Announcements
Israel Regional Shabbaton in Austin, January 27-29, 2012. Transportation provided. See flyer for details.
College scholarship program (2012-2013) - The Dallas Jewish Community Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of college scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Foundation administers a number of scholarship funds, each requiring the applicant to demonstrate both academic merit and financial need. Awards range from $500.00 to $5,000.00. The deadline for submitting applications to the Foundation is February 15, 2012 and we anticipate announcement of scholarship recipients by May 1, 2012. The complete scholarship package can be found on our website www.djcf.org.
Thanks to a generous gift from the Feldman Foundation, Hillel has money for our students to attend Jewish leadership training conferences. If you know of one you'd like to attend, please contact Heidi Coretz. We could help pay for registration fees and/or travel.
Please check out these leadership training opportunities:
Partnership with Israel is looking for creative and energetic students (ages 19-26), who want to volunteer in the Western Galilee summer camps. To add an additional international dimension to Kefiada, Jewish Hungarian students will join the program in Israel for the final week. As part of the Budapest connection through Partnership with Israel.
WUJS Israel Hadassah - WUJS Israel Hadassah runs 5 and 10 month programs for Jewish college graduates from around the world between ages 21 and 35. The program offers four specialized tracks: Jerusalem Learning, Arts Program, Peace & Social Justice, and Intern Tel Aviv. WUJS participants up to age 30 qualify for grants from the Israeli government’s Project MASA.
Amirim - A summer volunteering program for college students and young professionals ages 18-27. The participants live in Jerusalem , in Arad or beside Tel Aviv and volunteer for non-profit organizations four times a week, explore the Israeli landscape through weekly day trips and discover Israeli culture & society through different educational and cultural events.
Eco-Israel offers participants the opportunity to develop a deep, personal, land-based relationship with the Land of Israel, its diverse cultures, and inspiring landscapes. Students spend five months on the Hava & Adam Eco-Educational Farm, a center for permaculture and sustainability and get hands-on experience in organic farming and gardening, natural building, medicinal herbs, composting and more. And thanks to generous grants and scholarships through MASA it's a real bargain. For more information, please email Gili Chupak at gili@havaveadam.org or call him at 718.360.4558.