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 Register for "Arava: The Jewish Environmental Experience" on Kibbutz Lotan As part of Lotan's and the Center for Creative Ecology's efforts to widen the range of our educational programming, starting in September 2006 we will be offering the eight month "Arava: The Jewish Environmental Experience" on Kibbutz Lotan. This unique accredited study and work experience, the result of cooperation between the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies on Kibbutz Ketura, Ben Gurion University, and Masa Israel Journey, focuses on the ethical, physical and social components of sustainable development from a liberal Jewish perspective. Participants will learn skills benefiting the environment of Israel and the world while strengthening their connection to Israel and identification with Progressive Judaism in Israel. They will experience communal kibbutz living, live in peaceful desert surroundings, and earn 15 academic credits. Visit www.kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/AravaProgram to learn more information and download a brochure. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
