Wallis Annenberg Helix Fellowship 2020–2021

This application is to join the student and educator cohort of fellows. If you wish to apply for the artist cohort, VISIT HERE and to join the activist and community organizing cohort, CLICK HERE.

The deadline to apply is Friday, March 20, 2020 by 11:59 pm (Pacific Time).

Please read through the entire form before filling in the blanks below. Sections marked * are required. Please be sure to browse the Yiddishkayt website and thoroughly read the Helix FAQs before completing your answers, to ensure you understand the aims and goals of the fellowship. It is highly recommended to draft your essays in another application and complete/upload your video response before pasting your final responses into the form.

All applications are confidential.

All applications are confidential.

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Contact Information

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Country Afghanistan Aland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati North Korea South Korea Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Barthelemy Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Education and Training

1. Current Academic Affiliation *

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Plans After Graduation

2. Current College, University, or Institution *

Applicants must be enrolled or employed at an accredited educational institution during the 2020-21 academic year.

3. Field of Study, Research, or Teaching *

4. Work Samples (optional)

You may paste links to a maximum of three samples of any work you wish to share that best showcases your creative, community, or academic work. Samples can also be emailed to helix@yiddishkayt.org. Be sure to include your name in the Subject field.

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5. Please list any courses or community learning you have undertaken in cultural studies (history, culture, religion, literature, music, philosophy, etc.) If you have any experience in Jewish cultural studies in particular you should share this information here, but do not limit your answers to studies in just one culture.

6. Languages Spoken or Studied (check all that apply) *

Amharic

Arabic

Aramaic

Armenian

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Danish

Dutch

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Can you read the Yiddish/Hebrew alphabet? *

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Can you write the Yiddish/Hebrew alphabet? *

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Can you read the Cyrillic alphabet? *

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Can you write the Cyrillic alphabet? *

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If my Helix application is successful, I understand that I am responsible for familiarizing myself with both the Yiddish/Hebrew and Cyrillic alphabets before arriving in Los Angeles for the 2020 colloquium. Helix faculty will provide ample resources to successful applicants for linguistic preparation. *

Yes, I understand and agree

No, I am unable to do this (please explain)No, I am unable to do this (please explain)

Personal Narrative

7. Compose a biography of yourself in the third person (start with your name) that tells a bit about who you are, what you do, and what you aspire to do or to become. If your application is successful, this description may be used on the Yiddishkayt website. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

8. Explain why you are interested in participating in the Helix Fellowship. Tell us what unique qualities you bring to this program. Please include any of the following: your skills, interests, and leadership experience, or anything else that makes you a good fit for this program. Take some time to consider how your participation can make a difference in your field. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

9. We’d also like you to tell us a little more about why you’re interested in participating in your own voice. Please upload a 1-minute video to YouTube or Vimeo and provide the URL link to the video below. Please note that production value is not a priority here, we are interested in learning about you. *

10. Currently, more public and community discussion relating to Central and Eastern European cultural history focuses on narratives of destruction and genocide than on the cultures and communities that were destroyed. What experience or interest do you have in expanding perspectives and approaches to this kind of history? What do you wish to gain or learn from an intensive program exploring the history of intercultural relations through the lens of Yiddish?

(limit your response to 150 words)

11. What has been the most profound educational experience or interaction with a cultural product during your life? Please describe this experience, whether it was a class or course, travel adventure, painting, poem, movement or music piece, political campaign, or something else. Be sure to consider the many factors that made this experience so instructive or illuminating and the ways you were changed by it. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

12. If you could learn from one person (currently alive) who would it be and why? (optional)

(limit your response to 150 words)

13. The Helix Fellowship places a special emphasis mindful communication. We promote non-hierarchical group learning, empathetic listening, and kind speaking. What experience do you have with group learning and/or mindful approaches to education and the arts? Be sure to consider how you handle these settings and be honest about what challenges they might present for you. If there are particular ways you learn or communicate most effectively, please include these in your response. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

14. Helix foregrounds the link between scholarship and culture. Throughout the fellowship we explore art through history and history through art. Please tell us if you have any background in the arts and/or how you might collaborate with professional artists and community organizers in the 2020 Helix cohort. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

15. Helixers are expected to become cultural activists and emissaries during and after the program. Tell us how and where you will share your experiences, or what kinds of projects you hope the Helix Fellowship will shape and inform in the future. These could include local organizing or arts projects, educational programs, etc. *

(limit your response to 150 words)

Additional information

16. How did you hear about the Helix Fellowship? Please share the name of the Helix alum that told you about the program, which promotional email or newsletter you received, the group or page on social media where you found application information, etc. *

17. Do you have any medical or mobility issues that might require special consideration or equipment? Please include dietary restrictions like food intolerances and allergies that may impact group meals. *

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Yes

Responses will not affect selection for the program and are gathered for programatic planning purposes only.

Please explain your medical or mobility issues, including dietary restrictions like food intolerances and allergies *

Recommendations

18. Please have two letters of recommendation signed and emailed directly to helix@yiddishkayt.org or mailed to our office at 3780 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA, 90010. At least one must be from a university professor or instructor.

Recommender #1 *

Recommender #2 *

Financial Aid

19. The Helix Fellowship is a subsidized program. To learn more about Fellowship finances, please refer to this page. Please tell us if you are interested in financial aid to offset programmatic costs. *

I understand that I am required to cover certain expenses. Please send me information about financial aid when it becomes available.

I can cover all my program expenses. I will not need financial aid.

Responses will not affect selection for the program and are gathered for programatic planning purposes only.

20. Helixers often offset their expenses by seeking funds from their school, institution, community groups, applying for grants, or crowdfunding. Please outline any fundraising work you have done for yourself or an organization in the past.

Yiddishkayt will keep all application material confidential. Participants for Helix 2020–2021 will be chosen on a need-blind basis; financial status will not affect your application. Yiddishkayt does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.