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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 thesis-track, English-taught MSc in marine biology combining coursework, research cruises, and dive-based fieldwork studying the Mediterranean Sea; Israeli and international students study together over two academic years.

$10,000/year tuition; scholarships covering up to 75% of tuition plus a living stipend available

A required summer-term Israel program (typically in the third year) for Reconstructionist Rabbinical College students, combining academic coursework and experiential learning on Israel's history, culture, politics and contemporary society; students who want to extend for an additional term or full year can access RRC scholarships and academic advising to do so.

An intensive 10-12 week summer Israel program for Ziegler rabbinical students, replacing what was previously a full year in Israel (third-year students traditionally spent a year there before the school's 2023 curriculum restructuring shortened the program overall).

A required second-year-of-study year in Israel for JTS rabbinical students, based at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, engaging students with Israeli society, history and politics alongside advanced Jewish text study to prepare them to teach and speak knowledgeably about Israel in their future communities. A joint Pardes/JTS track also lets students count a year at Pardes toward the rabbinical degree.

A mandatory first year in Israel for all HUC-JIR rabbinical, cantorial and Jewish-education graduate students, opening with a Hebrew ulpan before a full slate of Hebrew immersion, foundational textual skills, Israel studies, community-building and community-service projects, using Israel itself as a classroom to explore Israeli culture, Zionist history and contemporary social/political issues.

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.

A yeshiva founded in 1982 for Jewish, English-speaking college graduates and young professionals in their 20s and 30s pausing careers to spend a year or two on Torah learning, personal development and communal life, blending early-morning prayer, chevrusa study and lectures.

$15,500 per year (tuition, room and board)

A yeshiva for English-speaking college graduates and young professionals in their 20s and 30s, founded in 1978, offering long-term (6+ months), medium-term (3-6 months) and short-term (1-3 months) Torah study tracks in Gemara, Chumash, Halacha and Hashkafa alongside character development.

A 9-month service-learning fellowship for ages 22-32 involving ~30 hours/week of grassroots volunteering across multiple placements, Hebrew ulpan, and immersive learning about Israeli society.

~$1,000 (heavily subsidized; includes housing and monthly stipend)