School Twinning Programs

Israel Way-Oranim's Kibbutz Ulpan, Volunteering or Internship program offers you the perfect combination of programs for your 4 or 5 months in Israel. While on the program, you will study Hebrew through intense Ulpan courses. In addition, you will choose to volunteer or have an internship on the Kibbutz and/or surrounding communities. Many of our volunteer work focuses on education, where the volunteers will serve as teacher's aids, tutors, etc. You will be exposed to life in Israel by living among its citizens, volunteering and working together, strengthening your ties with the country and its people. You are not a tourist, you're family!

Open to international undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students. Prestigious research internships are offered in the following fields: aerospace engineering, architecture, biology, biomedical engineering, biotechnology and food engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, education in technology and science, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mathematics, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, and physics.

Hasbara Fellowships is the largest and most comprehensive Israel education and activism program for North American university students. Founded in 2001, Hasbara Fellowships was the first formal program for students battling overwhelming anti-Israel propaganda on their campuses in the wake of the second Palestinian intifada. Ten years later, Hasbara Fellowships remains the largest program of this type. Hasbara Fellowships uniquely takes hundreds of students to Israel for 16-days of pro-Israel education.

Israel Challenge is a Gap-Year program offering a diverse hands-on experience. The basic curriculum is divided into 4 stages, giving each participant the liberty to choose among various options: Volunteering in kibbutzim, an army basic training course, Magen David Adom emergency training, and social work - all combined with trips and excursions throughout Israel. We then provide a series of courses to choose from including: Self Defense, Mediterranean Cuisine, Scuba Diving and more!

The program offers an intensive Hebrew course, gives opportunities of theoretical and practical study of media space and provides participants with skills necessary for effective work in the informational environment. It promotes professional development through building of meaningful connections using theory and practice within the framework of educational institutions specializing in this field.

The first week is spent in Poland, visiting Warsaw, Cracow and Lublin, including the concentration camp sites of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, and Majdanek. Through these visits, the group will explore and study the Holocaust and the history of Polish Jewry. The next four weeks take the group to Israel, for an uplifting and life-changing experience.

A combination of Jewish Studies and courses in EMT, Self Defense,Yad Vashem, Computers and English. Time will be spent on touring Israel, rappelling, playing soccer, volunteering, and more!

The Ramah Israel Seminar is six unforgettable weeks of an exciting and fun-filled in-depth program, complete with hikes, archaeology, desert treks, simulation games and an incredible variety of hands-on experiences! The program focuses on contemporary Israel in the context of Jewish history, the Jewish tradition and the Middle East. A pre-Seminar option of spending 8 days in Poland, emphasizing the vitality of Jewish life prior to the Holocaust is also available.

BIP is a Gap Year program for European participants, which offers one University semester of Ulpan (Hebrew course), Jewish history classes and English classes, volunteering, and seminars on Israeli culture, society, identity, politics and more.

Experience for yourself the epic story of the journey of the Jewish people. Together with NFTY friends from across North America, begin your adventure in Europe, exploring more than 1,000 years of our rich European Jewish heritage in Prague and Poland, followed by 4 exciting weeks tour Israel.

Learn in a classroom without walls, live 4000 years of history and love Israel in an adventure that is unlike any other. Experience history in an exciting and memorable way. Live in college-style campus dorms and study at the agricultural oasis of the brand new campus located at the Eshel Hanassi Youth Village in the Negev. This semester program allows students to live in, learn about and travel in Israel while keeping up with home school classes at all levels, including AP and IB. This deep and meaningful Israel experience includes a 4-day hike in the hills of the Galilee, a challenging desert hike in the Negev, sun and fun in Israel's southern resort of Eilat, a firsthand experience of the I.D.F with the pre-military Gadna Program, and travel to Poland for an emotional voyage of discovery into the grandeur of pre-war Jewish Europe and the tragedy of the Holocaust.

The LL.M Program in Human Rights and International Law offers a rich, advanced course of study in fields that constitute an important part of the HUL’s long-standing reputation of academic excellence, in which the HUL is a hub of international activity. The Program is run in cooperation with the Rothberg International School, and with the Minerva Center for Human Rights of the Law Faculty.

A summer innovation camp for 15-18 year olds taught in English. Teens join peers from around the globe to learn about entrepreneurship, business models, and development, and about the global high-tech industry in a welcoming environment. As part of the program students go on industry visits for a first-hand look at Israel’s business ecology.

Machon Raaya is an academic program designed for the intellectual and motivated orthodox student. The curriculum is text based, and is presented in a dynamic classroom environment of open forum discussion. In addition, the school offers a comprehensive touring program, deepening the students’ love of Israel.

The programs serve as an entering point to Israeli modern art, including visiting exhibitions, galleries, festivals, as well as the creation of personal projects mentored by professional young Israeli artists and photographers. The program also provides participants with an intensive course of Hebrew Study.

Spend your summer with USY for a complete introduction to the land of Israel. You’ll be exposed to the history and contemporary realities of Judaism and Israel. Climb the fortress of Masada, explore the stalactite caves of Netifim, swim in the waters of the Kinneret, pray at the Kotel, and drink tea in a Bedouin tent on the sands of the Negev desert. You’ll experience these sights and sounds with new friends who share your love of Israel.

Eastern Europe/Israel Pilgrimage spends two weeks in Eastern Europe, exploring the history and cultures of Jewish life in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Poland. This trip allows the participants to learn about the past, present, and future of extraordinary Jewish communities, followed by an amazing four-week journey in Israel.

Midreshet Rachel v'Chaya educates and empowers young Jewish women with tools for Jewish life built on a foundation of Ahavat YIsrael. It provides a warm and supportive environment inspiring passion for learning and growth.

Exceptional students looking to make a difference in the world are invited to come to the University of Haifa and use Israel as their living classroom in the innovative one-year master's degree program in Peace and Conflict Management Studies. This full-degree program, taught in English, combines an in-depth understanding of theory with applications from a regional and international perspective. Students will investigate ethno-national, cultural and religious conflicts in deeply divided societies. They will study and evaluate different approaches to conflict management and peacemaking, while immersing themselves in a region that offers a great deal of relevant real-life case studies.

Give your youth a taste of the homeland second to none. Join us in helping young people develop life-long connections with each other, the land, and their heritage. With over 25 years of educational tourism experience, we offer the best in customer service, trip coordination, and itinerary building.

The NFTY Adventure program is a unique and challenging four week summer experience created especially for teens who seek a meaningful and exciting journey to Israel filled with amazing memories and friendships which will last a lifetime.

The Semester and Year Long Programs offered by the Ginsburg-Ingerman Overseas Student Programs office are aimed at students who are currently registered in a BA/MA program and want to study abroad, students who have recently completed High school and are interested in doing a Gap Year abroad, students who have recently completed their BA studies and would like to take additional courses in order to prepare for application to a graduate program, and students who are interested in doing a research-based Internship, in combination with their academic studies. The courses offered include the following subjects: Emergency Medicine, Anthropology, Communications, History, Environmental Studies, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Sociology, Sustainable Development, Global Health, Art, Gender Studies, Israel Studies, Hebrew and Arabic Language Studies.

AMHSI Summer participants don’t just get a guided tour of Israel – they get a passionate and expert teacher to lead and guide them chronologically through the history of Israel. Participants can be eligible to receive 6 college credits. Learn in a classroom without walls, live 4000 years of history and love Israel in an adventure that is unlike any other. Experience history in an exciting and memorable way while living in college-style campus dorms.

The Department of Romance and Latin American Studies & The Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University ofrecen un programa semestral en español de especialización en estudios de Iberoamérica y Medio Oriente. El programa está destinado a estudiantes universitarios que deseen profundizar en áreas temáticas relativas a Iberoamérica y el Medio Oriente desde una perspectiva global, interdisciplinaria y con miras a un desarrollo profesional. Entre las temáticas ofrecidas: relaciones políticas, aspectos religiosos, movimientos migratorios, contactos culturales, relaciones comerciales, corrientes literarias, participación política de minorías, procesos sociales de inclusión/exclusión desde una perspectiva comparativa, etnohistoria, y otros. Complementando los estudios académicos, el programa ofrece el estudio intensivo de hebreo o árabe y, en función del área de interés del estudiante, también la posibilidad de estudiar otra lengua románica (portugués, catalán, francés, italiano). El programa incluye, además de los cursos en español, inglés y/o hebreo, la posibilidad de pasantías en organismos públicos o privados, participación en proyectos de investigación tanto teóricos como de campo, tutorías con catedráticos de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén, encuentros con personalidades del sector público y privado, seminarios con investigadores Israelíes y árabes, encuentros con catedráticos invitados de prestigiosas universidades del exterior, actividades extracurriculares. Los estudiantes podrán utilizar las instalaciones universitarias (biblioteca, acceso a internet, servicio de fotocopias), como también contarán con una oficina.

The summer program provides students with hands-on academic experience in areas related to the development of real life technology start-ups. These include marketing fundamentals, economics of innovation, legal and intellectual property rights, strategic business planning and more. Students experience the ‘entrepreneurial heat’ working on their business projects and participating on industry visits for a first-hand look at Israel’s unique business ecology.

Tzofim Garin Tzabar is a program for young Diaspora Jews who choose to immigrant to Israel and serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Today there are 300 lone soldiers supported by Garin Tzabar every year. Each one belongs to a group (Garin) of approximately 20 soldiers who live together at a kibbutz and choose to experience their military service together as a social unit mutual support and camaraderie. It is the largest IDF immigrant program in Israel, partnered with the Israel Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, with more than 2,500 soldiers since inception.

A service learning program in Israel for teens seeking to make an impact and understand Israel on a deeper level. Give of yourself on a series of extended community service projects, meet Israeli teens from varied backgrounds, explore Israel's multicultural richness, and learn about the technological, environmental and social innovations that are driving the development of contemporary Israel.

This two-year program is designed for students who wish to study contemporary Biblical studies, providing grounding in Biblical as well as Modern Hebrew. Students specialize in one of two tracks. The Bible - Cultural and Historical Context is a track in which students study the historical, cultural, and geographical context in which the Bible was composed, as well as its impact on later cultural and historical contexts and events. The second track is The Bible and the Ancient Near East. In addition to studying the Bible in its immediate regional context, students acquire a sound knowledge of the history and culture of the Ancient Near East, including the study of Akkadian. Students may also choose to study other ancient languages.

Sharei Bina program offers students a unique and special learning experience. Our talented and devoted staff and our beautiful building in its inspiring Jerusalem location, create an environment which is conductive to discovering one's self as well as absorbing the essence of Judaism.

Ruach Chaim is a one-year post-high school program aimed to help you find yourself and your place Judaism.

In the Intensive Arabic Semester, you will learn 500 hours of spoken Arabic at Givat Haviva- a leading institute in Israel for studying Arabic & the recipient of UNESCO prize for peace education. You will practice your Arabic and fully immerse yourself in the language and culture, by volunteering and interacting with the local Arab community in the city of Baqa Al-Gharbiyye. In addition, you will take courses in Middle Eastern Studies, Israeli & Jewish Studies, learn Hebrew and go on field trips throughout the country, experiencing first hand the issues facing all communities in Israel. You will reside in the pastoral setting of Kibbutz Barkai, located between Tel Aviv and Haifa, and have the option of a weekend/holidays host family.

Shnat-Betar is a challenging leadership program in Israel. It is dedicated to creating and inspiring the Zionist-Betar leaders of tomorrow. Shnat-Betar provides a unique opportunity to explore new directions on the journey to becoming a Jewish-Zionist adult. This unforgettable experience is created through the balance between studies and volunteering, personal challenge, and community-living.

Tel Aviv University offers a streamlined MA program in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), designed to prepare individuals for a wide variety of exciting international career opportunities in the English teaching profession. Spanning three semesters and taught entirely in English, the program combines academic studies with practical teaching experience in the Israeli educational system. Since its inception in 2003 the MA TESOL program has attracted students from around the world.

Rimon International Music Program offers you the opportunity to combine music studies with an immersive Israel experience while living right outside of Tel Aviv. With 600 students and 90 faculty members, Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is Israel\'s largest independent professional contemporary music school. Rimon offers seven majors, including: performance, music production, song writing, and more. A special articulation agreement with the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Bostonenables Rimon students to continue learning and complete their degree at Berklee within two years.

The Dor L'Dor Leadership Program is a combined program of the Eli & Bessie Cohen Camps. It is recognized in Israel, the Jewish camping community, and throughout the United States as a unique and innovative leadership development experience. Current campers who have completed 10th grade are eligible to experience a memorable 5-week tour of Israel and return to camp as Counselors-In-Training (CIT’s)

Ma'ase Olam-Israel Service Fellows is an incredible 10 month service learning program for a select group of exceptional Jewish college graduates. Israel Service Fellows work on informal education, community development and empowerment projects and will live and work together in small groups in Akko, a city just north of Haifa. Aside from a service placement, all Fellows participate in ongoing professional training, intensive Hebrew study, and trips throughout Israel.

All of the core elements of the Israel Journey program combined with a special focus on connecting to the beauty of Israel through a series of active outdoor experiences – including a “Sea-to-Sea Hike” and a desert orienteering challenge in the heart of the Negev Desert.

The Graduate program is designed to meet the special needs of qualified graduate students from abroad who wish to spend a year or a semester at the Hebrew University, whether they Masters or a Ph.D. candidates, or recent college graduates. Students are offered seminars and research tutorials designed to deepen their knowledge in their chosen fields of interest. Courses are offered in the fields of Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Bible studies and Archaeology, Middle Eastern Studies, Israel Studies, Nonprofit Management and Languages.

Derech Etz Chaim is focused on independence: independence in learning, independence in thinking and independence of the individual as part of the community. DEC offers a non-institutional environment, challenging you to think for yourself. You will be appreciated for who you are while you strive towards the realization of your unique potential. A close connection with your instructors coupled with a dynamic learning environment will help you lay the foundation upon which your future learning will firmly stand. Small classes, top-notch facilities and dynamic Rebbeim (instructors) are all key elements of the experience. Established in 1998, Derech Etz Chaim is widely regarded as one of the premier yeshiva programs catering to post-high school study in Israel. The Yeshiva is located in Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood, overlooking the scenic Jerusalem Forest.

The Green Apprenticeship trains participants to understand and create alternative solutions for the issues facing the modern world. We incorporate the following subjects, taught through both theoretical and practical instruction: Local food production, Permaculture Ecological design techniques, Natural/alternative building, Sustainable technologies Community Design, and environmental ethics.

An innovative introductory program where students question and learn at their own pace. Jewel combines outstanding classes and volunteer work with exciting weekly trips around the country. Gain tools to clearly define your life goals, connect to your inner spirituality and unleash your leadership potential, and explore the depth and beauty of Torah Life while developing life-long bonds with like-minded women from around the world.

The Ariel University Center’s ATZil (Academics, Torah, and Zionism) communications program is designed for students with an interest in communications, advertising, and public relations. You will study digital media, television and film, radio journalism, and persuasive media and become familiar with the practical implementation of skills with leading Israeli professionals. You will also enjoy hands-on workshops in these fields, individual assistance from faculty and teaching assistants, and encounters with media, advertising, and PR professionals in Israel. Participants have the option of participating in the Ariel community. Program graduates may elect to continue to full-time programs and earn a degree at the University. Credits can be used toward degree programs in Israel and are generally transferable to universities abroad.

Career Israel program is a summer and 5-month professional internship program open to Jewish college/university graduates from all over the world. The program provides internship placements in leading companies and organizations in the private and public sectors in Israel in every field including law, medicine, media, economics, politics, public relations, education, social work, engineering, computer science, advertising, business and more. The program also includes accommodations, a Hebrew study program, tours and extracurricular enrichment activities. A professional internship in Israel is an impressive and prestigious addition to your resume and will enhance your future career development.

Hanoar Hatzioni Shnat Hachara is our 10-month long program in Israel. Our youngest Madrichim come to study, volunteer, and simply live in the land of Israel.

Atid hemdat s'adresse aux jeunes filles francophones desireuses de se preparer efficacement aux etudes superieures en Israel tout en beneficiant d'un veritable encadrement et en approfondissant ses connaissances en Thora.

The Preparatory Program is a one year program designed for newcomers and foreign students - high school graduates - who wish to pursue advanced studies in Israel. It is assigned to bridge the gap between overseas and Israeli highschool study curricula.

The Yuval program is a unique Torah-study program for bright young women who wish to integrate into a high level Beit Midrash. The program offers in-depth Torah study with immersion into Israeli culture and daily life. Studies consist of: Tanach, Gemara, Jewish Law, Jewish Philosophy, Hassidic Judaism, Zionism and Hebrew Literature.

Extend the core Israel Journey program with an elective and enrichment week. During the first part of the week, participants choose from either a “Sea-to-Sea Hike” or a “Culture & Innovation Tour". The second part of the week is dedicated to living in and supporting a local community through a series of service projects and cross-cultural exchanges.

This one year program is designed for students who are interested in Israeli politics and society, providing them with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to the study of Israel, including the study of history, politics, anthropology, culture and religion. Graduates may pursue careers in foreign affairs, NGOs, journalism, and academia.