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The flagship program of Midreshet Lindenbaum for Israeli high-school graduates, integrating a year of deep Torah study (Tanach, Talmud, Halacha, and Jewish thought) with three years of IDF service in the Education Corps, Intelligence Corps, or Air Force. Includes biweekly in-person support sessions at military bases during service and Jerusalem-area housing for participants stationed nearby.

Described by its own program page as the only advanced full-time women's Beit Midrash for Torah studies in English in Israel, for women pursuing intensive Talmud or Tanach study alongside Halacha, philosophy, and pedagogy training to become Torah educators.

A full-time Torah study program for young Spanish-speaking women from Latin America, running for 18 years, combining Judaism, Hebrew, Halacha, Jewish thought, Tanach, and Mishna study with educational tours, alongside Israeli and Diaspora peers at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

A three-year undergraduate program combining flexible online BBA coursework (Global Business & Innovation) with in-person Torah learning in Jerusalem, for women who have already completed a year of study at a YU-approved seminary or yeshiva.

An intensive Torah-study track for women, layered on top of a full undergraduate or graduate course load at Bar-Ilan University, covering Talmud, Tanach, Halacha, and Jewish thought alongside regular academic study.

A division of Midreshet Lindenbaum in Lod (opened 2017, renamed Midreshet Dorit in 2025 following a major gift), combining intensive Torah study with weekly volunteer service and a focus on preparing women for meaningful IDF service.

A one-year midrasha for young women preparing for IDF or national service, combining religious development, personal growth, and self-discovery within a Religious Zionist/Modern Orthodox framework.

A year-long Chabad-Chassidic Torah study seminary for young women who are graduates of Chabad high schools worldwide, covering Chassidus, Jewish law, philosophy, and personal growth, with both English- and Hebrew-speaking tracks.

A full-day intensive Torah study program (Tanach, Talmud, Halacha, Jewish thought) for Israeli women who have completed national or military service, drawing participants from a range of backgrounds from kibbutzim to cities.

A Bais Yaakov-style seminary for post-high-school women.

An alternative, flexible-structure seminary for religious young women, combining Torah classes with a range of academic, vocational, and creative courses (art, music, cosmetology, languages) and options to complete a high school diploma, work, or volunteer.

A part-time evening midrasha for English-speaking women in their 20s already living in Israel, offering weekly classes in Tanach, Halacha, and Machshava alongside workshops, trips, and Shabbatonim, designed to fit around sherut leumi, university, or work schedules.

A career-oriented post-secondary program for Bais Yaakov-aligned second-year (Shana Beis) students, combining Torah study with accredited academic coursework (speech-language pathology, psychology, education, business, computer science, and more) via a partnership with Gratz College.

A Bais Yaakov seminary combining rigorous textual study (Chovos Halevovos, Tanach, Halacha, Tefilla) with extracurricular enrichment, offering both a first-year (Shana Alef) and second-year (Shana Bais) track.

A Bais Yaakov-style seminary for serious post-high-school students, operating on the Neve Yerushalayim campus under its own separate leadership and admissions.

A Bais Yaakov-style seminary for post-high-school women pursuing a year of Torah study and religious growth in Jerusalem.

A Bais Yaakov seminary for post-high-school women seeking serious textual Torah study in a traditional framework, drawing students from a range of Bais Yaakov-affiliated backgrounds.

A Bais Yaakov-style seminary, now in its 35th year, geared toward highly motivated Bais Yaakov high school graduates seeking a serious year of Torah study in Israel.

A Chabad-Lubavitch seminary for young women using the teachings of Chassidus to develop leadership and a deep connection to Torah, including Torah classes, tours in Israel, and chesed/internship opportunities.

A post-high-school seminary for young women within the Aish HaTorah network, combining foundational Jewish studies with an emphasis on personal and spiritual growth for students newer to intensive Torah study.

A support program for young women ages 17-24 from abroad undertaking sherut leumi (national service) in Israel as an alternative to military enlistment, offering guidance, mentorship, and community programming named in memory of Ori Ansbacher.

Matan is a women's institute for Torah studies in Jerusalem, founded in 1988 by Malke Bina, dedicated to the serious, text-based study of Talmud, Tanakh, and rabbinic literature. It offers a year-long beit midrash program alongside ongoing classes and a range of certification tracks for women pursuing advanced Torah scholarship.

The Shahar network's girls-only pre-military mechina, based at the Mikveh Israel agricultural school near Holon. Renamed in memory of Rotem Neiman, a program graduate killed at the Nova festival on October 7, 2023, the half-year program develops young women's personal capability, group responsibility, and preparation for meaningful IDF service.

A gap-year program at Nishmat in Jerusalem combining English-speaking staff and classes with an Israeli, Hebrew-language beit midrash.

A Religious Zionist women's seminary in Ramat Beit Shemesh offering a one-year 'Shana Alef' program, primarily for North American students.

A women's college of Jewish studies in Har Nof, Jerusalem, combining Torah study with a Hebrew ulpan component.

A one-year seminary program in Har Nof, Jerusalem, for young women pursuing Torah study through a textual, contextual, and hashkafic approach.

The girls' branch of Mechinat Melach HaAretz, based at Kibbutz Ein Gedi on the Dead Sea, part of a wider framework that also includes a boys' mechina at Mitzpe Shalem, a second-year program in Kalya, and a preferred-work program in Neot HaKikar. Helps participants develop personal, gender, and social identity ahead of military service and civic life.

A pre-military academy for religious young women in Givat Washington, focused on deepening students' connection to themselves, Torah, and the Jewish people ahead of meaningful IDF service, through a process of personal and spiritual growth.

A pre-military academy for religious young women, established in 2006 by the Jacob Herzog Center under the Religious Kibbutz Movement, closely accompanying high-school graduates preparing for meaningful IDF service. Roughly 100 women graduate each year; curriculum centers on Torah study, Israeli history, and quarterly field trips exploring Israeli societal issues.

A pre-military academy for religious young women, founded in 2015, aiming to build faith, spirituality, and leadership ahead of military service. Curriculum covers Torah, Jewish law, Talmud, Jewish philosophy, and Chassidut alongside understanding of Israeli society.

The women's branch of Mechinat Otzem, a study center in the pioneering settlement of Shlomit founded by Otzem alumni.

A women's seminary in Ramat Beit Shemesh offering advanced Torah classes in Gemara, Halacha, Tanach, Machshava, and Chassidut, combined with Religious Zionist education, personalized mentorship through rakezet (advisor) relationships, and chesed/community-engagement programming.

A midrasha for female high school graduates combining rigorous Torah study with competitive Israeli internships and volunteer work, plus a Machon Leadership Program offering Israel-advocacy training and meetings with political and military leaders.

A six-week program for public-school teenage girls that blends Torah learning, chesed (charitable service) projects such as running carnivals for terror victims, and touring across Israel, alongside adventure activities like rappelling.

A program for teenage girls combining Torah study with accomplished educators, weekly chesed (volunteer) trips, and extensive touring across Israel -- including hiking, rafting, zip-lining, and water sports -- based at the Reishit Yerushalayim campus in Beit Shemesh.

A large, academically rigorous Bet Midrash for women in Jerusalem offering intensive Tanach and Torah She'be'al Peh study alongside internships and social action, with dedicated tracks (Hadas, Shana Bet, Midrashit) for overseas post-high-school students.

A short introduction to Judaism in Jerusalem for ages 19-31, including room, board, classes, and field trips; taught in English with no Hebrew required.

A highly academic Bais Yaakov seminary with high-caliber, renowned teachers and an extensive schedule of trips and tours.

A one-year teacher-training program for recent Bais Yaakov high school graduates.

A one-year teacher-training program for recent English-speaking Bais Yaakov high school graduates with strong halachic observance and academics; students average above an 86% GPA and come mostly from North America and Europe, with 80% of classes taught in Hebrew to build language skills.

A Bais Yaakov-track seminary for post-high-school women.

A Jerusalem seminary and participating school in Touro's Israel Option.

A seminary founded 24 years ago by Rabbi Hillel Belsky, located near the Kosel, drawing on his decades of experience in girls' chinuch; a participating seminary in Touro's Israel Option.

A Har Nof seminary known for being warm and accepting of every student, with rigorous, intellectually in-depth learning; a participating seminary in Touro's and Hebrew Theological College's Israel Option programs.

A women's Torah institute affiliated with Diaspora Yeshiva, teaching women seeking conversion to Judaism, with a track conducted primarily in Spanish for Spanish-speaking conversion candidates alongside its general English-language track.

Israel's only Holistic Jewish Women's Seminary, combining intensive Tanach, Halacha, and Chassidut study with creative spiritual expression through dance, art, drama, writing, and music, at beginner through advanced levels; also runs a B'not Ruth conversion track for women becoming Jewish. Founded and directed by Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum.

A Beit Midrash on a working northern-Israel kibbutz with classes spanning Tanakh, Talmud, Jewish law history, philosophy, Chassidut, and gender in Judaism; overseas students are fully immersed with 60-80 Israeli students living on the same schedule.

The only gap-year seminary geared exclusively to women who attended public school or grew up in non-observant homes, run by Rabbi Yaakov Lynn with 20-30 students a year and individualized attention; about a quarter of graduates go on to Touro or Stern College.

A Judaic Studies and Yeshiva track for women ages 20-29 with discussion-style classes, small class sizes, and no dress code or religious commitment required; the women's counterpart to Mayanot's men's post-high-school program.

A 6-week introductory track at Neve Yerushalayim for women ages 19-35, featuring prominent lecturers on philosophical and theological topics, private tutorials, campus tours, and dorm housing, with financial aid available; a shorter taste of Neve's curriculum distinct from the school's two longer programs.

A one-year program for highly motivated post-high-school women at the Drisha Institute's flagship Israel yeshiva (opened 2018, Shana Alef track added 2020), offering intensive Talmud Torah alongside advanced learners; overseas students, about a third of the cohort, are fully integrated with Israeli students in a Hebrew-speaking environment with English-speaking staff support.

A seminary opened in 2006 with a dual focus on building textual/learning skills and character, offering Bible, Prophets, Proverbs, Law, and Philosophy classes with dorm housing and mentoring.

A Har Nof seminary for women at all learning levels, with personal teacher involvement and challenging classes.

A Har Nof seminary founded in 1994 with about 50 students a year, offering morning one-on-one learning and afternoon lectures on Chumash, Navi, and tefilla, plus a short introductory "Taste of Torah" track for women new to their heritage.

A women's seminary founded in 1995 offering a gap year of intensive Judaic studies with an optional fully-accredited second year, including secular college coursework on campus and a trip to Poland exploring the history of Torah scholarship there; Darchei Binah is a recognized partner seminary for overseas college-credit programs through Touro University, Daemen University, and others.

A full-time college for advanced Jewish learning aimed at unaffiliated, college-educated and professional English-speaking women ages 22-30, founded in 1984, offering multi-level classes in Jewish philosophy, history, prayer, Chumash and Rabbi Noah Weinberg's '48 Ways to Wisdom' curriculum; most students are exploring becoming more observant.

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.

The Linda Pinsky School for Overseas Students (Machal) at Michlalah Jerusalem College, founded in 1964 to train Israeli teachers and expanded in 1969 to serve students from abroad; around 140 international students per year study Tanach, Halacha, Mussar and Machshava in a Torah-growth curriculum focused on personal commitment to Torah life.

A women's midrasha built on Religious-Zionist ideals, combining Torah learning with hands-on community service — students volunteer with the children of Beit Hayeled, becoming part of the children's extended foster family alongside their studies.

One of the Lubavitch movement's most sought-after seminaries, historically for Israeli-Hebrew-speaking high school graduates training as future Chassidishe educators; its 'Chul program' extension accepts overseas students into a curriculum of personal and teaching skills alongside Limudei Kodesh, leading to a government-recognized 'Morot Lagolah' teaching certificate.

One of Neve Yerushalayim's eleven affiliated schools on its Har Nof campus, offering a dedicated seminary track for post-high-school and graduate-age women alongside the flagship Shalhevet program, part of the broader Neve network founded in 1970.

A one-year program at the world's oldest and largest college for Jewish women (35,000+ alumni since 1970), designed for women who want to deepen their Jewish knowledge, learning skills and spiritual growth in an environment built specifically for baalot teshuva.

A pluralistic, gender-separated pre-military academy in the Dead Sea region combining the standard mechina curriculum of Jewish identity, Zionism and leadership with the unique desert and Dead Sea environment across its two single-gender campuses.

The only Chabad-Lubavitch women's school in Israel, offering full-time Jewish studies (Jewish law, Torah and Prophets, Jewish meditation and prayer, Chassidic philosophy, Hebrew ulpan) for women of any age or background, on a year, semester, or short-term basis. Dormitory housing on premises, 2 students per room with a private bathroom.

Israel's first Sephardic women's seminary, located two minutes from the Kotel, combining Tanakh, Halacha, and Jewish thought with a distinct focus on Sephardic customs, history, and heritage.

A Jerusalem gap-year seminary known for a low staff-to-student ratio, combining Torah study in Halacha, Tanach, and Sephardic heritage with hands-on experiential learning throughout Israel.

Founded in 1990 in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City Jewish Quarter, this Religious Zionist seminary's one-year overseas program offers a high-level academic and experiential curriculum with strong emphasis on Aliyah and connection to Israel.

A Jerusalem women's seminary focused on developing independent Torah learning and thinking skills through rigorous shiurim, in a warm environment rounded out by tiyulim and Shabbatonim.

A Religious Zionist Jerusalem seminary for post-high-school women emphasizing intensive Beit Midrash preparation and analytical textual study of Torah, alongside trips and leadership development.

An academically focused seminary for recent high school graduates in Har Nof, Jerusalem, offering small class sizes and deep text-based study of Hashkafa, Tanach, and Halacha across two learning tracks.

A Jerusalem beit midrash for English-speaking Orthodox women in their 20s and 30s (college graduates and professionals) offering mature, independent-style learning in Chumash, Navi, Halacha, and Jewish thought; targets an older post-college demographic rather than students straight out of high school.

An English-speaking gap-year seminary for post-high-school Modern Orthodox women emphasizing rigorous Gemara, Halacha, and Tanach study through chavruta learning, paired with a strong Religious Zionist focus on connection to Eretz Yisrael.

A one-year Religious Zionist program for young women combining Torah courses, interactive seminars ( trips), and Israeli internships, geared especially toward students seeking a growth-oriented religious environment. Located in a large shared israeli campus with access to gym, pool, and a running track.

A Jerusalem women's beit midrash whose Alisa Flatow programs (Shana Ba'Aretz and a post-college track) offer English-speaking women intensive Torah study in Tanach, Talmud, and Halacha; the flagship English track is geared primarily to post-college-age women rather than strictly post-high-school students.

A Modern Orthodox women's beit midrash founded by Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg in 1997, fully integrating roughly 130 overseas and Israeli shana aleph students each year in rigorous study of Gemara, Halacha, Tanach, and Machshava.

A gap-year seminary based on the campus of Emunah's Bet Elazraki children's home, combining morning and evening Torah study with intensive afternoon chessed work caring for at-risk children.

A women's seminary whose main theme is the richness and flexibility of its courses -- over 150 different shiurim, all electives, just 1 required (Hilchot Shabbat); a very diverse faculty, from Modern Orthodox to Chasidic; two-track curriculum (regular / advanced) with all courses open to everyone, you decide your level; courses in Tanach, Halachah, Jewish Thought, and Gemara, again all optional; combined with chesed volunteering and tiyulim across Israel.

A five-week volunteering and touring program for 10th-11th grade girls, featuring service work such as soup kitchens, kibbutz volunteering, and assisting children with disabilities alongside touring.