Internships Tel Aviv | Israel Programs

Program Overview
WUJS Intern Tel-Aviv is a program that gives you the opportunity to combine a professional internship in a field of your choice with the additional benefits of a regular Ulpan (Hebrew language) course, weekly field trips, overnight hikes, meetings with Israeli peers and a variety of fun and enriching activities.

Today Tel-Aviv is one of the world's most exciting, cosmopolitan cities full of restaurants, cafes, bars, museums, galleries, theaters and more. Intern Tel-Aviv will give you the chance to live it to the full. By day, step out into the thriving working environment. By night, step out into the best nightlife in Israel.

Participants will live in apartments in fashionable South Tel-Aviv and intern in almost any area of industry and commerce, public and private sector, art and culture, hi-tech, politics and much more. This is a great opportunity for you to enhance your resume and live as an independent Israeli all within a warm yet dynamic environment and supported by professional and experienced staff.

Participants can choose to take part in either the 5-month or 10-month program. Both programs spend the first month together in the intensive Hebrew Ulpan before each individual begins his/her internship placement on a full-time basis.

Typical Week for WUJS Intern Tel Aviv

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
AM	Internship Placement	Internship Placement	Israel Update	Internship Placement	Internship Placement	Free Weekend – why not go on a camping trip with friends to the Golan Heights	Free Weekend – why not have a cultural weekend visiting Jerusalem 'off the beaten track'
			Group Meeting
PM			Siyur (field trip) may run until late
Evening	Group Activity	Hebrew Ulpan		Hebrew Ulpan	Free Evening

The Internship
Prior to your arrival an Israel, a member of the WUJS staff will be in contact with you to discuss your areas of interests and your CV/resume. Following that you will be presented with potential internship placements and asked to be in contact with each one individually before making a final decision on your five month placement.

Requirements
Participants on the WUJS Intern Tel-Aviv program are required to intern 25-30 hours a week. In addition participants have the option of taking a Hebrew language ulpan and a weekly educational day-trip. Finally participants are free to take advantage of all the other evening options made available by the WUJS staff.

Jewish Experience
One of the greatest advantages of spending six months in Israel is the opportunity to experience Judaism. Explore the options, feel the fervor, learn and encounter Judaism as you never have before. WUJS, as part Young Judaea/FZY Israel programs, is a Jewish pluralist program; whether you are Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist or non-affiliated, you will be given your space to express your Judaism in your way.

Israel Experience
Beyond the internship placement participants on the WUJS Intern Tel-Aviv program will have the option of participating in a variety in informal educational and cultural activities that primarily take place in the evenings. These may include: Israeli film night, going to an international soccer match, visiting a new bar on Rothschild Street, going to a political rally, meeting an environmental lobby, going to a concert and much more. In addition, during free time, participants can enjoy all the wonderful cultural and social opportunities that Tel-Aviv has to offer.

Adopted Families
The WUJS Intern Tel-Aviv program can arrange for students to be "adopted" by a local family. This provides a home away from home and an opportunity to get to know an Israeli family. These families are often immigrants themselves from around the world. It can be a way of practicing Hebrew and discovering Jerusalem from a different angle. While this is not a compulsory part of the program, experience has proven that life-long relationships can be formed between students and local families.

Weekends
The weekends are often one of the highlights of the program as participants have the time to get out and about exploring the country from north to south. All WUJS participants have the luxury of using our tiyul (hiking) consultant who will help you to plan your treks around Israel and even provide you with maps, tents and gas burners.

Shabbatot
There may be group Shabbatot weekends over the course of the program depending on the requests of the participants. These will be in Tel-Aviv.Each Shabbat can be meaningful in its own way either due to a new and interesting encounter or simply because of the unique atmosphere that each Shabbat brings. Just be ready to be spiritually uplifted in some way.

Accommodation
All participants on the WUJS Intern Tel-Aviv program receive accommodation in apartments within the city of Tel-Aviv. The apartments are situated in South Tel-Aviv conveniently situated close to the trendy Florentine (Tel-Aviv's Soho) and a short ride away from Tel-Aviv's famous beach. The area provides easy access to all of Tel-Aviv's highlights including restaurants, cafes, bars, museums, theaters and more. In most cases four to six participants live per apartment (two people per bedroom).

Getting Around the City
As anyone who lives in Tel-Aviv will tell you the most enjoyable way to get around the city is on foot. However, just in case, participants will also be provided with monthly bus passes that allow you to get around the city freely using the vast public transportation system.

Beyond The Internship

Hebrew Ulpan
There will be an intensive Hebrew Ulpan (language course) for the first month of the program every morning for 3.5 hours. This is a new initiative in Tel-Aviv and is based on two pieces of feedback we recently received from our participants who study Hebrew two evenings a week for a maximum of 4 hours.
1. There is not enough Hebrew on the program
2. I don't have enough confidence to use my Hebrew outside of the classroom.

Based on research, the intensive Ulpan in the first month of the program definitely answers both these needs. Apart from the obvious increase in hours, it also gives a solid base of confidence that will benefit participants tremendously for the remaining four months, especially in their internship placements. From month two onwards, participants settle into a routine of two classes a week each one for two hours. The Ulpan will be run by the Young Judaea Ulpan Department.

The Key Issues in Israel Seminars
During the same three weeks, in addition to the Hebrew Ulpan, once a week participants will have the opportunity to engage in an afternoon educational seminar that tackles one of the key issues that any participant on a long-term program in Israel should consider. These may include such topics as: History of Israel, Overview of Israeli Political System, Religion and State, Understanding the Conflict, The People of Israel, Israeli Culture and more. Each session will take on the form of a guest speaker, a short field trip or an interactive activity.

Siyurim and Tiyulim
One of the highlights of the WUJS program is the field trips that take place every Tuesday. This is an opportunity to take a break from the week's routine and get out and about seeing Israel through your own eyes and feet. The field trips are based on a variety of topics and can take you to somewhere local in the city of Jerusalem or beyond and into the country at large. Previous field trips have included: The Old City of Jerusalem, Yemin Moshe and Rechavia, Neot Kedumim, Neve Tzedek in Tel-Aviv, Sderot, Yad Vashem, Rosh Haayin, Kibbutz Metzer and many, many more.In addition there are three hikes that take place during the course of the program. One in the North of the country, one in the Judaean Desert and the Dead Sea and one in the Arava that is situated in the South of the country and involves a Shabbat experience at Kibbutz Ketura.

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