E-Newsletter: Feb. 1, 2010

Opportunities

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URI L'TZEDEK UNIVERSITY is seeking Fellows. Do you want to create social change? Are you passionate about social justice and searching for the tools to become a social justice leader on your campus? Do you want to bring social justice issues to the forefront of Orthodoxy? This semester-long University Fellowship will provide 10 students with the mentorship and tools to create social change on your campus and bring social justice to the forefront of your community's consciousness! Highlights of the Fellowship include: Shabbaton in New York to learn and network with student social justice leaders from across the country Feb. 19-21; Monthly dialogues and learning opportunities with fellows and Uri L'Tzedek leaders about social justice and social entrepreneurship; Workshops on your campus with an Uri L'Tzedek leader; Ongoing mentorship, guidance and support to help you implement your project and achieve your goals. Applications are due Feb. 5. E-mail Shoshie Sprague, Chair of the Uri L'Tzedek College Initiative at shoshana.sprague@gmail.com for more information and an application!

THE INTERFAITH YOUTH CORE is searching for interfaith leaders! Apply now to the 2010-11 class of IFYC Fellows! The Fellows Alliance is a year-long paid fellowship program open to current undergraduates who are committed to organizing interfaith activities and making interfaith cooperation a social norm on their campuses. IFYC provides mentorship, a stipend, skill-based trainings, a network of peer colleagues, an alumni network, access to a national network of interfaith organizers and partner organizations, and professional development opportunities. Current undergraduate student leaders from diverse religious and philosophical traditions who are committed to interfaith action on their campuses are encouraged to apply. Learn about the program and apply here. Application deadline is Mar. 15.

SUMMER IN CHICAGO? Be a Lewis Summer Intern! Gain work experience this summer in Chicago in journalism, marketing, accounting, development, political advocacy, human resources, public relations, grant writing, educational programming, and direct service with children, the elderly, etc. Opportunities are available at the Illinois Holocaust Center, Spertus, EZRA, Response Center, JUF and more! Apply now for 26 paid work/study Lewis Summer Internships in agencies and departments of the Chicago Jewish Federation. Apply online on the website. To schedule an interview, e-mail lsip@juf.org or call 312.444.2868. Application deadline is Feb. 26.

ECORIDE 2010 is a community bike-ride fundraiser taking place May 16, 2010, that supports the Kayam Farm at Pearlstone in Reisterstown, MD. If you live in the Maryland, DC, Virginia area, then you can take part in this amazing bike ride to inspire ecological responsibility! The ride supports the organization's efforts to inspire social and ecological responsibility through hands-on Jewish agricultural education. They are the most active Jewish educational farm in the country, welcoming almost 3,000 participants each year, but they need support from people like you to continue this innovative and important work. To register to be a part of or find out more about the ECORIDE, click here. And to learn more about Kayam Farm, click here.

MUSIC IN JEWISH CULTURE AND SOCIETY is a Spring semester course offering with seats still available! Taught by pianist and musicologist, Professor Assaf Shelleg, Music in Jewish Culture and Society (Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30 am) offers a unique opportunity to study Jewish history through music - from reading the Torah to Jewish musical traditions in Islamic countries, Klezmer, music in Reform Temples, and much more. Please contact Professor Shelleg with any inquries at shelleg@wustl.edu.

WASH U SOCIAL CHANGE GRANTS provide funding and support for students to pursue innovative social change ideas and community projects. The funding is intended to help individuals and groups defray project and/or cost-of-living expenses, enabling students to devote full attention to the development and implementation of their projects without the need to pursue paid work. Funding can be used at the recipient's discretion to cover costs of the project, cost-of-living expenses, and/or in lieu of earnings during the summer or academic year. The Community Service Office provides mentorship and support to prospective grant applicants in the development of their project proposals, and to grant recipients in the implementation and wrap-up of their projects. Application deadline is Feb. 12 at 5:00pm. To view the list of grants available for the 2010 cycle, as well as abstracts of past projects, please visit the website.

THE ISRAEL PROJECT is offering a high-powered fellowship opportunity for some of the world's best and brightest college and graduate school students; graduates in journalism, communications, marketing or public relations programs; and those beginning their careers in journalism or Israel advocacy. Internships are available in Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem. Seven outstanding applicants will be accepted to the Washington, D.C., program, which runs from June 21 to August 20, 2010. Five outstanding applicants will be accepted to the English-speaking Jerusalem program, which runs from June 13 to August 12, 2010. We are also offering three paid fellowships for outstanding applicants who are native speakers of French, German or Spanish and who also speak excellent English, to work in our Jerusalem office. This program runs from July 11 to September 9, 2010. For more information and to apply, visit the website. Please contact Lauren Appelbaum at laurena@theisraelproject.org with any questions.