Bronfman Youth Fellowships offer opportunities to study in Israel
Outstanding high school students from diverse Jewish backgrounds will have the opportunity to study in Israel and lead social action projects at home. Applications now are being accepted for the 29th year of the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel.
The Bronfman Fellowships selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers for a rigorous academic year of seminars, including a free, five-week trip to Israel between the summer of fellows’ junior and senior years of high school. The program educates and inspires exceptional young Jews from diverse backgrounds to grow into leaders grounded in their Jewish identity and committed to social change. The program was founded and is funded by Edgar M. Bronfman, of blessed memory, a visionary Jewish philanthropist.
During the program’s seminars, fellows meet with leading intellectuals, religious and political leaders and educators, such Etgar Keret, A.B Yehoshua, Sayed Kashua and Rabbah Tamar Applebaum. The Fellows then participate in study and dialogue with a diverse faculty, which is made up of rabbis and educators, associated with different movements and perspectives within Judaism.
Faculty members have an intimate knowledge of Judaism in North America and Israel and have extensive experience working with emerging adults. Fellows also spend two weeks with a group of Israeli peers who have been chosen through a parallel selection process as part of the Israeli Youth Fellowship: Amitei Bronfman. Upon returning home from the summer in Israel, Bronfman fellows are asked to devise and lead local Jewish or social action projects.
Applications for the 2015 Fellowship are available at bronfman.org and must be submitted online by Jan. 6, 2015. A new recruitment video is available at Bronfman.org/become. Students in the United States and Canada who self-identify as Jewish and who will be in the 12th grade in fall 2015 are eligible to apply. BYFI is a pluralistic program for Jews of all backgrounds; prior Jewish education is not required. Students are chosen not on the basis of financial need, but on merit alone.
The Bronfman Fellowships selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers for a rigorous academic year of seminars, including a free, five-week trip to Israel between the summer of fellows’ junior and senior years of high school. The program educates and inspires exceptional young Jews from diverse backgrounds to grow into leaders grounded in their Jewish identity and committed to social change. The program was founded and is funded by Edgar M. Bronfman, of blessed memory, a visionary Jewish philanthropist.
During the program’s seminars, fellows meet with leading intellectuals, religious and political leaders and educators, such Etgar Keret, A.B Yehoshua, Sayed Kashua and Rabbah Tamar Applebaum. The Fellows then participate in study and dialogue with a diverse faculty, which is made up of rabbis and educators, associated with different movements and perspectives within Judaism.
Faculty members have an intimate knowledge of Judaism in North America and Israel and have extensive experience working with emerging adults. Fellows also spend two weeks with a group of Israeli peers who have been chosen through a parallel selection process as part of the Israeli Youth Fellowship: Amitei Bronfman. Upon returning home from the summer in Israel, Bronfman fellows are asked to devise and lead local Jewish or social action projects.
Applications for the 2015 Fellowship are available at bronfman.org and must be submitted online by Jan. 6, 2015. A new recruitment video is available at Bronfman.org/become. Students in the United States and Canada who self-identify as Jewish and who will be in the 12th grade in fall 2015 are eligible to apply. BYFI is a pluralistic program for Jews of all backgrounds; prior Jewish education is not required. Students are chosen not on the basis of financial need, but on merit alone.