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.

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; no dedicated website was found during research, so verify current status before relying on this entry.

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 especially suited to women preparing for IDF service, though open to all, 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 already in this database.

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 already in this database.

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.

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 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.

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.

(unconfirmed - not published in research) scholarships available -- contact seminary directly

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.

~$41,000 (2026 rate through Masa Israel, before scholarships/grants); plus a non-refundable NIS 10,000 registration deposit

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 (meaning trips), and Israeli internships, geared especially toward students seeking a growth-oriented religious environment.

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 with a flexible, non-tracked curriculum letting students choose their own course of study in Tanakh, Halakhah, Jewish Thought, and Gemara, combined with chesed volunteering and tiyulim across Israel.

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.