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Israel Engagement Internship
Main Internship Goals:
What You’ll Get:
*each intern is also allotted a $100 budget per semester for coffee dates with peers
What You’ll Own and How You’ll Grow:
Expectations (How You’re Evaluated):
Israel:
Birthright:
Apply here.
Questions? Contact Jacob Kranitz.
- Expand the number of Big Red Birthright participants through effective recruitment and marketing strategies, ensuring follow-through after the experience is over
- Engage Birthright participants in continued campus activities in the areas of Israel education, community service, and Jewish life Connect individuals with opportunities in Israel such as Onward and Masa Israel or in America such as AIPAC, JStreet, StandWithUs, etc.
- Transform campus Jewish life through effective pre and post trip programing and engagement
- Inspire a lifelong, enduring, commitment to Israel, Jewish life, leadership, and learning
What You’ll Get:
- $400 per semester for meeting your professional benchmarks as agreed upon by you and the Israel Engagement Associate
- Peer-engagement and learning opportunities from an elite recruitment cohort
- 1:1 Supervision from a Cornell Hillel staff member and experience in relationship building
- A shared language and ability to plan and execute events strategically
- Birthright SWAG (T-shirts, mugs, stickers, posters, etc.)
- FREE coffee* and new friends
- A stronger network which will help you cultivate and maintain relationships and effectively use social networks (via social media or guerilla marketing)
- One subsidized Israel conference as applicable to your interests (to be agreed upon by you and the Israel Engagement Associate)
*each intern is also allotted a $100 budget per semester for coffee dates with peers
What You’ll Own and How You’ll Grow:
- Work 5-10 hours per week from opening of registration until close
- Be able to build personal connections with students
- Attend biweekly 1:1 supervision meetings with Israel Engagement Associate
- Attend fortnightly meetings with Israel Engagement cohort
- I.e., Week 1=Team meeting, Week 2= 1:1 Supervision w/Jacob
- Co-create pre-trip programming and post-trip engagement for all Birthright students
- Support the goals of the Cornell Hillel Israel Committee
- Market Israel programming on Cornell’s campus via print & personal social media
- Become an expert on Israel-related opportunities for Jewish and non-Jewish students
- Attend one Israel conference per academic year (to be subsidized by Hillel)
- Increased knowledge of Israel—weekly political updates, social, cultural, arts etc.
Expectations (How You’re Evaluated):
Israel:
- Meet bi-weekly with the Israel Engagement Team
- Plan, market, and implement cultural, political, and educational Israel programming
- Promote and expand recruitment for Israel experience programs including: Onward Israel, Birthright Excel, MASA, and others, including helping plan information sessions and orientation meetings
- Plan and emphasize national days of Israel (Yom HaZikaron, Yom Ha’atzmaut, etc.)
- Cooperate with other boards and clubs related to Israel (TAMID, CFI, AIPAC, Mishelanu, CJL etc.)
- Partner strategically with other campus groups to develop relationships and shape a large-scale campus wide sentiment on Israel
Birthright:
- Dedicate 5-10 hours per week of tabling on campus during recruitment windows (approximately 3-6 weeks)
- Show up to your scheduled times alive, awake, alert, enthusiastic and ready to change some lives!
- Create and maintain a campus recruitment timeline (complete with recruitment goals)
- Plan a pre and/or post-Birthright trip event that perpetuates the internship goals above
- Cultivate, follow up with, and maintain #BigRedBirthright interest list
- Participate fully in cohort meetings
- Identify and market to eligible participants within different walks of life after campus mapping your networks with the Israel Engagement Associate
- Utilize creative ways of active engagement: in person (coffee dates), on the phone, on social media, in print, etc. in order to reach a wide range of potential participants
Apply here.
Questions? Contact Jacob Kranitz.
2017-2018 Internships with Cornell Hillel
Want to get more involved with Jewish campus life, while gaining valuable resume-worthy experience and earning some extra $? Apply to be a Cornell Hillel intern for the 2017-2018 academic year. Time commitments vary by internship, though most average 3-5 hours per week, including weekly meetings with the internship’s staff supervisor.
Read the internship descriptions below, then apply here.
Questions? Email us at cuhillel@gmail.com.
Graphic Design
Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator pros wanted! We're searching for a savvy intern who will use their artistic talents to craft eye-catching posters, quarter cards, Facebook cover photos and other graphic design projects, as requested by various Jewish student organizations and the Cornell Hillel student executive board.
Read the internship descriptions below, then apply here.
Questions? Email us at cuhillel@gmail.com.
Graphic Design
Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator pros wanted! We're searching for a savvy intern who will use their artistic talents to craft eye-catching posters, quarter cards, Facebook cover photos and other graphic design projects, as requested by various Jewish student organizations and the Cornell Hillel student executive board.
Get Paid to Teach English in Israel!
Masa Israel Teaching Fellows is a 10-month fellowship for college graduates between the ages of 21 and 30. Teach English to Israeli children while immersing yourself in Israeli society. Become an integral member of the city in which you live, teach and volunteer. The program costs just $1,000 and covers your flight, Ulpan (Hebrew language classes), housing, and amenities. Learn more here.
Urban Adamah Fellowship
Based in Berkeley, CA, the Urban Adamah Fellowship is a three-month residential training program for young adults ages 21-31 that combines urban organic farming, social justice training, and progressive Jewish learning and living within the setting of an international community. The fall's program begins on September 4.
Read more about the fellowship and how to apply here.
Read more about the fellowship and how to apply here.
Job Opportunity at Congregation Tikkun v'Or
Congregation Tikkun v'Or (Ithaca Reform Temple) is hiring Religious School teachers for the 2017-2018 school year.
Must have experience with children, knowledge of Jewish history, culture, and Hebrew, and creative approaches to teaching.
Contact Naomi Wilensky (607) 256-1471 or info@tikkunvor.org.
Must have experience with children, knowledge of Jewish history, culture, and Hebrew, and creative approaches to teaching.
Contact Naomi Wilensky (607) 256-1471 or info@tikkunvor.org.
Job opportunities at Temple Beth-El for 2017-2018
To apply for any of these positions, please submit your cover letter, resume, and a personal statement to Rabbi Suzanne Brody.
The starting salary for these positions is $18/hour.
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Music Teacher
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Religious School Teacher
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