A practical guide to finding public bathrooms in Jerusalem when you need them most. From shopping areas to tourist spots, here’s how to stay comfortable while exploring the city without stress or surprises.

What weight and size blanket should you buy? Will your American duvet cover fit your Israeli blanket? What if you still want to send a blanket from home and pay for an extra bag? What can you do with the blanket at the end of the year? 

After sending her first kid on GAP year and then getting ready to send her second child, Tracy Schultz realized that that there are no easily accessible  'to-do' lists to prepare for the year. Tracy took action and gathered feedback from other GAP year parents and students to compile this comprehensive preparation checklist for new GAP year parents.

This guide, filled with useful tips and tricks, is about the ‘how’ of packing and focuses on two questions: What types of things should I buy in Israel and what should I bring from home?

We're part of a great Facebook group of Israel GAP year parents. We've taken the feedback and comments from parents on that list and compiled the ultimate packing lists for seminary girls and Yeshiva boys.

To answer this question, we combed the “Israel GAP Year Parents” Facebook group and reviewed literally hundreds of comments by GAP year parents. In this article we’ll give you an overview of the main factors to consider when addressing this issue.