Deadline: 3 May 2013
In the next few weeks, day school students across the country will venture to Israel as the culminating experience of their day school careers. In June, thousands of high schoolers will pile onto tour buses and spend their summers traipsing around the Holy Land. Some travelers will return home spiritually awakened, others with a new view on Israel’s political climate. They will be full of ideas, angst and passion. And New Voices wants to hear all about it– and give our readers an inside view into those experiences.
We want students to explain how they would finish the following sentence: “The Thing They Don’t Tell You About Israel Is….” The essay should explore something unexpected you saw, learned, experienced, questioned, etc. on your trip to Israel. Think about ways in which Israel defied your expectations. You might consider some of the following things:
Plus we’re giving away $100, $75 and $50 Amazon.com gift cards to the top three winners.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
For queries/ submissions: gabe@newvoices.org
Website: http://newvoices.org
In the next few weeks, day school students across the country will venture to Israel as the culminating experience of their day school careers. In June, thousands of high schoolers will pile onto tour buses and spend their summers traipsing around the Holy Land. Some travelers will return home spiritually awakened, others with a new view on Israel’s political climate. They will be full of ideas, angst and passion. And New Voices wants to hear all about it– and give our readers an inside view into those experiences.
We want students to explain how they would finish the following sentence: “The Thing They Don’t Tell You About Israel Is….” The essay should explore something unexpected you saw, learned, experienced, questioned, etc. on your trip to Israel. Think about ways in which Israel defied your expectations. You might consider some of the following things:
- What no one told you about Israel (but that perhaps you wish they had)
- Something that surprised you about the people there (Jewish Israelis, Arab Israelis, Palestinians, other students or tourists)
- Surprising elements of the daily life in Israel that you saw
- A realization about Israeli art, music, politics and/or pop culture
Plus we’re giving away $100, $75 and $50 Amazon.com gift cards to the top three winners.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
- What is the New Voices Israel Essay Contest? A new contest for students in grades 8-12 to talk about their experiences in Israel and win a gift card at Amazon.com. The winning entries, three prize winners and three honorable mentions, will be published on our website in mid-May.
- Who can submit entries? Anyone enrolled in grades 8-12 who has been on an Israel trip stretching back to the 2008-2009 school year. We do not care whether you went with your family, synagogue, youth group, summer camp or a non-profit group. We are looking for participants interested in writing about their experience in a smart, creative and analytical manner.
- What are the prizes? The top three entries will receive $100, $75 and $50 gift cards at Amazon.com.
- What is the deadline for submitting my essay? May 3,2013 at 3p.m. All entries must be submitted to gabe@newvoices.org
- Who’s judging this thing anyway? Your essays will be read by the watchful eyes of New Voices editor David A.M. Wilensky, JTA Israel Correspondent (and former New Voices editor) Ben Sales and a soon-to-be-announced panelist.
For queries/ submissions: gabe@newvoices.org
Website: http://newvoices.org
