Browse Programs

An annual week-long intensive for string players (violin, viola, cello), held around the Sukkot holiday, offering daily private lessons, chamber orchestra participation, workshops, and performance opportunities under internationally prominent faculty.

A summer dance intensive at the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company's International Dance Village, offering 2, 4, or 6-week sessions in ballet, contemporary dance, and company repertoire for dance students from Israel and abroad.

A week-long summer dance course for teenage dance students from Israel and abroad, taught in the Batsheva Dance Company's Gaga movement language, including repertoire study, an open rehearsal, and meetings with company dancers.

A fellowship within the Pardes Institute's Beit Midrash Program for artists (music, theater, creative writing, visual arts, dance, and other media) who pursue a self-directed creative project informed by intensive Jewish text study, while contributing to community creative programming.

A bilateral academic exchange program for third- and fourth-year university students, offering courses in English (primarily through the English Department) alongside Hebrew-taught coursework, with particular strength in arts and education.

An international, English-language MFA in documentary filmmaking held over four terms, taking students from research and script development through production, editing, and post-production under working filmmakers; open to graduates of TAU and other institutions, including from abroad.

A contemporary-dance program (established 2012) for male dancers 18-28 and female dancers 18-25 with a dance background, from Israel and around the world, offered by Vertigo Dance Company at its Eco-Art Village on a Judean-foothills kibbutz; recognized by Israel's Ministry of Culture & Sports, with graduates going on to the independent dance scene internationally.

A Bachelor's/Master's/Artist Diploma program (established 2008) for outstanding foreign musicians in instrumental performance, voice, conducting or composition, taught by IPO principal players and other leading Israeli musicians, with performance opportunities in the school's Symphony Orchestra, chamber ensembles and bilingual (Hebrew/English) opera productions.

An accredited arts and design degree program for religious women, covering visual art, visual communication and drama, with ESL/EPIC (English for Purposes of International Communication) coursework supporting the English proficiency required for an Israeli academic degree.

A semester-long option for international students 18+ to study at a college combining engineering, design and art under one roof, taking English-taught courses plus hands-on art/design workshops conducted in simplified Hebrew; the International Office also runs exchange, internship and transdisciplinary-project partnerships with schools like Cornell and Yale.

A pluralistic, co-ed pre-military gap-year academy combining intensive study of Jewish identity, Zionism and Israeli society with coursework in the arts and environmentalism, plus independent study, community volunteering and physical preparation for IDF service.

An internationally-ranked film school's lab program bringing a small cohort of outstanding local and international emerging filmmakers to Jerusalem to develop their debut feature film projects, alongside the school's separate four-year directing/producing and two-year screenwriting degree tracks.

A juried two-week international artist residency at Musrara's Naggar School selecting five interdisciplinary artists from Israel and abroad working in photography, new media, video art, sound and experimental music, alongside the school's ongoing three-year photography, new-media and phototherapy departments.

A university-level dance program for international students combining technical training in classical ballet, contemporary dance (including Ohad Naharin's Gaga), choreography and improvisation with Rothberg International School's academic coursework on Israeli history, society and culture.

A pluralistic, non-movement-affiliated program combining outdoor adventure with workshops in visual, performing, and literary arts, community service, and creative Jewish study. Israeli and North American participants travel together through four regions of Israel exploring the land's role in Jewish history and the future of Jewish life, with a multi-day service project benefiting Israeli children.

A nine-month artistic gap-year program for 18-19 year-olds studying visual arts, music, theater, or dance. Students choose one of four tracks and get weekly one-on-one studio time with professional artists, plus a personal artistic project. Participants live alongside Israeli students from the 'Ruach Nachon' pre-army artistic academy, building Hebrew fluency and Israeli friendships. Includes trips, volunteering, and Jewish learning.

One or two semesters of study at Israel's oldest and most prestigious art and design academy, in fields including fine arts, photography, visual communication, animation, fashion/jewelry design, ceramics and glass, industrial design, architecture, and material culture. Courses in Hebrew or English; a week-long Hebrew course precedes the spring semester. Exchange students are housed at Hebrew University dormitories. IMPORTANT CAVEAT: this is a university exchange, not an open-enrollment program -- applicants must be nominated by a partner institution's international office (Bezalel partners with ~100 art schools worldwide), so it is not available to individuals applying directly without a partner-school affiliation.

A one-year, English-language program for international students at Israel's leading contemporary music school, covering music theory, ear training, arranging, music technology, songwriting, composition, improvisation, private instruction, and ensembles. Begins with a month-long Hebrew ulpan and orientation. Students fluent in Hebrew may continue into Rimon's full majors (jazz, performance, production, composition, education). Commuter campus -- no on-site housing, but staff help arrange shared apartments.