Gap year
The gap year: A journey that strengthens Jewish identity - opinion
The gap year is a great investment for the participants. Yet the real beneficiary is the Jewish people.
Conservative movement relaunches Israel gap-year program, swapping kibbutzim for Tel Aviv
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
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.
JQY to help LGBTQ+ gap year students find Shabbat hosts
The organization Jewish Queer Youth will help LGBTQ+ gap year students find safe, welcoming hosts for Shabbat during their year in Israel.
Film skewers ‘Miss Hitler’ pageant and antisemitism it represents
The title of the 12-minute film, like its plot, refers to how antisemitism can fester under the surface of everyday life.
Kedma: The non-profit filling in the gaps with compassion
Kedma has been helping gap-year students find meaning and connection since before the coronavirus pandemic.
World Mizrachi secures $2 million for Masa Israel program
As a result of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, funding was cut to many programs of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Masa included.
US and Israeli youth band together to help vulnerable Israeli communities
"Because of the great uncertainty that COVID-19 caused, I decided I’d use this year to do something meaningful instead of wasting it by staying at home."
JNF-USA and Alexander Muss Institute launch gap-year program
Frontier Israel, a gap semester program for recent high school graduates, will run from September 2 – December 25, 2020.
What will be the 'new normal' for Israel's gap year programs?
According to EMA Care, an estimated 80% of programs will close down permanently if they are not able to reopen in the fall.
Gap-year alumni call on US Jewish groups to reject annexation plan
“As young American Jews, who spent a formative year of our lives in Israel, we unequivocally condemn the threat of unilateral annexation."
