Dates & deadlines
Israel fairs, information evenings, application deadlines, interviews and answer dates for students starting seminary in fall 2027. Each one has the official link and where it comes from. Past dates drop off by themselves.
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Visits and presentations to ask about
Many schools come to you: they visit high schools, hold parlor meetings and interview on the same trip. These are announced to schools, not online, so ask your Israel guidance office.
Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim
MMY says it will visit most major yeshiva high schools in North America in November 2026. Ask your Israel guidance team for the day.
MMY: Apply (opens in a new tab) · Checked 12 October 2026
Midreshet Tehillah says its representatives will be in the States, Canada and England after Sukkot to give presentations and interview for 2027-28. The page lists contacts for arranging a meeting.
Midreshet Tehillah: recruitment events (opens in a new tab) · Checked 12 October 2026
Migdal Oz asks applicants to join its prospective-students WhatsApp group and attend an Israel night presentation; its English page links an online presentation on Israel Next Year.
Migdal Oz (English) (opens in a new tab) · Checked 12 October 2026
Midreshet Lindenbaum interviews at your school or on Zoom, and invites visits in person or online by email.
Lindenbaum: the application process (opens in a new tab) · Checked 12 October 2026
Israel Next Year runs online presentations by Israel programs. Its events list was empty when we checked, so look again nearer the fairs.
Israel Next Year (opens in a new tab) · Checked 12 October 2026
Where we looked and found nothing published
Canada
We found no public seminary fair for Canada yet. Midreshet Tehillah says it visits Canada after Sukkot. Ask your high school's Israel guidance office, or Mizrachi Canada, which helps fund the year.
Mizrachi Canada: Year in Israel support (opens in a new tab)
Australia & South Africa
Students from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa usually go on a February-to-December year. World Bnei Akiva's MTA program places women at Machon Maayan and Midreshet HaRova. Its page still showed 2026 dates and a June 30, 2026 deadline, with an application form labelled 2027, so ask Bnei Akiva whether places remain. We found no fair listed in Australia or South Africa.
Israel
No open days for overseas applicants were published. If you are in Israel, Midreshet Lindenbaum and Midreshet Tehillah both invite visits by email: see each school's page.
Midreshet Lindenbaum: the application process (opens in a new tab)
Schools that haven't published a deadline
16 of the 38 seminaries we list had no dated deadline for 2027-28 on their own site when we checked. Some take students all year; others tell applicants directly. Here's where to check for each one.
Their site says to contact the office for information; the admissions contact listed is Mrs. Blime Birnbaum. No deadline on their site.
Details not yet published. Check their website (opens in a new tab).
Download the application from their site and send it to the Brooklyn office (1904 Ave J, Brooklyn, NY 11230) by mail, fax or email. The form carries a $100 non-refundable application fee. No deadline on their site.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Online application form linked from "Apply Now". Fixed program dates are listed (full year August 26, 2026 to June 15, 2027) and custom dates can be arranged. No deadline on their site.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Online application form plus uploads (transcripts, report cards, family and medical forms) and reference forms. The window shown on their site ran December 23, 2025 to January 21, 2026; dates for the next cycle were not posted when we checked.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Online application on the Mayanot site. Year or semester (fall or spring) options; the 2026-27 year runs from late August 2026 to mid-June 2027. No deadline on their site.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Applicants create an account on the school's online applicant portal. No deadline shown. The site also advertises an open house called "A Taste of Me'ohr".
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Open to single and married adult women of all ages from any country who are fluent in English; a basic commitment to traditional Jewish observance is required. Download the application and medical forms, email them to the office, pay a non-refundable NIS 180 application fee, send proof of Jewishness and a passport copy, then interview with the director. No deadline is given; the site says applying early is an advantage.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Contact the Darkaynu office by email first, then complete the online application (photo plus an essay or short video). A paper application is also available. No deadline on their site.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Complete the joint online application, then email an arts portfolio (for example about five artworks, two music, drama or dance recordings, three writing samples, or one film). No deadline on their own site.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Complete the online pre-application at any time; staff then follow up. New students are accepted throughout the year, most starting at one of five terms and staying one to five terms.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Their site only handles accepted students, who confirm their place there. How to apply in the first place is not on the site, so contact the office.
Details not yet published. Check their website (opens in a new tab).
Fill in the short form on their Apply page or email admissions to receive the application; then an interview, medical form and tuition agreement. Rolling admission; programs run all year.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
The site says applications for 2026-27 are closed. For that year, applications ran from December 21, 2025 to January 11, 2026, with interviews in Crown Heights in early February and by Zoom for applicants elsewhere. Dates for 2027-28 were not posted when we checked.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
The Apply buttons on their site lead to the contact form; no separate application form or deadline is published.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Online application form on their site, plus a passport photo and two written recommendation letters from a rabbi, rebbetzin or mentor. Processing usually takes 2-3 weeks. Flexible start dates; no deadline on their site.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
Apply on the yeshiva's own form (it is not on the joint seminary application), with a $50 fee and two recommendations. The dates on their site are for the 2026-27 year: applications due December 1, interviews in late December or early January, acceptance letters on February 15. Dates for 2027-28 were not posted when we checked.
Details not yet published. Check their application page (opens in a new tab).
An honest answer
How many girls apply, and how many get in?
Seminaries don't publish how many students apply or what share they accept, and we won't guess. The closest published numbers are class sizes, which 12 of the 38 schools give on their own sites (you'll see them under "At a glance" on each school's page). One school, Oryah, states an intake: between 30 and 40 students accepted a year.
What you can do instead
- Apply to more than one school. The joint application (opens in a new tab) is built for that: one form, sent to whichever of its 21 schools you choose (19 of them are listed on this site).
- Ask your high school's Israel guidance office which schools its students apply to and where they were accepted in recent years. They see the results every year; schools such as Scheck Hillel (opens in a new tab) describe their Israel guidance team helping "every step of the way".
- Go to Israel night or a fair and ask each school directly how many places it has and how many girls usually apply. Our questions to ask a seminary help.
- Keep the usual rhythm in mind: schools open applications in late summer, fairs run in October and November, most deadlines fall in early December, interviews run through December and January, and answers come in February with only a few days to accept. The details are in applying to seminary.
Sources: Joint Sem Application (opens in a new tab); Scheck Hillel Israel Gap Year Guidance (opens in a new tab); each school's own website. Checked 12 October 2026.
