The Anna Sobol Levy (ASL) Foundation provides fellowships of $10,000 per year for U.S. citizens who are college graduates to study at the prestigious Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  Recipients of ASL fellowships participate in special activities including briefings and visits to Israeli military bases.  Fellows may select from a wide variety of courses and are entitled to a private tutorial with a Hebrew University faculty member.  Many ASL Fellows have been new college graduates from ROTC programs or military colleges.  Others have been civilian college graduates with backgrounds in international relations, political science, or similar fields.  The purpose of this fellowship is to provide future U.S. leaders considering military or government service an opportunity to learn first-hand about the unique relationship between the U.S. and Israel, to master regional politics, culture, and security affairs, and to study foreign languages.  The Anna Sobol Levy Foundation and its fellowship program was created by Captain Jerome E. Levy, USNR (Ret.) to honor his mother’s memory.  This year we have eight fellows in Israel and we have decided to outline two of them for the website:

Arthur Douglas Anderson III graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.  A native of Pennsylvania, Arthur is currently studying Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  In college, Arthur was on the Dean’s List every semester and played intramural soccer as well as cross country.  As a member of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Penn State, Arthur looks forward to entering the navy as an engineer.

To say that Zachary Christopher Mauss is a physical person would be an understatement.  A sport and exercise psychology major in the college of Physical Education at West Virginia University, Zach graduated cum laude with a BS in Physical Education.  During his time at college he traveled extensively within and outside of the US as well as being captain of a marathon team.  While in Israel, Zach has already traveled in the region and volunteered with Magen David Adom on ambulances.  Since he was a recipient of a four year Army ROTC scholarship, Zach will be going into the Medical Services Corps of the army.

Zach and Arthur have been working out together and completed a relay triathlon in Cesaria between the end of ulpan and the beginning of the semester. They are hoping to complete a half-marathon in Aqaba, Jordan this month and possibly a half Iron-man at the end of February.

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