JIMENA
2011-12 Student Internship

JIMENA Interns will:
• Serve as informed JIMENA ambassadors on campus
• Chair and mobilize a JIMENA student committee in charge of planning at least one JIMENA program on campus per semester
• Design and complete their own JIMENA inspired research project
• Participate in an orientation and semester-end project exhibition and celebration;
• Build relationships between the JIMENA student committee and other campus organizations
• Participate in monthly calls with JIMENA staff and a mid-semester conference call with other Interns
• Meet regularly with advising academic staff (if earning college credit)
• Meet all requirements in a timely, professional manner

Help preserve and bring Mizrahi and Sephardi culture to your college campus – Become a JIMENA Student Intern!

What will Interns Receive?
• Potential to earn college credit
• Distinguished professional development experience
• A completed high-level original research project, with the potential to be featured on JIMENA’s website and other campus publications
• Networking opportunities with prominent members of the Jewish community, local campus leaders, and other JIMENA Interns
• A $200 stipend (awarded in two $100 installments: mid-semester and at semester’s end)
• A unique and rare opportunity to have a profound impact on campus while participating in a selective, brand-new initiative by a highly reputed organization


JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, is a non-profit organization which seeks recognition for and preserves the rich cultural history of the nearly one million Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews who were displaced from their country of origin.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. For more information and to apply, email JIMENA Program Coordinator, Monique Arar at MoniqueArar@JIMENA.org