Steiner Summer Yiddish Program - Apply by February 10

The Steiner Summer Yiddish Program at the Yiddish Book Center offers college students a tuition-free, seven-week exploration of Yiddish language and culture. Gain Yiddish language literacy; substantive knowledge of the history, literature, and culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond; and practical models for cultural preservation, research, translation, and artistic expression. The Steiner Summer Yiddish Program this year takes place July 9 - 26.

Farm the Land, Grow the Spirit: A Multifaith Peace, Justice and Earthcare Program for Young Adults (Stony Point Center) - Apply by February 15
Apply now to spend your summer with the Community of Living Traditions at the Stony Point Center. Join other young adults for five weeks of building multi-faith community while farming, studying nonviolence and community organizing, exploring the roots of nonviolence within Islam, Judaism and Christianity, and deepening and sharing your spiritual practices. This year's program runs June 3 - July 7.

The Helix Project - Apply by February 28  

The Helix Project is a 3-week summer adventure, bringing full-time college and university students on an expenses paid, intensive cultural studies immersion in European Jewish cultural history. The Helix starts with a series of workshops and language training in Los Angeles, followed by a journey through the historical heartlands of Jewish life in Europe (Belarus, Poland, and Lithuania). From the sacred to the mundane, from the liturgical to the literary, the Helix Project introduces you to the beauty and complexity of Jewish history and creates a richer, fuller, more positive and inclusive view of Jewish life than you ever imagined possible. The Helix Project runs July 5 - 26.

Tent: Theater - Apply by March 4

Brandeis Collegiate Institute (BCI) - Apply by March 13

The Brandeis Collegiate Institute (BCI) offers young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 an intensive 3-week exploration of self, Judaism, community, culture, and nature in a pluralistic, international environment in Southern California. This summer's institute will take place from June 18 to July 14, 2013. There are FULL SCHOLARSHIPS available to students in the Baltimore area. For more details about the scholarship opportunity, contact Yona.

Camp Laurel Hebrew/Judaic Tutor

Camp Laurel is a private, co-ed, residential camp located on a 3-mile lake in Maine. The tutor will work with campers who are preparing for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah after the summer, assisting campers with their Haftorah portions and communicating / interfacing with cantors and tutors from the campers' hometowns. Good knowledge of Hebrew language is important.

Eden Village Camp

Rooted in the Jewish vision of creating a more environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually connected world, Eden Village Camp is dedicated to providing campers with an incredible summer experience while empowering them to promote a vibrant future for themselves, their communities, and our planet. Exceptional, kind counselors, specialists, and support staff are needed for this summer.

DOROT Internship  

Spend the summer as a DOROT intern, serving the elderly in the New York Community. As a DOROT intern, you will be exposed to the complex issues of aging and non-profit management, and you will gain experience in all aspects of DOROT's operations. This is an unpaid internship and we do not supply housing. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Yiddish Farm

Opportunities for 2013-2014  

AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps - Apply by February 11

Combat domestic poverty as a member of AVODAH, a competitive one-year program for people ages 21-26 combining justice work, leadership development, Jewish learning, and community building. Build a pluralistic Jewish communal living environment and work full-time at a non-profit agency in NYC, DC, Chicago, or New Orleans. Participants receive a monthly stipend and may be eligible for an AmeriCorps Education Award of over $5,000 to pay back student loans or put toward future education. 

Entwine's Global Jewish Service Corps - Apply by February 15 

Entwine's Global Jewish Service Corps (JSC) is a year-long, paid, professional opportunity for recent college graduates and young professionals to make a difference overseas. JSC fellows are catalysts for change, creating innovative programs that respond to international Jewish and humanitarian needs, and leaving an impact on the global Jewish world. Currently, fellows are serving in Argentina, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Haiti, India, Israel, Latvia, Turkey, Russia, Rwanda and Ukraine.

The American Hebrew Academy Fellowship seeks enthusiastic and highly motivated recent college graduates from all Jewish backgrounds to work with talented Jewish teens in a pluralistic Jewish college preparatory boarding high school, the American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro, NC. Applications are now being accepted for the 2013-2014 AHA Fellowship. Fellows ensure the physical, social, academic, and emotional well-being of the students at AHA by working with students academically, residentially, and Jewishly. Interviews begin in early February, and top candidates will be invited to a Prospective Fellow's Weekend March 14-17.

Eisendrath Legislative Assistant Fellowship (RAC) - Apply by February 22 

Eisendrath Legislative Assistants (LAs) advocate in Washington, DC for Jewish values and Social Justice on behalf of the Reform Jewish Movement. LAs take part in a wide range of social action activities including monitoring legislative activity, developing synagogue social action programming, coordinating special events, creating educational materials, planning and running weekend conferences for teens, and mobilizing the grassroots of American Jewry. Learn firsthand about the American political process while striving to influence that process according to the traditions of Reform Judaism. The RAC is the Reform Jewish Movement's voice in Washington, D.C., covering a broad spectrum of social justice issues, including religious liberty, Israel, human rights, reproductive rights, economic justice and civil rights.

JOIN - Jewish Organizing Fellowship - Apply by May 1

The Jewish Organizing Fellowship is a professional development opportunity for Jewish young adults (21-30) to become full-time community organizers for a social justice organization, explore their Jewish identity together, and grow as leaders in pursuit of social justice. This highly competitive year-long paid fellowship is open to Jewish young adults who have campus or professional experience working for social justice and are interested in systemic change and community building. The fellowship is also open to young people who hold organizing jobs and are seeking training, mentoring, and support. Applications are being reviewed as they are received.

Opportunities in Israel

Masa Israel Journey is your link to more than 200 study, internship, and volunteer opportunities in Israel that are 5-12 months long. If you're over 21, want to spend a year in Israel, and meet the eligibility requirements, count on Masa for an automatic $3,000 grant. Grants in other amounts are available for shorter-term programs and programs during college. 

Study abroad on a Goucher program in Israel next semester. Be sure to have an advising meeting with the Office of International Studies by Friday, February 22. Applications for Fall 2013 Goucher programs are due Friday, March 1. 

The Abe and Gert Nutkis (AGN) Scholarship for Israel Study and Service enables young adults ages 18-30 to study in Israel and foster personal involvement with Israel society and Zionist ideals. Scholarships recipients are eligible to receive grants of up to $5,000 for full-year study in a co-educational institution of higher learning in Israel. Apply here by March 15th. Please direct any questions to rebecca.atzum@gmail.com.

The Center for Creative Ecology on Kibbutz Lotan: Peace, Justice and the Environment semester; green apprenticeships in permaculture; summer eco experience

Masa Israel Teaching Fellows is a 10-month service learning program that gives 170 college graduates the opportunity to address Israel's educational achievement gap and the widespread underperformance of youth in low-income communities.