Tel Aviv
This course is a wonderful opportunity to live, learn and work in modern Israel's most exciting metropolitan environment; the place every young person wants to experience. You will share a Tel Aviv apartment with flatmates and are responsible for cleaning, laundry, cooking, and all other domestic arrangements. You will be given a weekly allowance to cover these expenses. Apartment rentals in central Tel Aviv are in high demand, so the groups will divide into several apartments; however, the coordinators will try as much as possible to keep groups of friends together.
Entrepreneurship course & Hebrew Ulpan:
No country has more startups per capita than Israel. Few cities breathe innovation and high-tech like Tel Aviv, and this course puts you on the cutting edge of 21st Century Economies. You will visit startup companies, meet entrepreneurs who created them, acquire theoretical tools & take practical workshops to apply what is learned from them. Simultaneously, through ongoing Ulpan, you
will become familiar with the modern version of Hebrew, the essential culture from ancient times, and the fundamental elements of the Israeli nation. Sababa! (Cool!)
Leadership course + Tours in Israel
Based at Kiryat Moriah in Jerusalem, the famous Machon course has trained counselors and young educators from all over the world since the 1940s. Innovative pedagogical techniques convey knowledge and content of Israeli sociology, actuarial, Middle East conflicts, and many other subjects, along with practical exercises to develop leadership, public speaking, and project planning skills and abilities. Groups will travel on many guided study tours and excursions all over Israel, related to all aspects of the course. Trips are accompanied and led by the professional teachers of the course.
Startup course and Limitless competiton:
During the entrepreneurship course you will be divided into groups where you will develop your own startup venture. As a group, you will create a business model, structure the idea, conduct market research, marketing strategy, and do other aspects of how to start a business. At the end students will present their venture in the Limitless hackathon competition. There will be a selected winner that will be offered with great prizes, which will enhance the venture developed by the group.
Internships:
You will be placed in your desired industry and work for a real company, where you can train, gain actual work experience, and become familiar with organizational methodology and culture. You will practice and use knowledge, skills, talent, and develop the maximum potential to work in a modern economy- excellent preparation for “What’s Next?”
Vocational guidance:
"School's Out! Been there, done that!" Sure, you just wanna have fun, but you know you're facing "What's Next?", maybe even "Who am I?" You have important decisions to make: Study, Career, "Where To?" ISE 2021 is an enriching experience that will help you find what you really want, define who you are, and clarify your way ahead. You can discuss all of this in a vocational orientation & coaching program, acquiring tools to help you give optimum answers to all those questions.
Magen David Adom (MDA):
"MADA" starts with an intensive 60-hour theoretical & practical First Aid course over 10 days, including proficiency tests & graduation exams, followed by actual work as ambulance crew members at MDA stations in cities & localities across the country.
If – and only if – you pass the tests & exams, you live in a Tel Aviv apartment, receive a weekly allowance for your domestic & living expenses, interact with volunteers from Israel and other countries, and as to what you experience – there is no such thing as routine day on an Israeli ambulance crew.
This is a formative & very real experience, genuine volunteering to benefit the people of Israel.
Before MADA you're a kid; after MADA you're an adult. In the end, there's a diploma.
Marvah:
National Service in the Israel Defense Forces is a basic rite-of-passage for young Israelis, forging personality, defining patriotism, and personal identity with the State of Israel. We see this stage of your program – a taste of army life – as very relevant, a fundamental aspect of Israeli life. Accompanied & led 24/7 by a team of commanders, Marvah introduces you to military discipline, a little toughness training, obstacle courses, survival techniques, an automatic rifle, and some study of IDF heritage & its Code of Ethics. You will never be exposed to dangerous situations or enter combat zones.
During Marvah, participants have 3 free weekends, and you are free to choose: Stay with relatives, go to a Hotel/Hostel, or use a travel-and-maintenance allowance. During those free weekends, MWU is still responsible for you.
