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123 yeshivas, seminaries and gap year programs in one place, with the facts taken from each program's own website. Plus free planning tools and plain guides for parents and students.
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- Aardvark Israel
- Aish
- Arevim – Masa Year of Service
- Baer Miriam
- Bais Medrash LeTorah (The Portnoy's Yeshiva)
- BINA Gap Year in Israel
- Bnos Chava Seminary
- Darchei Binah Women's School for Advanced Torah Studies
- Shapell's/Darché Noam
- Derech - Institute For Torah Studies
- Diaspora Yeshiva Toras Yisrael
- Exploration, Leadership and Innovation (ELI) Gap Year Program - Tel Aviv University
- FZY Year Course
- Habonim Dror North America Workshop
- Havineini Bais Yaakov Seminary
- Hevruta Gap-Year Program
- Israel XP at Bar-Ilan University
- World Bnei Akiva
- Keshet Yehuda (pre-military mechina)
- Kivunim
- Kol Ami Mechina
- Lev Aryeh Yeshiva
- Neve Yerushalayim
- Machon Maayan
- Machon Meir (English Department)
- Machon Shlomo - The Heiden Institute
- Machon Shoshanat Yerushalayim
- Machon Yaakov
- Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies
- Me'ohr Bais Yaakov
- Mechinat Ruach HaNegev
- Mercaz HaTorah
- Michlalah - The Linda Pinsky School for Overseas Students (Machal)
- Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim (MMY)
- Midreshet AMIT
- Midreshet Amudim
- Darkaynu
- Midreshet Ein Hanatziv
- Midreshet Eshel
- Midreshet HaRova (Overseas Program)
- Midreshet Lev
- Midreshet Lindenbaum (The Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program)
- Midreshet Moriah
- Torah v'Avodah
- Midreshet Torat Chessed (MTC) - The Ira & Diana Riklis Seminary
- Migdal Oz – Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women (Overseas Program)
- Nachlas Bais Yaakov
- Nesivos
- Neveh Zion
- Nishmat – Shana Ba'Aretz
- Rinas Bais Yaakov
- Sha'alvim Institutions
- Sharfman's/Bnot Torah
- She'arim College for Jewish Women
- The Breslov Yeshiva (Yeshivas Uvacharta Bachaim)
- The Yeshiva @ FJC (Conservative Yeshiva, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center)
- Tiferet
- Torah Tech
- Yeshiva Midrash Shmuel
- Yeshiva Ohr David
- Yeshiva Tiferes Chaim
- Yeshiva Tiferet
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim
- Yeshiva Zeev Hatorah
- Yeshivas Aderes Hatorah
- Yeshivas Bais Yisroel
- Yeshivas Beis Dovid
- Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah
- Yeshivas Chosein Yehoshua
- Yeshivas Imrei Binah
- Yeshivas Matisyahu (Rabbi Fischer's Yeshiva)
- Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim
- Yeshivas Nesiv Hatorah
- Yeshivas Ohr Hatzafon
- Yeshivas Ohr Yerushalayim
- Yeshivas Torah Ore
- Yeshivas Toras Moshe
- Yeshivas Toras Simcha
- Yeshivat Ashreinu
- Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim (AJ)
- Yeshivat Birkat Moshe
- Yeshivat Darchei Yonatan
- Yeshivat Drisha
- Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim (The Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies)
- Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi
- Yeshivat Hakotel
- Yeshivat Har Etzion
- Yeshivat Heichal Yerushalayim
- Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
- Yeshivat Lev Aharon
- Yeshivat Lev HaTorah
- Yeshivat Maale Gilboa
- Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah
- Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim
- Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh
- Yeshivat Orayta
- Yeshivat Reishit
- Yeshivat Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion (Mevaseret)
- Yeshivat Torat Shraga
- Yeshivat Yesod HaTorah
- Yeshivat Yishrei Lev
- Young Judaea Year Course
- Zimras Chaim Seminary
- Mechinat Otzem (Atzmona)
- Yeshivat Mitzpe Yericho
A guide for every stage of the year
All 20 guides
During the year
Phones, money, travel, Shabbat, safety and staying in touch.
- Phones and Internet in Israel: How to Get Connected for the Year
- Money and Banking for a Year in Israel: How Students Pay for Things
- Getting Around Israel: Buses, Trains and the Rav-Kav
- Shabbat and Vacations: Where Students Go When the Program Pauses
After the year
Coming home, college credit, a second year, or staying.
- Coming Home After the Year: The First Few Months
- Getting College Credit for Your Year in Israel
- Deciding About a Second Year (Shana Bet)
- Staying in Israel After the Year: Your Options
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