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 cuts funding to yeshivas, religious institutions due to COVID-19

The Jewish Agency said it was working to get the gov’t to match donations made to program organizers.

Participants in a Masa Israel Journey program

Cancellation of Masa, Birthright due to COVID-19 to cost Israel $200m.

The heritage tourism industry typically brings some 80,000 Jewish teenagers and young adults to Israel from around the world for trips and tours, internships and volunteer work.

MASA ISRAELI participants at the Khan Be’erot camping area at the Ramon Crater (Makhtesh Ramon).

Despite coronavirus measures, Masa students will be able to enter Israel

Fellows who arrive in Israel will be required to remain in quarantine for 14 days, during which they will receive orientations, Hebrew-language course and educational seminars.

Participants in a Masa Israel Journey program

Why choose to stay in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic

Being stuck in my apartment has only strengthened many of the communal bonds I felt. Elizabeth, an Israeli teacher I work with, still calls me every Friday before sundown to check in.

Bat Yam

Herzog: Fallen IDF soldiers embody Jewish value of mutual responsibility

Herzog said that those from abroad who fell in Israel’s wars, “embodied the foundational Jewish value of mutual responsibility between all members of the Jewish family.”

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog takes part in a Memorial Day ceremony

Masa Israeli founder Uri Cohen to light Independence Day torch

Uri Cohen, founder and head of Masa Israeli

Onward Israel CEO offers North American students professional internships

What is Onward Israel and what is its purpose?

A delegation of Onward Israel interns upon their arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport on January 15, 2020

Transforming the Jewish community

Young Jewish adults are not building enough of an effusive connection to Israel and programmatic priorities have shifted away from Israel-related education.

TWO PEOPLE walk near the beach in Tel Aviv

Masa-Israel: The journey of a lifetime

Every year, 30,000 11th-grade students – from both secular and religious schools – take the Masa journey, with between 1,200 and 1,500 students going each week throughout the school year.

MASA ISRAELI participants at the Khan Be’erot camping area at the Ramon Crater (Makhtesh Ramon).

Masa Israel seeking Israeli employers to participate in internship program

The lot of participants consist of university graduates all stemming from diverse educational, social and professional backgrounds - many of whom bring with them a resume of prior work experience.

Masa Internship fellows