Masa

Sam Halpern: Managing the fast-paced breaking news desk

Behind the Bylines: "As someone who came up as an intern and is currently a desk manager, I’d say the thing that got me from there to here is just working hard."

Sam Halpern
Yaakov Langer interviewing returned hostage Eli Sharabi

All the colors come together on the canvas

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


Masa programs: Falling in love with Israel and someone special

While Masa Israel Journey is not a matchmaking agency, it's not surprising that the programs' participants meet people and fall in love in Israel.

Tel Aviv City Hall on a special display for Jewish Holiday of Love

Israel’s brain drain and how one plucky nonprofit is fighting it

Mass emigration of Israel’s most tech-savvy individuals starves start-ups of talented hires and puts a ceiling on their growth.

A ROBOT tries to make a heart. Who is behind those online profiles?

Thousands of Masa participants celebrate start of year in Israel

More than 2,500 attendees enjoyed a special performance by Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai at Israel's largest-ever single gathering of diaspora Jews working and volunteering in Israel.

Masa Chairman Eli Cohen, Masa CEO Ofer Gutman and Masa participants pose with Netta Barzilai.

Masa head takes leave of absence for Blue and White

Her participation was prohibited, because Masa is a project of the government and the Jewish Agency, so she must remain apolitical.

MASA ISRAEL Journey CEO Liran Avisar Ben Horin.

Re-discovering our unity as a Jewish people

As siblings who grew up in a warm, loving Persian family in Los Angeles, we had a strong sense of identity.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) has his photo taken with members of Masa before attending a weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem March 30, 2014. Masa is a programme that provides educational trips in Israel for young Jewish adults.

Jewish Agency, WZO kick-off new Project TEN hub in Mitzpe Ramon

Mitzpe Ramon volunteers will teach spoken English in area schools and help highlight the areas a tourist attraction.

Masa students

6,000 Diaspora Jews attend English-language Memorial Day ceremony - watch

The ceremony, which has taken place every year for over a decade, is the only official ceremony in English and is organized with the assistance of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.

Masa Israel Memorial Day ceremony 2019

Finding the tribe and leading it – Masa’s new leadership program

As community leaders and polls warn of a growing gap between Israel and the Diaspora, an innovative plan is attracting young Jews from around the globe.

Young people today are 'not looking for a year off, but a year on': Participants in the Masa leadership program

Masa lifts ban on visiting east Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria

Masa has brought some 120,000 Diaspora Jews, ages 18 to 30, to Israel on various programs in order to strengthen Jewish identity and affinity with Israel.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu poses with participants in the MyMasa Event in Jerusalem last night.

Masa bans travel to West Bank, parts of Jerusalem

The organization also told institutions in which Masa participants are placed that they cannot organize any trips to these areas.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu poses with participants in the MyMasa Event in Jerusalem last night.