover e-mail and your resume to campus@zoa.org
The Campus Activism Network Zionist Organization of America
www.thecollegezionist.org
www.zoa.org
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THE HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSTITUTE (HBI)
AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students from the US and Abroad
June 11 - August 5, 2008
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The Lily Safra Internship Program is a Brandeis University summer program that provides six undergraduate and two graduate students from the US and abroad opportunities to explore the fields of Jewish women's and gender studies with scholars and staff at the HBI.
Interns:
- Assist staff and scholars with ongoing HBI projects
- Develop their own research project
- Visit local institutions and organizations of Jewish interest
- Travel to the 2008 Hadassah National Convention
- Meet local community activists
- Receive a weekly stipend and subsidized on-campus housing
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Students from the following colleges and universities have participated in the Lily Safra Internship Program:
Bates College; Brandeis University; Brown University; Cornell University; Duke University, McGill University; Mt. Holyoke College; Oberlin College; Princeton University; Sarah Lawrence University, Tufts University; UC Berkeley; UMASS/Amherst; University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Maryland; University of Pennsylvania; University of Toronto; University of Wisconsin
To Apply:
Visit our website: www.brandeis.edu/hbi
Deadline: March 27, 2008
Inquiries:
Debby Olins, Program Manager
dolins@brandeis.edu
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THE HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSTITUTE
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute develops fresh ways of thinking about Jews and gender worldwide by producing and promoting scholarly research and artistic projects.
www.brandeis.edu/hbi
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Selah Leadership Program Accepting Applications
Applications are now open for Cohort 5 of the Selah Leadership Program.
The Selah Leadership Program* trains a cross-section of leaders in Jewish and secular organizations to be effective, sustainable and collaborative agents for change. Through its six month training program, Selah provides unparalleled personal leadership training, skills to facilitate organizational change, and opportunities for social networking.
Selah is transforming leaders, their organizations, and the broader Jewish social justice field. Since 2003, we have trained more than 260 leaders representing 150 organizations from around the country. We are currently accepting applications for our fifth cohort.
Learn more about Selah, get an application, or encourage a friend to apply.
Applications are due on April 2, 2008.
*Selah is a collaboration between The Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Jewish Funds for Justice, in partnership with the Rockwood Leadership Program.
Summer Internship Available at Jewish Funds for Justice
The Jewish Funds for Justice seeks a part-time summer intern in New York City. The intern's primary responsibility will be to help plan and implement a conference for bloggers who write about progressive issues from a faith-based perspective.The conference will take place during the summer of 2008. The intern may also be involved in planning a non-partisan Jewish effort to educate and mobilize voters for the fall election. As a member of JFSJ's communications team, the intern will have the opportunity to blog about progressive and Jewish issues on jspot.org.
For the full internship description, click here; for other jobs available at Jewish Funds for Justice, click here.
Kohn Summer Intern Program: Gain job experience. Learn about the Jewish community. Give something back.
Are you from the Bay Area? The Kohn Summer Intern Program is an innovative 8-week program sponsored by Jewish Vocational Service for college students. Students are placed with local Jewish agencies according to their skills, interests, and career goals, and receive a $2500 stipend. This summer’s program will run from June 16-August 8, and applications are due on March 3, 2008.
Please visit our website to download an application. Questions? Email us, or call 415.782.6225.
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Summer in Chicago? Winter Break Interviews for Lewis Summer Internships!
Undergrads residing (parental residence) or attending school in Illinois:
Apply on-line at www.juf.org/lsip for the Lewis Family Summer Intern
Program 2008 offering 26 paid internships in agencies/departments of the
Jewish Federation. Write : The Hillels of Illinois (lsip@juf.org) or call
312/444-2868 to schedule a Winter Break interview in Chicago.
Application Deadline: March 3, 2008.
ARAVA - The Jewish Environmental Experience on Kibbutz Lotan
http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/index.htm
A unique accredited study and work experience located in Israel’s Southern Arava Desert focusing on the ethical, physical and social components of sustainable development from a liberal Jewish perspective. The program is conducted in English.
Aims of the program:
• Improve your Hebrew
• Strengthen Jewish identity
• Study Jewish sources
• Explore Israel
• Volunteer in Israeli society
• Gain leadership training
• Experience Israeli culture
• Learn sustainable development skills
• Acquire hands-on ecological experience
Scholarships:
Available through the Jewish Agency Masa program
Program of study:
• Green Apprenticeship – twelve weeks of hands-on, practical lessons in alternative building techniques, environmental design, sustainable community and organic gardening. Graduates will receive an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate. The Green Apprenticeship takes place within the framework of a Reform
intentional community striving for sustainability.
• Choice of academic courses at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
• Course in Judaism and the environment
• Hebrew language studies
Why you should take part:
Learn skills to benefit the environment of Israel and the world
Strengthen your connection with Israel
Identify with liberal Judaism in Israel
Meet other students and explore Israel together
Experience communal kibbutz living
Live in a peaceful desert environment
Earn 15 academic credits
Urban Leadership Internship Program
Open to all sophomores and juniors with a GPA of not less than 3.3. Applicants need not be part of the Honors Program. $3500.00 stipend is provided for 10 weeks of full-time work in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus or Chicago. Applications available at Bishop Hall 96 or at www.honors.muohio.edu/honors/urban. Additional information also available at Warfield 18, or by contacting Katie Egart, egartmk@muohio.edu, 529-3389.
AIPAC Summer Internships & Employment Opportunities
http://www.aipac.org/training_opps.cfm
Internship Opportunities with Israel's Leading Environmental Organizations
Interested in working to protect Israel's environment? The Jewish Global Environmental Network (JGEN) can match college students, recent graduates and young professionals (ages 18-35) with professional internship positions in many of Israel's environmental organizations. The internship program runs throughout the year, and placements can be made at any time that is mutually convenient for the intern and the employer. In the past, interns have been placed in positions with Friends of the Earth Middle East, Green Course, the Israeli Union for Environmental Defense and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. For more information, contact JGEN's North American coordinator, Danielle Luttenberg, at danielle@coejl.org, and check out JGEN's Web site at www.jgenisrael.org.
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