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INTERNSHIPS
CAREER ISRAEL
Duration: 5 months
Start/End Dates: September – January (Fall); February – June (Spring)
Program Cost: $5,800
Estimated Masa Israel Universal Grant: $3,000*
Career Israel offers professional internship placements in leading companies and organizations in the private and public sectors in Israel. Internship opportunities are available in a number of fields, including (but not limited to) law, medicine, advertising and public relations, hi-tech, education, social work, engineering, hotel management and computer science. Participants take part in a three-week Hebrew study course (Ulpan) that enables them to interact in Israeli society and succeed in their internships.
Check out blog posts from a Career Israel participant.
For more information, visit www.CareerIsrael.com
TEL AVIV INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE (ORANIM)
Duration: 5 months
Start/End Dates: Rolling
Program Cost: $7,200
Estimated Masa Israel Universal Grant: $3,000*
Oranim’s Tel Aviv Internship Experience offers participants the opportunity to pursue a professional internship that best suits their interests and skills while connecting them with their Jewish heritage and helping them improve their Hebrew language skills. Volunteering is another critical dimension of the Tel Aviv Internship Experience – interns take pride in giving back to the community while they enhance their resumes.
For more information, visit www.DestinationIsrael.com
COMMUNITY SERVICE
FREE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (ORANIM)
Duration: 5 months
Start/End Dates: Rolling
Program Cost: $3,000
Estimated Masa Israel Universal Grant: $3,000*
With its focus on Israel’s peripheral communities, Oranim’s Free Community Involvement Program offers participants an opportunity to experience Israel by living and working among its citizens, strengthening their ties with the country and its people. Program coordinators work one-on-one with each participant to determine his or her passions, interests and talents and then place the volunteers accordingly.
Check out blog posts from an Oranim Community Involvement participant.
For more information, visit www.DestinationIsrael.com
SPECIALTY PROGRAMS
ECO-ISRAEL
Duration: 5 months
Start/End Dates: September – January (Fall); February – July (Spring)
Program Cost: $5,000 Estimated Masa Israel Universal Grant: $3,000*
Experience the healthy, economical and spiritual values of authentic permaculture/ecological living on a 21st century organic farm in Israel. Live with Israeli volunteers on an ecological farm near Modi’in, take part in field work, ecological learning experiences, and land of Israel studies.
Check out blog posts from an Eco-Israel participant.
For more information, visit http://Eco-Israel.org.
iTRACK
Duration: 5 to 10 Months
Start/End Dates: Customizable
Program Cost: $4,600 to $8,350
Estimated Masa Israel Universal Grant: Range from $3,000 to $4,500*
iTrack is a customized Israel experience program that is designed for Jewish young adults. The goal is for each participant to build a program, together with the iTrack staff, that suits his or her specific needs and desires. The iTrack program also includes a madrich (counselor) whose role is to help with all problems that may arise during your stay in Israel. In addition, there are optional monthly educational seminars and tours, which foster meaningful social connections between Jewish young adults from around the world. The program can be located in a variety of areas throughout Israel, and different parts of the program can take place in different locations.
For more information, visit www.kibbutzprogramcenter.org
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
INTERNATIONAL MBA AT BAR ILAN UNIVERISTY
Duration: Academic Year
Start/End Dates: August – September
Program Cost: $25,900 Estimated Masa Israel Universal Grant: $4,500*
The International M.B.A. at Bar Ilan University offers a challenging curriculum that is international in scope, intimate in scale, and designed for success in the new millennium. Students are given a global perspective together with real world applications that allows them to master the complexities of today’s increasingly sophisticated business world.
For more information, visit http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/sb/imba/.
**Program cost does not include housing
M.A. IN POLITICS OF CONFLICT AT BEN GURION UNIVERSITY
Duration: 1 year
Start/End Dates: August – July (full time/full year)
Program Cost: $9,200 Estimated Masa Israel Universal Grant: $4,500*
The Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University has developed a unique graduate program that examines the different ways in which global and local processes have formed numerous sites of conflict both within Israeli society and in its relations with its neighbors.
For more information, visit http://humweb1.bgu.ac.il/politics/