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	Young Judaea Year Course - Olami

The rich history of Israel is deeply influenced by other Jewish communities worldwide, whose connection to Israel spans the past, present, and future. Year Course Olami explores these connections with a series of week-long journeys to countries around the globe – From the cobblestone streets of Europe to the villages of Africa – discover how they shaped the state of Israel, and how Israel continues to influence them today.

Program Description:
A number of Olami tours are available, each focusing on a different region of the world, and a different theme in Jewish history.

Lost Jewish Communities: Portugal…Uganda… India…South Africa
The Zionist Revolution: France…Eastern Europe… London…Morocco…Ethiopia
Israel, Africa, and the Jews: Kenya… Ethiopia…Nigeria…Tunisia
Israel and Islam: Mauritania… Turkey…Kazakhstan…Morocco
Sephardi Judaism and Zionism: Spain…Bulgaria…Turkey…Greece…Holland

Olami participants will be fully integrated into the Year Course, the 9-month program of formal and informal education for recent high school graduates who spend a dynamic year living, volunteering and studying in Israel. Placements can include: Jerusalem, community volunteering experiences near Tel Aviv, army, navy, youth aliya village, safari, kibbutz and more.

Participants can earn up to a year's worth of college credit through the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, CA, while building leadership skills and developing and strengthening their relationship with the country’s land and people. Olami participants will travel outside of Israel approximately every two months.

Core contents of the program:
Immersion into Israeli society, Hebrew Ulpan, volunteer opportunities, academic studies, world travel.

What is included?
Travel to foreign countries, room and board, academic component fully accredited through the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, CA (earn up to a year's worth of college credit), round-trip international airfare, tiyulim, volunteer opportunities, travel, medical insurance, pre-departure orientation program.

Extras:
Olami options are exciting additions to the classic Year Course program. Students will use the world as a living classroom.

Brand new specialty tracks for students with interests in Sports, Cooking, Performing and Visual Arts, Design, or Medicine are open to Olami participants as well!

Additionally, the Shevet track provides a year of exploring Jewish ritual, tradition, and halacha (law).

Year Course participants come from all over North America, Great Britain and Israel.


	Contact outside of Israel: 50 W 58 St. NYC NY 10019 Year Course: 800-725-0612 212-303-7411 (Fax) yearcourse@youngjudaea.org Contact in Israel: Yearcourse@youngjudaea.org www.yearcourse.org Program Details: Starting date: August 2008 Ending date: June 2009 Duration: 9 months Ages: 17-19 Open to participants from: Northern Hemisphere Language of program: English, Hebrew Home base in Israel: Jerusalem, Bat Yam Religious affiliation: Pluralist/Unaffiliated For cost, please contact the program directly.

MASA Israel journey is a project of the Government of Israel and Jewish communities around the world, represented by the Jewish Agency for Israel and its partners, United Jewish Communities / the Federations of North America, and Keren Hayesod - UIA.