Browse Programs

An 8-month religious-Zionist gap year hachshara program for Bnei Akiva members from Spanish-speaking countries (primarily Mexico and Panama), building leadership skills and connection to Israel, Judaism, and Zionism.

A 10-month religious-Zionist gap year hachshara program for Bnei Akiva members from Latin America (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil), combining Torah study, Zionist education, and leadership development with seminars and excursions across Israel.

A co-ed, religious-Zionist Israel year program for post-high-school graduates from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America, combining Torah/Jewish-studies learning with self-empowerment and personal-growth programming, distinct from World Bnei Akiva's other tracks (Kadima, Mechina Olamit, Torani, MTA).

A World Bnei Akiva year program geared specifically toward participants from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, immersing them in Beit Midrash learning and Torat Eretz Yisrael at one of four campuses.

A World Bnei Akiva gap-year track designed to enhance a participant's parallel year in yeshiva or seminary with additional leadership training, seminars, Shabbatonim, a kibbutz stay and a wider Israel-wide peer community. Available for British and European attendees of Yeshivat Hakotel, Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi, Midreshet Harova and Midreshet Amit. The program is mixed.

A 9-month (or 6-month, depending on the track you decide), co-educational, army-preperation and leadership gap year. The program is completely mixed between Israeli and overseas participants, combining immersive Zionist and Jewish learning with hands-on leadership experiences at World Bnei Akiva's flagship international mechina campus in Jerusalem. The first 3 months of the program are run in English, the second 3 in Hebrew, and the final 3 months are for overseas participants only, and in English.

An immersive, co-ed, modern-Orthodox Zionist gap-year program giving participants a broad taste of Israeli life through internships, kibbutz living, volunteering, Magen David Adom training, a taste of Marva IDF preparation, seminars, Torah learning and travel.

A five-week Israel summer tour for 10th-grade graduates from Orthodox/religious-Zionist backgrounds, with historical sites, hikes, an Adventure Week track, and movement-wide events.