Browse Programs

A track at Midreshet Lindenbaum, launched in 2015, for Orthodox post-high-school young women from abroad who intend to serve in the IDF as Machal volunteers or new immigrants, combining a period of high-level Judaic study with Israeli teachers and students before the draft.

An 8-month gap year for the Revisionist-Zionist Betar movement, running March-November: four months of Machon LeMadrichim leadership training at Kiryat Moriah alongside 100+ young people from other youth movements worldwide, a taste of IDF service through the Marva course, seminars across Israel and in Poland, and an extended period of community volunteering.

A 5-10 month post-high-school program combining Machon Le'Madrichim leadership seminars, an optional taste of IDF Marva training, Magen David Adom EMS training, kibbutz living and work, touring across Israel, and a Poland trip focused on Shoah education; fully supervised by Maccabi World Union madrichim.

A pluralistic, co-ed pre-military leadership academy in Harish drawing on Israeli Air Force heritage and values as a framework for its leadership training, alongside standard mechina Jewish-identity study.

$14,000-$16,000 (covers education, room, board, transit, insurance and laundry)

A long-running lone-soldier program (since 1991) that brings young Jewish adults from abroad to make aliyah and serve in the IDF, providing a 'garin' (seed group) peer community, host absorption support, and ongoing assistance before, during, and after military service.

Founded in 1988 by Rabbis Eli Sadan and Yigal Levinstein, this was the first pre-military mechina in Israel, preparing religious Zionist young men for combat and officer roles in the IDF through Torah study, leadership training, and physical preparation. Israeli-only, Hebrew-language program with no overseas track.

A volunteer program placing civilians (17+) on IDF bases for 1-3 weeks to perform non-combat logistical support such as packing medical supplies and equipment maintenance, living alongside soldiers.

Registration/program fee varies; participants cover own flights