[Updated DECEMBER 2018]
Jewish Federation Passport to Israel
and Israel Scholarships Programs
This page has a comprehensive listing of Israel Programs:
http://jfedpgh.org/IsraelScholarships
As we hear the shofar blast and reflect on its resounding call, make this the year you start planning for your child’s trip to Israel! Reduce the cost of a trip to Israel for your teen or young adult by up to $5,550.00* by combining the Jewish Federation’s Passport to Israel and Israel Scholarship programs.
For more information, please contact the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh at 412-992-5208 or via email at dswartz@jfedpgh.org.
- Passport to Israel
- Teens & Young Adults
- Families
Information Sessions:
ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT
AT THE JEWISH FEDERATION
All sessions are at 7:30 pm
at the Jewish Federation Building
234 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
February 21, 2019
April 24, 2019
May 21, 2019
The Israel Scholarship Program is funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Annual Campaign, with additional funding for need-based scholarships funded by The Stanley z”l and Flo Mae Moravitz Israel Scholarship Endowment Fund of The Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. The Passport to Israel Program is funded by the Sholom Comay Family Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
Registration is finally open for Birthright Israel! If you’re 18-26 and have at least one Jewish parent, then you might be eligible for this free trip. There’s so many ways to customize your experience with special interest trips, college credit, community trips, and more! Start your 10 day adventure at: https://www.birthrightisrael.com/
It’s so much more than a free trip to Israel!
See you soon,
Team #Birthright Israel
NFTY in Israel
Teen summer programs in Israel are recognized not only as spectacular opportunities for fun and friendship but as defining and transforming Jewish growth experiences as well. All those who care deeply about ensuring a vibrant Jewish future appreciate the impact of a substantive Israel program on young people. Parents, potential participants, rabbis and synagogue leaders need to know how to choose the appropriate Israel experience for their teens. Not all programs are created equal!
www.nftyeie.org
The Isaac and Helaine Heller EIE High School is a semester long (four months) program for high school students in grades 10-12 in Israel. EIE is an intensive academic program and is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The program was established in 1961 by the youth arm of the Reform movement, the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY). Many of the leaders of Reform Judaism today are alumni of this program.