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The Berkeley Institute on Jewish Law and Israel Studies Undergraduate Fellow Program

The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies invites UC Berkeley undergraduate students to apply for the Berkeley Institute Undergraduate Fellowship. The fellowship is offered for one year with a possibility of extension. Fellows receive a $500 stipend per semester.

About the Institute

The Institute has two programs, one on Jewish Law, Thought and Identity and the other in Israel Studies. Undergraduate fellows will have the opportunity to work within both programs. As a member of this team, you will work with the staff and faculty of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies as well as other students in your cohort.

The Institute brings several speakers to campus every semester. Past speakers included Supreme Court Justice of Canada Rosalie Abella, President of the Israel Institute and former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Itamar Rabionvich, and Israeli-Palestinian writer Sayed Kashua. During the Spring semester, the Institute hosted lectures by social demographer Calvin Goldscheider, scholar of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Jonathan Gribetz, author and professor of Jewish Studies Susannah Heschel, and more as well as several student-centered events. In addition to events, the Institute brings visiting faculty from Israel to teach courses at Berkeley.

Tasks and Responsibilities During a typical week, a fellow is expected to commit approximately 3-5 hours to various projects of the Institute. Tasks include:• Helping to market our various events and courses to different networks and departments on campus.• Working with different student groups and organizations to create student-initiated programs.• Assisting in event planning and production. • Providing feedback at the end of the semester about the Institute, its programs and the experience of being a student fellow. Fellows are invited to initiate their own relevant projects. Past fellows projects included: planning and executing a DeCal course in Israel Studies; coordinating a student event, producing a pamphlet of Jewish and Israel Studies courses at UC Berkeley, among other projects.

Please send your resume as well as a few paragraphs on why you are interested in this position to Executive Director, Rebecca Golbert (rlgolbert@law.berkeley.edu) by September 10th, 2016.

Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel StudiesUndergraduate Fellows Program

Innovation & Entrepreneurship: The Case of Israel (UGBA 98/198)

Tuesdays 5-6PM, Starts Sept. 8th Location: Cheit 250, Haas CCN: First-come, first-serve Course Description: This course explores the various sectors of Israeli economy and looks at different innovations that the country produced — everything from high-tech startups to financial programs that are unique to Israel. The course will consist of case studies and guest speakers including various venture capitalists, innovators, CEO’s, and academics.

http://www.decal.org/courses/3744

The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies invites you to a free screening of the 2014 Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, Israeli film “Zero Motivation.” The film is a dark comedy which follows the daily lives of several women serving their army time in the HR department. After the film will be a discussion led by Professor Shira Offer.

You must be a student to attend this event, and Cal IDs will be required for entrance. Please RSVP to berkeley_institute@law.berkeley.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by Mishelanu, the Jewish Student Union, and Miriam the IV: JFem

The Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies Presents:

Thursday, February 26th

7:30 PM Warren Room, 295 Boalt Hall

Dinner will be provided Doors open at 7:30 PM, Screening at 8 PM

Janine Zacharia Former Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Washington Post Former Washington Bureau Chief, Jerusalem Post Carlos Kelly McClachy Visiting Lecturer, Stanford University

Join us for dinner and a student conversation about the recent Israeli election with Journalist and Stanford Visiting Lecturer Janine Zacharia. The conversation will be moderated by Joan Bieder, Associate Dean of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Janine Zacharia was appointed as the Middle East Correspondent for the Washington post in 2009. Before this, she was a reporter for Reuters in Israel, Washington Bureau Chief for the Jerusalem Post, and Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for Bloomberg News. During her time at the Washington Post, Zacharia reported throughout the Middle East, not only in the West Bank and Gaza Strip but in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Turkey. As a diplomatic correspondent, she traveled around the world with the former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, and other senior administration and military officials. Zacharia will reflect on the recent elections in Israel, and then hold a Q&A with students.

Tuesday, April 7th | 6:30-8:00 pm | Warren, 295 Boalt Hall

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Join us for Dinner and a Student Conversation:

Reflecting on the Recent Israeli Elections with Journalist and Stanford Lecturer Janine Zacharia

IDENTITY THROUGH ARTA Multicultural Performance Featuring Slam Poet and Author Aaron Samuels

ThursdayApril

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Reception 6:30 PM|Performance 7:00 PM|297 Boalt Hall

Featuring: Dil Se Brandon Anthony Melendez Joe Wagner More groups TBA

Join us for a night of performance, Aaron Samuels will perform and hold a Q&A, followed by several student and alumni groups.

Aaron Samuels is a Pushcart-nominated poet, a TEDx speaker, and an acclaimed facilitator of critical identity discussions. His per-formances have been featured on TV One’s Verses & Flow, HBO’s Brave New Voices, and TEDx.

RSVP to: berkeley_institute@law.berkeley.edu Falafel* Dinner for those who register *Dinner will be vegan

Thursday

17SEPTEMBER

6 PM, B100 A/B Blum Hall

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The Yarqon/Aluja water basin spans from the national watershed line in the Samarian Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea. 40% of the basin is west of the green line (the demarcation lines set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements) and 60% is to the east of it.

The Yarqon River Authority initiated a master plan for the Yarqon River in 1994. This has been the planning basis for an impressive revolution; following this change the Yarqon River Authority initiated a renewed appraisal with an updated and expanded plan now including the entire Yarqon/Aluja Basin.

Join us for a conversation with Master Architect Liora Meron to discuss the new master plan as a breakthrough in Israeli/Palestinian cooperation around socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental issues.

Liora received her architectural and planning degree in 1978 from the School of Architecture and Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - and her MA degree in 1994 from the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona. Her work experience includes various architectural projects as well as town and environmental planning for the public and private sectors in Israel, Madrid - Spain, London, Chicago and NY.

*Food and drink will be provided

An Environmental and Urban Revolution in an Israeli/Palestinian Water Basin:The example of the Yarqon/Aluja Basin

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An aerial illustration of the Yarqon/Aluja basin from the west

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30Reception: 6:30 PM, Film: 7 PM

Room 100, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley

Join us for a film screening of “Gett” followed by a facilitated conversation with director. “Gett” is an award-nominated Israeli film which brings to light the complexities and challenges that women seeking divorce face in a religious court.

Following the film, the director and writer Shlomi Elkabetz will lead a conversation about his inspiration behind the story. Visiting Professor of Law Ori Aronson will facilitate the conversation. Dinner will be provided.

WEDNESDAYSEPTEMBER

30

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GETTTHE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM

The Miriam Engel-Angela Dance Company, will perform “De-parts” a contemporary dance piece that relates to the connection between identity and land. Leah Kahn will perform a solo called “תוחונ רוזא” (comfort zone) which explores what happens to our identity when we decide to leave the places that feel safe.

Miriam Engel is an experienced dancer, choreographer and passionate teacher. In 2012, she founded her own company and dance school in Jerusalem, Angela Dance Company and Merhav Mechol (Dance Space). As artistic director, she creates works that are characterized by a personal, colorful and unique language and design, based on both modern techniques and theatrical methods. On stage, Miriam creates a fantastical world of physicality and emotional depth.

Leah Kahn is the Senior Jewish Educator at Berkeley Hillel and a dancer and performer. While living in Jerusalem, she danced in the Merhav Mechol ensemble, under the direction of Miriam Engel. In the Bay Area, she recently appeared in “Empty Spaces” with Rogelio Lopez & Dancers and is currently dancing in a site specific piece about climate change by Nina Haft, which will premiere in May 2016.

IDENTITY INSIDE ISRAEL AND OUTA CONVERSATION THROUGH MOVEMENT

November 5, 2015|Dance Performance 7:00 pm|Berkeley Hillel Auditorium

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Join us for a film screening of the Israeli film “Manpower,” directed by award-winning filmmaker Noam Kaplan. Manpower delicately weaves together the stories of four men in crisis– a decorated police officer who barely earns a living, an Israeli-Filipino boy fighting for recognition, a taxi driver whose children are migrating to a distant country, and a veteran migrant worker who is forced to decide whether to leave or to hide until trouble passes. Moving between scathing realism and subtle irony, the film addresses issues of belonging and uprooting, of exile and immigration, and of family and connection.

This screening is the first event in our spring student series, “Snapshots of Immigration and Asylum Inside Israel and out.” Dinner will be provided.

FILM SCREENING OFf

MANPOWER Directed by Noam Kaplan

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27thReception: 6:30 PM, Film: 7 PM

Warren Room, 295 Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley

Please email us at berkeley_institute@law.berkeley.edu to RSVP!