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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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   Program Mission

     1. Educate students, faculty, and the
         DFW community about the religion,
         cultures, and historical experiences
         of the Jewish people.

     2. Promote Jewish and Israel studies
         in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

     3. Foster ties between UNT and Jewish
         institutions in the DFW area,
         throughout the United States, and
         in Israel.

     4. Increase original scholarship by
         students and faculty on Jewish and
         Israel subjects.

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Last updated: August 17, 2009

UNT Jewish Studies Program
Bernard and Audre Rapoport Jewish Studies Suite
General Academic Building 460

Dr. Richard M. Golden
Director & Professor of History
940-369-8933
rmg@unt.edu
Nanette Behning
Administrative Assistant
940-369-8926
Nanette.Behning@unt.edu
 

  1155 Union Circle #305369
  Denton, TX 76203-5017
  940-369-8926 (phone)
  940-369-8163 (fax)