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Write On for Israel Creating Israel Advocates
Each year, nearly 80,000 Jewish high school graduates enter college mostly unprepared to deal with potential anti-Israel challenges from peers and faculty. Our goal is to change that.
Write On For Israel/San Francisco is an intensive and exciting one-year program open to a select group of high school students (sophomores or juniors) that includes a highly subsidized 10-day trip to Israel.
There are many Israel-related programs for teens, however WOFI is unique in its use of journalism to explore the Jewish narrative in Israel and the right of Jewish freedom of expression in America. The skills students can acquire through WOFI will help prepare teens for college and beyond. Seven monthly Sunday-seminars, including one weekend retreat, will be taught by top educators and professional journalists and will feature appearances by Israeli officials, communications experts, and political leaders.
Come prepared to ask challenging questions. WOFI is a safe laboratory where you can deepen your understanding of Israel's complexity while you sharpen your effectiveness as a communicator. Even if you already know it all, you will learn new ways to build support for your ideas and positions.
A summary of WOFI benefits for participants includes:
– Get a Highly Subsidized Trip to Israel
– Explore the Story of the Jewish People in Israel
– Produce a Video Documentary & Film Festival
– Improve Your Writing, Critical Thinking and Speaking Skills
– Discover the Ideas and Events that Have Shaped Israel
– Understand Israel's Strategic Predicament
– Master Journalism and Media Analysis
– Create Friendships with Teens from the Bay Area & Israel
– Build a Portfolio for College Admissions
Testimonials
the most powerful experience was as a part of the Write On for Israel
A WOFI education is often life changing for a teen. Participants who enter the program with little knowledge about Israel often graduate deeply connected and ready to engage in individual and group advocacy activities. Teens who enter the program already knowledgeable are able to boost their effectiveness and practice opinion leadership through WOFI’s rigorous exploration of difficult and complex issues in the classroom sessions, in Israel and in community events.
Write On is a collaborative effort between J, the Jewish weekly magazine of the San Francisco Bay Area and BlueStar, a pro-Israel non-profit organization in San Francisco. Participation in Write On is highly subsidized for students thanks to generous funding from the Avi Chai Foundation, the Koret Foundation, the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Foundation and the Dorothy and Harold Greenwald Foundation. In addition Write On is supported by the Jewish Community Federation (JCF) of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. For more information, visit their website.
Program cost is $995.00. Gift of Israel savings can be applied to the cost as well as the Jewish Community Federation's First time teen trips to Israel program. For those families who may qualify, we expect to offer substantial financial.
See What the Students Say About Making A Documentary
You can can view the Write On for Israel Documentaries.
