Argentina
The University of North Texas Jewish Studies Program will be selecting three UNT
students to attend the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committees’ annual
Alternative Spring Break Trip to Argentina. The three students who are chosen,
along with those selected by the University of Texas and University of Houston Hillels,
will volunteer in an assortment of JDC sponsored community projects, assisting in their
response to Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis, while also getting the opportunity to
interact with native, Argentinean Jews.
Students chosen to attend this program will be required to:
- collect in-kind goods and monetary donations
- pay a participation fee of $600
- attend all required orientations
Karen Even, who attended the spring break
trip in 2009, writes:
“Attending the JDC’s Spring Break Trip to Argentina last year was
one of the best experiences of my life. I not only formed bonds
with my group of 25 students from UNT, UT, and UH through cultural
experiences, but I also interacted with the Argentinean Jewish
community. I experienced what life is like as a Jew in Argentina
and its current economic state. This trip increased my passion for
volunteering, elevated my Jewish pride, and allowed me to grow
emotionally and intellectually.
- If you have any questions about my experiences in the program,
feel free to contact me at 713-294-7382 or KarenEven@unt.edu"
Please contact Dr. Richard Golden for more information
Dr. Golden: 940-369-8933 or email at: rmg@unt.edu
Jewish Studies office: 940-369-8926
General Academic Building, Suite 460
Argentina application form
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October 19, 2009
Etgar Keret, Bestselling Israeli Author & Filmmaker
Screening of his new film, $9.99
Q&A session and book signing following
7:00-10:00pm, Lyceum, University Union
Hailed as the voice of young Israel and one of its most radical and extraordinary writers, Etgar Keret is internationally acclaimed for his short stories. Born in Tel Aviv in 1967 to an extremely diverse family, his brother heads an Israeli group that lobbies for the legalization of marijuana, and his sister is an orthodox Jew and the mother of ten children. Keret regards his family as a microcosm of Israel. His book, The Nimrod Flip-Out, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006), is a collection of 32 short stories that captures the craziness of life in Israel today. Rarely extending beyond three or four pages, these stories fuse the banal with the surreal. Shot through with a dark, tragicomic sensibility and casual, comic-strip violence, he offers a window on a surreal world that is at once funny and sad.
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