Articles, Tips & Free Resources

With so many yeshivas, seminaries and general Israel experience programs to choose from, we've put together a comprehensive guide that provides detailed questions, suggestions, and issues for students and their parents to consider when choosing a GAP year program. 

Did you know that all of Israel’s National Parks have a Sukkah in them? What a country! I've been living here in Israel for 25 years and I love exploring and experiencing our beautiful little country. I want to share with you some of my favorite spots to visit over Sukkot!

Where do you keep all your stuff if you only have one small shelf and how do you keep everything organized?  This blog looks at different types of storage products and how to get the most out of them.

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.