Gap year
Conservative movement relaunches Israel gap-year program, swapping kibbutzim for Tel Aviv
The four-decade-old Nativ program was put on hiatus in 2024 after it failed to recruit enough students to be sustainable.
War in Israel leads to unexpected increase in enrollment at American yeshivas
20 years of Darkaynu: The year-in-Israel program for Jews with special needs
Conservative movement suspends its Israel gap-year program, citing budget, recruitment woes
University of Maryland sends letter of support to Jewish students
Jewish students who say they have experienced antisemitism on campus have reached an all-time high of 25% worldwide.
Umbrella for gap-year programs in Israel says more than 5,000 participants are safe
A spokesperson for Masa Israel Journey to the JTA that all of its 5,700 participants had been relocated away from areas "under direct danger."
Amudim and Zvi Gluck are helping manage mental health crises among Jews
To date, Amudim has helped more than 14,000 individuals. This is alongside thousands of active cases in Israel and abroad.
How have Jewish gap year programs in Israel changed from 30 years ago?
We need to adapt to incorporate the new reality and to squeeze from it the very best possible outcome for the students to produce from them a generation of Jews.
19-year-old American seminary student killed in Jerusalem car accident
The driver seriously injured while a passenger was also killed. * The US seminary student was Adira Koffsky of New York, studying at Midreshet Amudim.
Yeshiva University launches mental health center for English speakers in Jerusalem
The center aims to address the pressing mental health needs of English-speaking immigrants – from gap-year students to lone soldiers and more.
Youth with disabilities embark on an accessible gap year to Israel
This week, 29 students from around the globe arrived in Israel to begin their year in the Jewish state through Darkaynu, making it the largest cohort since the group's founding.
Amudim Israel: Counseling gap-year students in crisis
Amudim Israel is partnering with the Wurzweiler School of Social Work to launch a mental health clinic for gap-year students ineligible for most of Israel's mental health services.
This olah has built a life around social activism
Anthea Kessel: “I simply couldn’t sleep at night and felt the need to actively do something.”
How it really is: Guess who doesn’t recognize Israel?
As an Israeli, I resent these people peddling a non-Israeli, anti-Zionist fake “Year in Israel.” As a taxpayer, I resent subsidizing these programs
Gap Year in Israel: Leadership incubator for Jewish future - opinion
Experiencing a deep sense of peoplehood, studying Torah in depth and personally encountering the privilege of the history and the vibrancy of the land to which we have returned.
