Masa

All the colors come together on the canvas

"Unity does not mean uniformity. It means learning to stand in awe of each other’s journeys, even when they look nothing like our own."

Yaakov Langer interviewing returned hostage Eli Sharabi
Shabbos Kestenbaum

We Don’t Need More Museums. We Need a Jewish Future

Zionist youth congress in Budapest.

Herzl’s city, their future: Jewish teens renewed Zionist covenant in Budapest

Volunteers from Masa Israel Teaching Fellows, a Masa program in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Education

Reinforcing Israel’s Education System: Jewish Teachers from Abroad Step in to Bridge the Gap


Masa Israel Journey Hosts World’s Largest English-Language Yom HaZikaron Ceremony

This year's "We Are One" ceremony reflected the organization's collective mourning and resilience.

 Masa Israel Journey hosted 16th annual Yom HaZikaron ceremony at Yad L’Shiryon in Latrun, Israel

Masa Israel Journey to mark Remembrance Day with 5,000 attendees

The ceremony at Yad L’Shiryon in Latrun will pay homage to several Masa alumni and new immigrants killed during the war.

2023 Masa Israel Journey Remembrance Day Ceremony

Masa Israel Journey identifies increasing interest in aliyah

Even amid the Iron Swords war, many choose to make aliyah

 Masa Israel Journey

Masa launches program to bring Diaspora Jews to Israel to volunteer during war

This month, the third group of fellows landed in Israel. It includes more than 60 people, from the US, Canada, France, the UK, Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands and Mexico.

 Diaspora Jews volunteer in wartime Israel on a program by Masa, January 2024.

Masa Israel announces new volunteer program as response to war

Prospective volunteers are encouraged to visit Masa's website for more information and application details.

 Masa participants in Israel

Waking up to terror: How interns in Israel found themselves in a war

No one who came to Israel to do a Masa program could ever have imagined, in their wildest dreams, that they would be living through a state of war of this kind.

 IDF soldiers are seen holding supplies sent by MASA fellows.

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."

Rockets are seen being fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2021.

Our new year, together

 Ofer Gutman

Masa Israel Journey gets English-speaking college grads to fill teaching gaps in Israeli periphery


Masa Israel Journey to host largest English Remembrance Day ceremony in the world

One of the largest Yom Hazikaron ceremonies will be held by Masa, an organization that provides immersive international experiences in Israel for young adults.

 Yom Hazikaron Ceremony 2022