Penn Hillel’s UAE-Israel Habibi Fellowship for Wharton undergraduates is a one-of-a-kind program in the US. Founded in the wake of the historic 2020 Abraham Accords, the program seeks to explore certain foundational questions:
- Can visiting two countries that have recently made a warm peace with one another – one an Arab Muslim majority with a Jewish minority, one a Jewish majority with a Muslim minority – give us insight into possible avenues of peace and reconciliation in the world community?
- How can business serve as a launch point for cooperation and friendship within the new Middle East?
The goal of the trip is to expose students to a more complex constellation of narratives than they tend to be exposed to within the American context of discourse. Wharton students are uniquely well-placed and attuned to seeking out creative and innovative solutions to intractable problems, and can take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity to be exposed to and learn from one such international success story.
20 students will be selected for this year-long fellowship. The fellowship meets three times in November, and spends ten days in the United Arab Emirates and Israel over Winter Break.
For more information and/or to apply, please email Rabbi Misha Clebaner or watch for the application during the fall semester.
