About the program
Women from abroad spending a year after high school in text-based Torah study at an advanced level; admission includes an entrance exam and interview.
Machal is the overseas students' school of Michlalah Jerusalem College. It offers text-based classes in Tanach, Halacha, Mussar and Machshava, along with trips and events, on the college campus in Bayit Vegan. A second-year program (Machal Bet) adds chessed twice a week and optional general studies courses for university credit.
The facts
- Type
- Seminary
- Location
- POB 16078, Jerusalem 9116002 Israel (mailing address; no street address on the site)
- Director of Machal
- Mrs. Lisa Kermaier
- Founded
- 1969
- Program length
- Students arrive in Elul for the academic year
- Number of students
- approximately 100 students in Machal Alef and 30 in Machal Bet
- Tuition
- Not published on the program's website. Ask the program.
- College credit
- Site says Michlalah-Jerusalem College is accredited by Israel's Council of Higher Education and that Machal has Joint-Program Agreements with Yeshiva University, Lander College for Women, Touro University, and Women's Institute of Torah Seminary & College (Baltimore, MD).
- Housing and meals
- Dorms on campus made up of air-conditioned apartments, each with a kitchen, eating area and rooms for two to three students; campus has a dining room; Eim Bayit and madrichot live on campus.
- Tracks and options
- Machal Bet (Shana Bet)
- General Studies courses for university credit (Machal Bet)
- French-speaking students' group
Where this information comes from
Everything on this page was taken from the program's own website and last checked on October 2, 2026. Details change, so confirm with the program before you rely on them. The photo shows Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem, not the program or its campus.
- https://www.michlalahmachal.com/
- https://www.michlalahmachal.com/about-us
- https://www.michlalahmachal.com/contact
- https://www.michlalahmachal.com/machal
- https://www.michlalahmachal.com/machal-bet
- https://www.michlalahmachal.com/campus
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