
Missing these good times on Year Course 🫶
Year Course isn’t a year off between high school and college – it’s a year ON!
Missing these good times on Year Course 🫶
The feeling of the Israeli sun at the start of summer might be the best in the world🌞
Wishing you and your family a Chag Shavuot Sameach! 🧀🍷💛
No matter where we’re from, Israel always feels like home. 🏠💙
Today marks 600 days since October 7, 2023.
600 days that hostages have remained in captivity.
We continue to pray for their safe return. 🎗️
The most special days are the days we get to support our community 💕
Nine months of smiley memories 📸
Home sweet home. 🥹
We were so lucky to have this year’s cohort here with us on Year Course. Now that you’re back home around the world, remember you always have a home here in Israel. Shabbat Shalom. 💙
We can't believe it's already that time 🥺 The Year Course closing seminar is in full swing 😭
The most important person you’ll get to know in nine months? Yourself. Just ask any of our nearly 10,000 alumni!
Why Choose Year Course in Israel for your gap year? After more than 60 years, Year Course is still the leader in gap year in Israel experiences! Young Judaea Year Course in Israel is a nine-month gap year program for high school graduates ready to have one incredible year! With semesters in both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, you’ll live explore your passion through interning or volunteering, and take a variety of stimulating courses for college credit. Learn Hebrew intensively and get to know Israel from top to bottom – because the best way to understand Israel’s diverse society, history, culture and geography is to live like an Israeli on your gap year in Israel!
You will appreciate Israel as a local rather than as tourist, and your experiences are fostered by volunteering, learning and speaking Hebrew, traveling around the country, and living with fellow participants from North America, the UK, and Israel. In addition to volunteer placements and academic classes, each Year Course semester is enhanced with a variety of cultural events, seminars, and activities with Israeli peers. Specialty add-on tracks and global trips round out the experience.
Year Course offers the perfect balance of structure and independence, encouraging participants to grow into responsible and worldly leaders at home and abroad! Our alumni are passionate about Israel, Jewish peoplehood, and making a difference in the world.