Tikvah Israel Fellowship

Tikvah Israel Fellowship is a program in Israel-wide, for gap-year students, open to men and women.

A supplemental enrichment fellowship that runs alongside a student's main shana ba'aretz (gap year) program, bringing together students from more than 20 partner yeshivot, seminaries, and gap-year programs to study the texts, events, and personalities that forged modern Zionism, including Israeli military history, political debates, and literature.

Duration

Ongoing / Flexible — Runs alongside a full gap year; 2026-2027 cohort begins in November

How to sign up

Apply through the Tikvah Fund website; open to students already enrolled on a shana ba'aretz program.

https://tikvah.org/overseas/

Contact

info@tikvah.orgNot yet verifiedhttps://tikvah.org/overseas/

Last updated: July 12, 2026