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***Looking for renters?***
Two Hillel and SJSU alumni are looking for a place to rent for them and their cat. They are looking for a place in the Bay Area for May 19 - June 9.
They are trying to keep the cost under $600 and they don't mind living with other people.
If interested please contact studentlife@hillelsv.org
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Jews Got Talent - the final at “ISRAEL IN THE GARDENS”
Sunday, June 7th from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
For the First time ever in the Bay Area Campuses, following in the footsteps of ‘America’s Got Talent’, was announced a cross - campus talent contest.
The grand finale will take place on the main stage of ‘Israel in the Gardens’ on Sunday, June 7, 2009 just before the headliner, in front of 20,000 people.
Want to see more??? Take a look at following link:
http://www.slideshare.net/israelcenter/jews-got-talent
Join us to support Be'eri from Hillel of Silicon Valley. Be'eri is one of the finalists!
For carpool please contact Zohar at israel@hillelsv.org
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Library series
BIG CLOSE to “Let’s Talk About It! Jewish Literature”
Modern Marvels- Jewish Adventure in the Graphic Novel
Joanne Sfar’s The Rabbi’s Cat
Sunday, May 31st, 2-4 PM
For the final discussion in its series on Jewish graphic novels, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is pulling out all the stops. Led by Professors David Mesher and Mary Salzman of SJSU, and Eric Benhamou, guest lecturer from JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East & North Africa), the discussion will range wide, both about the art work within the graphic novel The Rabbi’s Cat and about Sfar’s and Benhamou’s shared Algerian/Parisian history.
Joann Sfar, of mixed Sephardic and Ashkenazic roots, is one of the most prominent French graphic artists today. Sfar’s work, like Art Spiegelman’s, draws on the tradition of the talking animal, though here, the eponymous rabbi’s cat is a cat, with cat instincts and cat desires, though it’s certainly also an allegorical stand-in for human beings, with its constant philosophical questioning, its burning desire to know, and its jealousy for the rabbi’s daughter. The rabbi engages his pet in a spiraling debate, touching on topics such as spelling, parental love, and the very nature of Jewish identity.
Sfar's delightful, vibrantly illustrated story is set in Algeria and Paris in the 1930s, where the encroaching modern world is rapidly shattering many long-held customs and assumptions. And like his human counterparts, the rabbi's cat has some tough choices to make: "Should I stay in this house of Jews who are so elegant you'd swear they were French, with the beautiful rugs and the smell of fine cooking, or follow my master in the rain"?
Books are available at libraries throughout the region.
The Rabbi’s Cat, is co-sponsored by JIMENA, along with Nextbook/The American Library Association and Friends of the King Library.
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JIF lunch
Wednesday, June 3rd from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Bring your friends to the JIF club lunch, learn about the upcoming events, meet the members of the group, hear about Israel, and more.
Where: De Anza college in the Sunken Gardens |
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| Job opportunities, Conferences, Fellowships, and Scholarships |
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JEWISH COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT NEWHOUSE FUND SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES
Through a grant from the Jewish Community Endowment Newhouse Fund, the JVS Scholarship Committee awards grants to Jewish women and men for vocational training.
I. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
A. Applicants must be Jewish residents of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma or the Peninsula.
B. Applicants must demonstrate financial need.
C. Training programs must be short-term, and focused on a clearly defined vocational goal, for which there are ready employment opportunities in the Bay Area. Funds can be used for tuition payments, for living expenses while attending a tuition-free program, for equipment, or testing fees. Applicants may request funds for up to a one-year period in duration. If a course of study extends beyond one year, applicants may apply for funds during the last year of study.
D. Grants are limited to $1,800.
II. APPLICATION PROCESS
A. Applicants complete and submit before the deadline the application form, including a budget, all supporting documentation and a written statement of purpose (no longer than 500 words) stating background and reasons for the vocational decision, description of training program and goals for employment after completion of the program.
Non-JVS clients must pay a processing fee of $25.00.
B. All applications are reviewed, rated, and ranked based on the criteria listed below in III. Those applicants who were ranked high- or mid-priority are recommended to the Committee.
C. The final award decisions are made by the Scholarship Committee. This committee meets three times per year.
D. Scholarship recipients are notified, they meet with JVS to sign a reporting agreement and get their award check.
III. DECISION: The decision to award scholarship grants is made at the Scholarship Committee meeting based on the discretion of the committee in consideration of the following criteria:
A. Financial need.
B. Employment status of applicant and family/household members.
C. Use of other financial resources.
D. Soundness of vocational decision.
E. Likelihood of completion and success.
F. Demonstration of commitment to goals and training.
G. Demonstration of commitment to be financially independent.
The committee may grant an applicant less money than requested. Applicants may reapply if refused, or if they need additional funds – with a total award maximum of $1,800.00.
IV. PAYMENT: Grants are payable directly to training institutions, when applicable. Scholarship recipients receiving funds directly must submit all required documentation and will pick up their checks in person, in increments agreed upon by the staff and the committee. Recipients are required to maintain regular contact with their counselor and the committee on their progress, and are encouraged to contribute to the scholarship fund once they are employed.
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Software Development Intern – unique opportunity!!!!
OVERVIEW:
Better Place has a unique opportunity for a Software Development Intern. Better Place provides a dynamic, fast paced work environment for an individual looking to be part of a company that has an ambitious plan to have a significant, positive impact on the planet/environment. Better Place will deploy an electric charging grid that will provide an alternative to Gas-consuming automobiles. We plan to grow from country to country, metropolis to metropolis. Each step of the way, we’ll move closer to making electric vehicles available to the public. We are looking for Software Development Interns who will be an integral part of this mission. To be considered for this role, you must be currently enrolled in an academic program.
DUTIES:
In this role, you will be working on a series of projects that will be a part of a community driven toolset for mapping the charging and battery exchange infrastructure, calculating environmental benefits, reduction of emissions and other useful metrics like costs, accessibility and convenience.
QUALITIES:
• Willingness to work in an environment that will be constantly evolving
• Confidence in yourself and your skills
• Ability to flourish in a start-up environment and under pressure
SKILLS:
This role will be focused on the following technologies:
• Spatial databases
• Extensive application server
• Web services
• Web enabled UI
Skills in the above technologies are highly desired.
EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum of 1 - 2 years of overall software development experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are necessary due to dynamic nature of discussions
• Experience with the following technologies:
o PostGIS/PostgreSQL (DB)
o J2EE/Spring/Hibernate
o JavaScript/DHTML/YUI/Google Maps
EDUCATION:
• BS degree in Computer Science or Information Systems is required (in progress).
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Shvil Israel - The First Zionist Trek
Join students from all over the world this summer for 18 amazing days of hiking on the Israeli National Trail. Hike from the north of Israel to Jerusalem and experience jeep rides, biking, and rappelling all over Israel! The trip includes an authorized tour guide, fun and adventurous evening activities, overnight camping, and navigating. Shvil Israel takes place from June 29-July 17, 2009.
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Groundbreaking Conflict Transformation Program
Groundbreaking Conflict Transformation Program Launches for Fourth Straight Year
What happens when you put 24 university students in the former Yugoslavia for a summer to learn about resolving ethnic conflict? And what happens when 12 of these students are Palestinians and 12 are Jews? Welcome to the groundbreaking Vision Program!
This ten-month fellowship, affiliated with the University of San Francisco's Center for Global Education, begins with a month-long trip to the Balkans, meeting activists and scholars alike in Serbia, Kosovo, and Bosnia-Herzegovnia. Students study the Balkan wars of the 1990s in an effort to re-examine the seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During the academic year immediately following the summer students engage in two four-day conferences, aimed to empower them to engage with students on their campus, and organize campus and community presentations, helping them articulate their own activist voices.
The Vision Program's goals are to (a) empower participants to heighten their self-awareness, paying particular attention to their political selves; (b) develop their critical thinking; and (c) examine how such thinking manifests itself in Jewish-Palestinian relations both in the US and the Middle East.
This program is one of two flagship programs of Abraham's Vision, a conflict transformation organization running educational programs for American-based groups of Jews, Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians. Abraham's Vision is affiliated with the University of San Francisco and Vision Program students receive academic course credit through USF's Center for Global Education. For more information contact Huda Abu Arqoub or Eitan Trabin at 415.839.6889.
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Special Scholarship for Hillel-Birthright Alumni
In March 2004 the AW Scholarship Fund was established for Birthright and Hillel Alumni. The goal of the Scholarship Fund is to assist alumni and give them the opportunity to come to Israel and further explore their Jewish heritage.
Applications are accepted year-round.
Dear Students, here is your opportunity to go back to Israel, for a long term program, and to experience Israel again after Birthright!
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Job opportunities! Company Silicon Ventures.
Recommended to be able to maintain 5+ systems running Windows XP and Vista, experience with Windows Server 2003 including Exchange. Must be experienced with the Office suite and have a basic knowledge of web design (if you're going to ask for assistance ;). Also requires a basic understanding of video/image codecs. Experience with Pinnacle Studio a plus.
Interested? Contact Tal at talb@silicomventures.com for more information! |
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CAMERA representatives on campuses
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) is looking for CAMERA representatives on campuses across the nation and internationally. Each student will receive $1000 and a FREE trip to Israel in June 2010. The CAMERA rep will promote pro-Israeli coverage on his/her campus with speakers/events and by unique ideas of the individual representative. We are hoping that you could help us find applicants by either posting information/flyers on your Hillel website or throughout the Hillel. If you have any recommendations of whom you believe would be a good candidate please forward us their names and/or encourage them to apply. Please contact me if you would like to learn more information about the program. I have attached the application below. The application deadline is July 1, 2009. Thank you for your help.
National Student Coordinator
fax: 617-787-7853 |
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***Babysitter is needed ASAP***
Dana from Los Gatos/San Jose area is looking for a Hillel student that can babysit for her 3 kids: two girls (9 and 6 years old) and a baby boy (10 months old).
She needs the babysitter from Tuesday to Thursday from 8am to 4pm from July 6th until the end of August.
If interested please contact Dana at 408-835-2391.
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| Want to do something different? Check out these special experiences in ISRAEL |
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Hebrew University International School's Summer Programs' Culturally-Themed Courses:
Learn more about Kabbalah in the course, "Jewish Mysticism: Towards a Genealogy of the Esoteric." Discover Israel's contemporary society through its film with "Screen Memories: Contemporary Israeli Film." Visit Israel's renowned museums in the course, "The Museum as Cultural Gateway: Experiencing Israeli Art, Visual Culture and Literature."
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491 |
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Tikkun Olam in Tel Aviv-Jaffa
For Jewish English-speaking college graduates who are passionate about pursuing social justice or promoting Arab-Jewish understanding in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Tikkun Olam in Tel Aviv-Jaffa has two tracks for volunteer and study:
1) Community Service: Volunteer in South Tel Aviv, where Israelis, foreign workers and refugees from Darfur and other parts of the world live side-by-side. Learn about current challenges facing contemporary Israeli society and relate them to Jewish and philosophical texts.
2) Coexistence: Volunteer in Jaffa's Arab and Jewish integrated neighborhoods. Study issues of interfaith and coexistence in Israel, enroll in a conversational Arabic course and participate in the Daniel Centers' Jaffa Tour Guide Training program.
Program Details:
Open to: College graduates (ages 22-27)
Duration: 5 or 10 month options
Dates: 10 months: September 2009 - June 2010; Fall 5 months: September 2009 - January 2010; Spring 5 months: Feb 2010 - June 2010
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Study Engineering in English in ISRAEL
Study Engineering in English in the TECHNION - a world renowned Technological University , and Discover Israel:
• One of the world’s top 25 technology universities
• Distinguished faculty includes Nobel Prize winners
• State-of-the-art research facilities
• Ties to 100+ academic institutions in 30 countries
• A campus buzzing with activity
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Young Jewish Artists Find a Place for Creative Expression and Growth in Israel
On August 2008, the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company's (KCDC) International Dance Center and the Dance and Ballet School launched the first program for international Jewish dancers in Israel. Headed by Yehuda Maor, who founded the San Francisco Dance Theater, the program has two tracks - one for dancers with elementary ballet training and one for experienced dancers who will serve as apprentices to the KCDC. During the five-month program, dancers live at the Dance Village on Kibbutz Gaaton.
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Become an English Teacher in Israel
There is a growing demand for qualified English teachers in Israel at the elementary and high school level. This need provides a golden opportunity
to aliyah candidates from English-speaking countries to fill these positions.
The Jewish Agency for Israel, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of
Immigrant Absorption, and Nefesh B'Nefesh have partnered to launch an English Teachers Project for new olim.
This program provides a supportive framework for new immigrants to acquire a profession and to help meet the growing demand for qualified English teachers in Israel in teaching.
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
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A global experience rooted in Israel's innovative, entrepreneurial and high-tech business culture
The Sofaer iMBA at Tel Aviv University's Recanati School of Business
Pursue your professional ambitions by studying at Israel’s premier business school in a one-year English-language MBA.
With a curriculum dedicated to contemporary issues in the international business world as well as the pillars of Israel's dynamic economy - innovation, high-tech, and entrepreneurship - staff committed to career services and professional networking, and a third semester study abroad option, the Sofaer iMBA is the destination for those passionate about achieving their professional ambitions either in Israel or abroad.
The Sofaer iMBA is part of Tel Aviv University's Recanati School of Business – an institution that has been producing Israel's top executives for over 40 years and the only business school in Israel to receive international accreditation
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Career Israel- Israel Experience Ltd.
Enhance your resume- Advance your career- Do it in Israel
The Career Israel program is a five-month professional internship program open to college/university graduates from all over the world. The program provides internship placements in leading companies and organizations in the private and public sectors in Israel in every field including law, medicine, media, economics, politics, public relations, education, social work, engineering, computer science, advertising and business and more. The program also includes accommodations, a Hebrew study program, tours and extracurricular enrichment activities.
A professional internship in Israel is an impressive and prestigious addition to your resume and will enhance your future career development.
How will you benefit by participating in the program?
- Gain professional experience that will help you secure a job in your field and/or get into graduate school.
- Expand your horizons by experiencing an independent life-style in a distinctive cultural and social setting.
- Prepare for your future by developing new professional relationships and international connections.
- Connect with your roots by doing all of this in Israel.
For any question more information about internship opportunities please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491 |
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Get your MBA at Israel's most prestigious business school!!!
Studying at Tel Aviv University will provide you the analytical skills, knowledge, and practical experience to succeed in any corporate setting – from small start-up to multinational conglomerate.
This Program is dedicated to contemporary issues in the international business world and the pillars of Israel's dynamic economy - innovation, high-tech, and entrepreneurship.
The Career Services Department provides unparalleled access to Recanati's international business community and professional networking resources.
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Kibbutz Ulpan Learn Hebrew while Working and Living on a Kibbutz Community
Follow in the footsteps of countless adventurers to Israel's valleys and hills and experience kibbutz life.
On Kibbutz Ulpan, young adults from all over the world live together in a tight-knit community, rooted in the values of socialism and secular Judaism, and divide their time between intensive Hebrew study and kibbutz volunteering.
Program includes:
Hebrew Ulpan courses, offered in a wide range of levels
A variety of volunteering options on the kibbutz
Trips throughout Israel
Educational programming
Participants from all over the world
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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L’YISRAEL PROGRAM - Government Internship and Middle Eastern Studies In Israel
This program offers outstanding Jewish leaders an opportunity to intern with the Israeli Government.
The Program includes:
Internships and mentors in ministries and government branches
Meetings with Israeli officials, policymakers, journalists, and other influential public figures
Educational seminars
Hebrew language instruction
Tours throughout Israel
Open to: Jewish college graduates, aged 22-30
Duration: 10 months - from September 2009 to June 2010
For more information please contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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In Israel and India: Jewish Service Learning and Social Justice Leadership
Intern with an NGO in both Israel and India, while learning about international development, leadership and social change, civil society, Judaism, and Israel.
Program includes:
Israeli and international Jewish participants, initial month in Israel, four-month stay in India and final four-month stay in Israel, internships for social change with NGOs in Israel and India, dynamic learning, field trips throughout Israel, housing in Israel and India, travel to and from India.
For more information contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Technion International Engineering School Launches MASA Freshman Year Program
In August 2009, the Technion, ranked among the top 25 technological institutes in the world, will open the doors of its new International Engineering School, allowing students from abroad the opportunity to study engineering in Israel. MASA, instrumental in helping the Technion join the Israel University Consortium (IUC), an umbrella organization of Israeli universities with overseas programs, will now offer the Technion Freshman Year Program for exceptional engineering and science-minded high school graduates.
Want to be part of it??? Contact:
Zohar Porshyan
israel@hillelsv.org
408-340-3491
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Hillel of Silicon Valley is a beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley and the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco,
the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties and a grantee of the Koret Foundation, Israel Peace Initiative, Hillel: FJCL,
Myra Reinhard Family Foundation, David B. Gold Foundation and the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
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