This program, initiated by Gary Rosenblatt, publisher of the New York Jewish Week, trains high school students in their junior and then senior years to become advocates for Israel on college campuses. The curriculum involves (1) seven Sundays of seminars during the first year on Jewish and Israeli history, the facts and myths of the current conflict, confronting press bias and making Israel’s case to the media; (2) a ten-day Israel mission; and (3) a choice of tracks for hands-on field work activities during the students’ senior year.
The Write On for Israel program is currently located in Chicago, Cleveland, New York and San Francisco.
Chicago: www.juf.org/teens/writeon.aspx
Cleveland: www.writeonforisraelcleveland.com
New York: www.writeonforisrael.org
San Francisco: http://www.bluestarpr.com/write-on-for-israel-san-francisco.html