This past winter, Gilad Schalit surprised some 900 French Jewish high school students by joining them at an Israel Experience mega-event in Jerusalem. The students were visiting Israel as part of “Bac Bleu Blanc” — “High School Seniors in Blue and White”. The contingent from the Ozar HaTorah school in Toulouse was accompanied by Yaffa Monsonego, wife of the school’s headmaster, who lost her 8-year old daughter, Miriam, in the March terror attack.
The Toulouse students toured the Galilee and the Golan Heights, visited high-tech companies in Haifa and learned about different study options in Israel. Chairperson of the Jewish agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky, who attended the event, said that “The arrival in Israel of these high school students is a massive demonstration of solidarity, which reflects the warm and special relationship between French Jewry and the State of Israel”.
The Israel Experience team only learned moments before his arrival that Schalit indeed would actually be attending the event. As Schalit entered the hall, the room erupted in cheers, song and dance. Schalit’s capture always formed an integral part of the annual event owing in large part to his roots as a French dual citizen. His visit at the event was his story come full circle.
This is the message that Gilad had to share: “I am very excited to be here with you. Thank you for all that you did for me. For over a year I have been a free man, and I still get excited by the warmth and love that you give me. I wish you much success in life and I hope to see you here again in Israel. I hope you decide to make Aliyah.”
Who hasn’t seen those pictures of the Google Tel Aviv offices? We are talking about that new, seven-floor office complex complete with an indoor slide that literally slides you down to the help desk and an office cubicle that has been perfectly converted into an outdoor deck overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
As if that doesn’t already seem too good to be true—now one Career Israel participant will land an internship there, leaving their future employer with Google-y eyes.
Yes, Career Israel, the five-month professional internship program run by Israel Experience, has been asked by Google Tel Aviv to set them up with one lucky intern who will soon be able to take their coffee breaks on the end of a surfboard. This is just one of the many internship opportunities Career Israel has to offer at over 700 top organizations across Israel, including Hewlett Packard, McCann Erikson, and The Jerusalem Post.
From AdWords to Chrome, Talk to Drive, Google continues to provide spectacular applications that change the way we use the web. Now, the newly built Tel Aviv office is calling all those interested international interns with engineering skills, a love of the Internet, and a passion for learning to join their software development team as a part of the Career Israel internship structure. This means that the accepted Career Israel participant will not only get hooked up with one of the most prestigious internship options that Israel has to offer, but will also get accommodations in the center of Tel Aviv, a Hebrew study program, tours, educational seminars, and a professional internship placement coordinator who makes sure they are meeting their professional goals.
For more information on the Career Israel internship with Google Israel, or to see more internship opportunities with Career Israel, visit the Career Israel website at www.careerisrael.com.
Israel Experience® has just launched a new company website as the final phase of the company’s rebrand that took place just over a year ago. “The aim of the website was to first and foremost highlight the many different exciting trips and program options that Israel Experience offers to participants from around the world” said Hillel Hurwitz, Director of Marketing of the company. “But more than that, it was important for us to share our message through a website that is visually rich and reflective of the incredible experiences, the wonderful moments and the beauty, meaning and excitement shared on each one of our Israel trips.”
The website will have a range of new features. A “trending now” blog with exciting developments from our progams and events. A lobby where participants and group organizers can explore all the trip options available to them. A portal for madrichim to generate and share hadracha resources. And deep social media integration. Amos Hermon, CEO of Israel Experience stated: “Our company has been bringing groups to Israel since 1958. This site is indicative of the fact that despite we are an old company with many years of experience in Israel travel, innovation and creativity is still the heart of Israel Experience. Our promise is to continue to bring the most cutting-edge educational Israel programming with the highest standards of educational quality, service, safety and security.”
Using the most updated development tools, the new site creates a dynamic effect that will keep the website looking fresh, new and updated with every return visit. Be sure to visit us at www.israelexperience.org.
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