Get Inspired — MASA Arts Opportunities in Israel

Explore Your Artistic Side in Israel

MASA Israel Journey provides more than 8,500 Jewish young adults each year with the opportunity to participate on a 5-12 month volunteer, academic or internship experience in Israel. MASA provides every participant, ages 18-30, with grants and scholarships, and MASA programs include gap year, college and post-college experiences.

WUJS (World Union of Jewish Students) Jerusalem Arts Program

Program Includes:

• combine studies in Judaism, Zionism and Hebrew with a personal art medium such as visual art, music, photography, writing or performing
• trips around Israel, hikes, and meetings with Israeli peers
• studio time to work on personal creative projects
• opportunity to present work in an exhibition in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv

Open to University graduates ages 21-35.    Next Session: February 28, 2010 – August 12, 2010

For more information, contact: Amy Gross, WUJS Recruiter, amyg@wujsisrael.org, www.wujsisrael.org

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Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

Program Includes:

• learn alongside Israeli peers at Israel’s premiere art and design institute
• a wide range of theoretical and practical courses in all the different Art and Design media
• college credit is awarded

Open to:

• High school graduates, college students and post graduates with basic knowledge of art and design
• Bezalel Advanced Art Program – for 3rd year university art students and graduates of art institutions.

Next Session: February-July 2010. For more information, contact: Shoshana Klieman, bezalel@israelexperience.org.il, http://www.israelexperience.org.il/bezalel/

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Creative Writing Semester in Israel at Bar Ilan University

Program includes:

• study Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Playwriting, Screenwriting and English literature
• literary evenings with Israeli authors, film screenings, live performances and visits to museums and gelleries
• inclusion in a student-published literary journal
• notable guest lecturers and faculty
• up to 16 credits from Bar Ilan University

Open to: Beginning and emerging undergraduate and postgraduate writers

Next Session: September 2010-January 2011. For more information, contact: Madelyn Kent, CWSI Coordinator kentma@mail.biu.ac.il www.cwsiprogram.org

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For more information, contact:

• Daniel Schuval, Director of Academic Programs, danielsc@masaisrael.org
• Aaron Goldberg, Director of Career Development and Volunteer Programs aarong@masaisrael.org
• Or visit http://www.masaisrael.org