Organization: Israel Experience Tide Inc
Mission: Israel Experience is a gap year university program for students wishing to strengthen their Jewish identity whilst studying in Israel
Activities: In the 2017-2018 school year, our program brought more than 118 students from the US to israel for a year of academic study at Bar Ilan university. The students had approximately 20 trip days in which we took them to many historic and religious sites throughout the country. That included overnight trips in the desert, the Golan Heights, Hebron, Tiberias, Safed and Jerusalem. They had volunteer internships (at hospitals, schools, etc.), enrichment courses (many completed paramedic training) and israel advocacy. There was a full schedule of enrichment programming every week night including optional Torah learning, karate, dance, cooking, and sports. In addition to receiving a full year of university credits, most students developed a greater appreciation for Judaism and for Israel
NTEE category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Secondary category: Youth Development