Internships
Remote work with American Friends. Unpaid. You leave with a set of pieces.
These internships are with American Friends in the United States. You do the work from home. This is not a placement in a nature reserve in Israel, and it is not a season on a dig.
One project
Apply under the project you want. One is enough. Each project is a set of pieces, not a single task.
What to tell us
Your school, your year, and why this project. A short sample helps if you have one.
How the work goes
We send the material, review a draft of the set with you, and you revise it.
Hours
We agree the hours when we write back, so the work can sit around your classes.
Learn the sites
Read the places carefully, then write what a reader in the United States needs.
Audience Research
Communications, marketing, or history.
The work
- Choose three Israel Nature and Parks Authority sites. They can be any sites American Friends is telling people about.
- For each site, write who in the United States would care, what they need to understand, and what to leave out.
- Name the reader: a church group, a bar or bat mitzvah family, or a donor who has never been there.
- Write one note on what the three sites have in common, and where those readers differ.
You leave withThree one-page briefs and a comparison note, with your name on the set.
Heritage Research
History or archaeology.
The work
- Choose one nature reserve or heritage site. It can be any site.
- Write a sourced brief from the public record, including the park authority's account and the pages on this site.
- Cite every source, and keep what the record says separate from what you conclude.
- Write a half-page version for a reader who is not a specialist. This is research you can cite. It is not excavation, and it is not a season on a dig.
You leave withOne cited brief and a short version for a general reader, for a résumé or a graduate application.
Tell the story
Turn a project into words, film, pictures, or posts for people here.
Writing
Students who want published writing.
The work
- Write one project story for this website from facts we send you.
- Write a shorter version of the same story for Field Notes, the note we send to supporters.
- Write both for someone in the United States who has not seen the place.
- Mark anything you cannot verify, and leave it out.
You leave withA website story and a Field Notes version. If we publish either, your name is on it.
Video editing
Students who edit video.
The work
- Start from one film the Israel Nature and Parks Authority published in Hebrew.
- Cut a full English version that keeps the humor and the message.
- Cut a one-minute version for a viewer who will not watch the whole film.
- Write English titles, and leave the people in the film as themselves.
You leave withA full English edit and a one-minute edit. The original film remains the park authority's.
Photography
Students who sequence and caption photographs.
The work
- Select eight pictures for one project from photographs American Friends already has. This is not a trip to take new pictures.
- Put them in an order that tells the story, and write a caption for each one.
- Write a short introduction so a reader knows what the sequence is about.
- Note which pictures are missing, and what a later photographer would need to shoot.
You leave withEight captioned pictures, an introduction, and a list of what is missing. The photographs stay the organization's. The edit is yours to show.
Social Media
Social media or communications.
The work
- Write six posts for one project, for people in the United States.
- Give each post a picture we already have, one line, and one thing you want the reader to do.
- Set the order, and say who each post is for.
- Write two opening lines for the first post, so there is a choice.
You leave withSix posts in order, with the audience and the opening lines. We will tell you before anything is posted in public.
Give it a look
Decide how one project should look and read, in more than one place.
Branding
Design or communications.
The work
- Choose one site. It can be any site.
- Write how the name should read, and the one sentence under it.
- Show that sentence as a page headline, as the opening of a letter, and as the line on a poster.
- Stay with the words and pictures we already use.
You leave withThe name, the sentence, and that sentence written for a page, a letter, and a poster.
Graphic Design
Graphic design.
The work
- Design one poster a donor or a bar or bat mitzvah family can keep.
- Design the same poster for a phone screen, so the words still read.
- Use only facts from the project. Do not invent costs or results.
- Leave room for the organization's name and for where to give.
You leave withA poster and a phone version, as a pair for a portfolio.
Reach people here
Write for the families and donors who give from the United States.
Education
Education, Jewish studies, or writing.
The work
- Write one page a bar or bat mitzvah family can read.
- Write a shorter version a congregation can hear read aloud.
- Use the words already on this site: what the visit is, and what the family's gift supports.
- List the questions a family is likely to ask, and answer them from the site.
You leave withA family page, a short version to read aloud, and the questions with answers.
Fundraising
Fundraising, nonprofit work, or writing.
The work
- Write one letter to donors in the United States about one project.
- Write a shorter email of the same appeal, including the subject line.
- Say what the place is, what the gift is for, and how to give.
- Use only facts we provide. Do not invent costs, visitor numbers, or results.
You leave withA letter, an email, and a subject line. Mail to donors goes out from American Friends. You keep the set.