Israel Programs

Federation’s Israel Programs offer a range of opportunities for different ages to experience Israeli society, while expanding your personal and professional horizons.

Taglit-Birthright Israel: Taglit-Birthright Israel provides young adults ages 18-26 with free 10-day trips to Israel, which work to strengthen Jewish identity and build lasting bonds with the land and the people of Israel. Designed to connect participants with Jewish culture and inform them about modern Israel, Birthright is often the start of a lifelong love affair with Israel and the Jewish people. Following the 10-day journey, Federation offers participants many opportunities to remain connected and involved in the Jewish community.

Birthright Israel Onward: This highly subsidized 8-week professional internship program allows Jewish college students attending Miami area universities to live in Tel Aviv, intern in a field of their choice to gain valuable professional experience and explore Israel. Students will have opportunities to learn about the Miami community’s investment in Israel and how to create Israel engagement when they return to Miami.

Miami’s Birthright Israel Onward is operated through the philanthropic support of leading North American Foundations through the Birthright Israel Foundation and in partnership with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. For more information, click here.

The IsraelNow program, runs through the Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) and sponsored by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, is a pluralistic and inclusive Jewish experience designed to connect 8th-grade teens to each other, the land, people, and State of Israel. This immersive, week-long educational travel program aims to build Jewish knowledge and confidence, expand Jewish social networks, and foster a desire for ongoing Jewish education and engagement bridging the gap between B’nai Mitzvah and high school Jewish educational and leadership opportunities.

Diller Teen Fellows is Miami's premiere immersive leadership development program inviting a select group of Jewish 10th and 11th graders from 6 continents and 32 communities to connect with one another, step up, lead their communities, and repair the world through experimental education.
Throughout the yearlong Fellowship, teens develop leadership skills, connect to a global network of peers, strengthen their Jewish identities, and create ripples of good throughout the world.

Masa Israel: Masa Israel is a gateway to more than 160 long-term programs in Israel. Federation support, as well as other grant and scholarship opportunities, help make Masa-affiliated Israel experiences possible for hundreds of young Miamians between the ages of 18 and 30. Spend a semester or a year in Israel, and build life-long relationships with Israel and a firm commitment to Jewish life. For more information, click here.

Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI): AMHSI is a study-abroad program in Israel for high school students. The program offers 6-week summer sessions, 8-week year-round sessions, and a full semester program. This is a high school unlike any other, where education is imparted through experience, and history is infused into everything students do. While keeping up with classes from their home school and gaining important college preparatory skills, students also learn about Israel through firsthand experience. In Israel, their "classroom" is the land itself, whether it’s at the home of David Ben-Gurion, at the beach, atop a mountain or inside an ancient fortress. All this makes learning more interesting — and more important, memorable — for teens. For more information, click here.

March of the Living: The Leo Martin March of the Living is an annual educational program that brings students from all over the world to Poland in order to study the history of the Holocaust and examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hate. Since the first March of the Living was held in 1988, more than 150,000 youth from around the world have marched down the same path leading from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day. For more information, click here.

BBYO: BBYO is the leading pluralistic Jewish teen movement aspiring to involve Jewish teens in meaningful Jewish experiences. Events are planned by teens for teens, and programming ranges from fun activities like ice skating and camping overnights, communal Shabbat celebrations and leadership trainings. For more information, click here.

NCSY: NCSY is the premier organization dedicated to connecting, inspiring and empowering Jewish teens and encouraging passionate Judaism through Torah and tradition. By participating in social and recreational programs, educational initiatives, retreats and summer programs, Jewish teens build a strong connection with their Jewish roots. For more information, click here.

Learn about our scholarship opportunities by clicking here.

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