YU Summer in Israel Program | Yeshiva University

Intern, Study, Learn Torah

We invite you to spend this summer enjoying a variety of experiences through YU Summer in Israel. Pursue an internship of your choice in STEM, business, or nonprofit fields and/or participate in online summer courses.

Explore Israel's rich history and beautiful sights on exciting trips led by YU faculty and take advantage of world-class Torah-learning opportunities at the Gruss Campus in Bayit VeGan.

YU Summer in Israel will enable you to advance both your professional and academic careers while living and learning in Israel.

Housing options available for students participating in YUI programs (space is limited). For more information, please email Gabi Sackett at gabi.sackett@yu.edu.

Summer Courses

Choose asynchronous summer courses from among:

Literature and arts
Social sciences and history
Sy Syms Principles courses
Sy Syms major courses
YC Jewish Core

Course List

For students interested in taking online summer classes while staying in YU Israel’s Gruss Campus and participating in extracurricular activities, spots are available for summer session two (July 10-August 23).

Summer Internships

YU partners with numerous organizations, including MassChallenge Israel to provide students with an opportunity to intern at the largest and most diverse no-equity accelerator in Israel. More information forthcoming.

YU students have also interned in Israel at the following companies and non-profits. For more information, please visit www.yu.edu/sgc

BIU-YU Summer Science Internship Program

The BIU-YU Summer Science Research Internship program places select undergraduates from Yeshiva College and Stern College in one of the state-of-the-art research laboratories of Bar-Ilan's Life Sciences, Brain Research, Exact Sciences, or Engineering Faculties. It enables talented undergraduate science majors to take part in the research of one of Bar-Ilan's more than 180 distinguished science and engineering faculty members.

The students stay in the Gruss dormitories of YU in Jerusalem and travel together every day to Bar-Ilan on organized buses. Program dates are June 22nd - August 9th.

The application form can be accessed here. Application deadline is February 10, 2023. Click here for more information and to view research groups.

Non-Profit Internships

Limited stipends available for internships at the following non-profits:

Internships are subject to availability with employer. For information on stipends, please email tal.fortgang@yu.edu

Counterpoint Israel

Counterpoint Israel works on a service-learning model specially designed by Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future. Counterpoint Israel is based on two key elements – chesed and learning – all backed by the great resources of a major university. For more information, contact gabi.sackett@yu.edu

Watch a Recap of Counterpoint's 2019 Mission

Archaeology

This summer, join the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program on an archaeological dig in Jerusalem. This for credit program, open to both men and women, will tour key sites in Israel and conduct excavations on Jerusalem's Ophel Hill, just south of the Temple Mount.

Submit applications to jckatz@yu.edu by March 15th