Israel
UConn Hillel connects you with learning opportunities, fellowships, and student groups that explore Israel through multiple lenses.
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For Study Abroad Opportunities, click here!
Questions? Please contact Shirly, our Israel Fellow.
Programs
Café Ivrit – Hebrew Class
Hebrew learning for beginners!
Join us once a week to learn Hebrew in a fun, low-pressure, interactive way! If you’re interested in learning the basic vocabulary or to get ready for your Birthright trip – this class is for you. Hope to see you there!
For the Fall 2024 Semester, we are going to meet every Tuesday between 3-4pm.
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Taste Of Memories – Cooking Class
If you love food but are not sure how to prepare it or you want to learn new recipes for different ethnicities - this is the place for you.
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For the first time, we are creating a 10-session cooking course during the semester for about 12 students, in which we will prepare special recipes and dedicate dishes for those who are no longer with us.
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Click here for recipes and Stories!
Israel Learning Fellowship //
Kol Yisrael - (KY)
A 6-week cohort learning program for students to explore big ideas and big questions with Israel as a real-world case study. Employing Hillel’s Inquiry-Centered Model for Israel Education, students explore diverse perspectives and views from the Israeli landscape, cultivating resilient empathy for a world full of complex human experiences. Through engaging texts and universal values, Kol Yisrael enables learners to encounter others’ perspectives genuinely while also authentically bringing their voices to the conversation.
We will start our cohort in Fall 2024 and focus on Ethnic Diversity, every Wednesday 5-6 pm.
Fellowships
BICEP Fellow
Seed the Dream Foundation supports The Building Israel Connections Engagement Project (BICEP), a comprehensive year-long approach to Israel education and engagement on college campuses. Partners work closely with Israel Engagement Organizations to develop and implement a BICEP Israel Strategy for each unique campus community. Bicep interns work closely with our Israel fellow to create an events, educational opportunities, and connections with Israel.
StandWithUs Emerson Fellow
The Emerson Fellowship is a prestigious, year-long program that recruits, trains, educates, and inspires over 150 pro-Israel student leaders on campuses around the world. Emerson Fellows participate in 2 FREE training conferences and once-a-month professional development workshops, all while being personally mentored by their Campus Coordinator. Aside from first access to StandWithUs resources, Emerson Fellows gain direct support from our Research & Strategy and Legal Departments as well as their international fellowship network. Program requirements include creating 6 interactive events, helping organize the pro-Israel community, and representing StandWithUs on their campus.
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Fellowships
Israel Leadership Network (ILN)
Hillel International’s Israel Leadership Network is a body of Hillel’s top Israel focused leaders from across North America, representing over 175 different campuses.
ILN’s objectives are to maintain a thriving network for Hillels top Israel focused leaders where they can peer learn, share best practices, navigate challenges, and have close exposure to first rate subject matter experts and Israel thought leaders. The mission of ILN each year is to establish a robust idea incubation forum for Zionist student leaders on campuses across the United States.
Israel on Campus Coalition - ICC
This fellowship focuses on equipping pro-Israel and Jewish leaders to get involved with student government to build a coalition on campus and allies.
Travel to Israel!
Birthright:
Are you interested in traveling to Israel? Join us on our Birthright Israel trip with 20 other UCONN students! For more information about this FREE program, check out the Birthright Israel page or contact our Israel Fellow, Shirly Afrimi.
Next Trip Dates: December 30th – January 9th, 2025
Tap here if you want To receive a link to sign up when registration is open!
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Perspectives trip - Maccabi Task Force (MTF)
The Maccabee Task Force was founded in 2015 to help Jewish and pro-Israel students fight back against the rising tide of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on America’s college campuses. Our core aim is to dispel dangerous misinformation about Israel that percolates throughout academia by building coalitions with powerful student communities that work to change the narrative about Israel and better the environment for Jewish students on the college campus. We accomplish this through a trip to Israel for the most influential non-Jewish students on each of our 75 partner campuses as well as through supplementary programming designed to continue to foster the relationships forged on the trips.
Next Trip Dates: January 2-12th 2025.
Registration is open, Sign Up Here
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Bring Them Home -
The Hostage and Missing Families Forum
Formed by the families of the abductees less than 24 hours after the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7th. Which more than 1300 innocent civilians were murdered and hundreds were taken hostage. The Forum is volunteer-based and laser-focused on bringing the hostages back home to their families, to us.
since October 7th , We, at UCONN HILLEL working to bring the stories of the hostages and all the victims from the massacre to the agenda and keep them in our thoughts and prayers. Click here If you would like to contribute to their webpage.
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Bring Them Home -
The Hostage and Missing Families Forum
Formed by the families of the abductees less than 24 hours after the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7th, in which more than 1300 innocent civilians were murdered and hundreds were taken hostage.
The Forum is volunteer-based and focused on bringing the hostages back home to their families, and to us.
Since October 7th, UConn Hillel has worked to bring the stories of the hostages and all the victims from the massacre to the agenda and keep them in our thoughts and prayers.
If you’re looking for a way to contribute, here is a link to the website page:
Other Travel Opportunities
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Onward Israel Summer Internships:
Live, work, and play in Israel this summer while building your resume and making lifetime memories! Onward Israel offers exciting resume-building opportunities and internships, providing a global, cross-cultural experience in Israel and direct contact with Israeli peers.
If you are interested in spending a longer period in Israel, this opportunity provides resources to study, intern, and volunteer. Offering over 200 different opportunities, MASA provides young Jewish adults with connections to programs, grants, and scholarships towards program fees, as well as support, activities, workshops, and resources while in Israel.
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