Internship Posting: Jewish Dialogue Group, Philadelphia PA, Unpaid

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The Jewish Dialogue Group is seeking interns to help us create our new Guidebook for Deliberation about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Jews across the U.S. will use the guidebook to conduct workshops in which participants systematically explore how they can respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in ways that are as ethical and effective as possible, in a supportive, non-adversarial environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities can include:
1) researching questions about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, analyses of the current situation, and visions for the future -- from multiple ideological perspectives
2) researching the work of a variety of advocacy organizations and the hopes, values, and assumptions that motivate them
3) conducting interviews with activists, teachers, and scholars with multiple perspectives
4) drafting sections of the guide
5) helping to assemble a bibliography of materials that are freely available online
Interns may also help to conduct and assess pilot workshops using preliminary drafts of the guidebook.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are seeking interns who are:
--skilled in writing and research
--knowledgeable about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, United States foreign policy, Judaism, and Jewish communal politics in the U.S.
--interested in learning and writing about a wide variety of perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
--organized and detail-oriented
--reliable and flexible
Past experience with conflict analysis and knowledge about conflict resolution or conflict transformation is helpful but not required.
TIMING AND LOCATION
Timing is flexible, but we will ask interns to commit at least 50 hours to the project in the summer or fall of 2011. Full-time and part-time positions are available. We welcome interns who live anywhere in the United States. People located in the Philadelphia area, New York, and Washington, DC are especially encouraged to apply.
ACADEMIC CREDIT AND COMPENSATION
If you are a student and you are eligible for a research grant, community service funding, or academic credit through your school, we would be glad to work with you to design a workplan that meets your program's criteria and to provide any documentation that is needed.

ABOUT THE JEWISH DIALOGUE GROUP
The Jewish Dialogue Group is a non-partisan organization that was founded in 2001 to foster constructive dialogue within Jewish communities about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other controversial issues. Our board members and volunteers have many different political perspectives. As an organization, we do not take positions on any issues, but focus solely on helping people to talk across differences in useful ways.
We lead dialogue programs in synagogues, colleges, and other venues, which help people to (1) understand one another and built positive relationships across political differences; (2) reflect on their experiences, feelings, ideas, and questions; and (3) systematically explore how they can respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the most effective and ethical ways possible. We also train facilitators and create publications that empower people to lead programs of their own.

To apply, visit www.jewishdialogue.org/internships
If you have any questions, email Mitch Chanin at info@jewishdialogue.org.