Naomi Avraham, a 21-year-old female haredi student from Jerusalem, has
been accepted into a prestigious UN program with very restricted
admissions. She will serve for two months
this summer as an intern in the budget office of the UN’s Department of
Field Support (DFS) for Peacekeeping Missions.
Haredi Student Gets Coveted UN Internship
Shmarya Rosenberg • Failedmessiah.com
Naomi Avraham, a 21-year-old female haredi student from Jerusalem, has been accepted into a prestigious UN program with very restricted admissions.
Ynet reported that Avraham will serve for two months this summer as an intern in the budget office of the UN’s Department of Field Support (DFS) for Peacekeeping Missions.
Only 200 people worldwide are reportedly admitted into the internship. Thousands apply.
Avraham graduated from a haredi Beit Yaakov school for girls, and is about to complete her accounting degree at the haredi branch of Machon Lev, which is a division of the Jerusalem College of Technology.
Her grandfather lived in China and traded there, which helped spur her interest in China – and in learning Chinese.
"I think it's at least as important as English," she reportedly said.
Avraham speaks four languages – Chinese, Yiddish, English and Hebrew.
Machon Lev is funding her trip and is paying for all expenses involved in the internship.