What’s the Goal of the Gap Year in Israel? With Ari Waxman, Judah Mischel, and Gershon Turetsky

This episode is sponsored by Eden Beit Shemesh. Contact Rina Weinberg at info@edenbeitshemesh.com for more details.

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to a panel of rabbis about yeshiva, seminary, and the “year in Israel.”

Gap-year programs have become one of the primary points of contact that American Jews have with Israel. But, paradoxically, the year in Israel is a quintessentially American experience. In this episode we discuss:

—What are the signs of a healthy gap-year experience? 
—How can gap-year programs become more focused on Israel? 
—How has the year in Israel changed in a post–October 7 world?

Tune in to hear a conversation about how the gap year can meet the needs of this generation.

References:

Flipping Out? Myth or Fact? The Impact of the "Year in Israel" by Shalom Z. Berger, Daniel Jacobson, Chaim I. Waxman

“Why Space Tourists Won't Find the Awe They Seek” by Henry Wismayer

18Forty Podcast: “Rav Judah Mischel: A Change in Progress”

“‘Dumbed-Down Catholicism Was a Disaster’” by Molly Worthen

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