Meorot Yerushalayim
Har Nof, Jerusalem · Year after high school
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A gap-year seminary for post-high-school students who want "to build a strong foundation in Torah knowledge and observance, starting at the beginning, regardless of their previous Jewish background." Students come from public schools as well as Jewish day schools. There are beginner and advanced tracks in Chumash, Halacha and Hebrew ulpan, each student has a one-on-one tutor, and each takes a weekly career-building seminar.
At a glance
- Program
- Year after high school Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Location
- Har Nof, Jerusalem Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Housing
- Students live in two apartments in Har Nof. Classes are in the school's classroom and office space on Kanfei Nesharim Street. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Price
- Not published. Ask what's included.
Not on their website when we checked: founding year, class size.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Chumash, Halacha, Hebrew ulpan (beginner and advanced), One-on-one tutoring, Career-building seminars
- Who runs it
- Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyers, Dean; Rebbetzin Miriam Meyers, Director
- Also on their site
- Beginner and advanced tracks
- One-on-one tutor for each student
- Weekly career-building seminar
- Weekly chesed afternoon
- Full-day trips about once a month
- Shabbos on campus or a Shabbaton twice a month
- Scholarships through Olami and NCSY and from private organizations (their FAQ)
- Price
- No price is published on their website. Ask the school, and ask what's included.
- Masa grants
- Their website doesn't say. Most year programs are registered with Masa, so ask. How Masa works
- College credit
- Their FAQ says students can receive up to 36 credits for the year, through Touro College or with an ECE-accredited transcript to present to their own university. How credit works
Photos and videos
We don't copy pictures from the school's website, so their own galleries and social pages are linked instead.
Where it is
Address on their website: 68 Kanfei Nesharim Street, Jerusalem (classrooms and offices)
See it on the map
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Pin placed at the address on their website.
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Walking and driving routes are longer.
- Mount Herzl1.7 km · 1.0 mi
- Central Bus Station and Yitzhak Navon train station2.1 km · 1.3 mi
- Hebrew University, Givat Ram2.3 km · 1.4 mi
- Sacher Park2.6 km · 1.6 mi
- Israel Museum2.7 km · 1.7 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport37.1 km · 23.1 mi
The area in pictures
These show the neighborhood, not the school itself.
Everyday life around here
From Jerusalem Local, a city guide by the same publisher: the practical side of a year in Jerusalem.
- Meorot Yerushalayim in the Jerusalem Local directory (opens in a new tab)
map pin, pharmacies, seforim shops and laundries nearby
- Living in Har Nof (opens in a new tab)
shops, shuls and buses in the neighborhood
- Jerusalem for seminary and yeshiva students (opens in a new tab)
visa, phone and Rav-Kav, Shabbat, urgent care, safety
- A seminary or yeshiva year in Jerusalem (opens in a new tab)
the practical guide for students and parents
The year in detail
As described on the school's own website. A missing heading means their site didn't say.
- A typical day
- Classes come in different styles, from frontal classes to informal discussions around a table, with beginner and advanced tracks in Chumash, Halacha and Hebrew. Every student has a one-on-one tutor to learn whatever she chooses at her own pace, and each takes one of three career-building seminars once a week.
- Shabbat
- Twice a month the school has Shabbos on campus, with staff and their families joining for meals, or takes the group to a Shabbaton in a city elsewhere in Israel. On other weeks students visit family or friends, or the school places them with local host families.
- Trips
- Full-day trips about once a month around the country. After studying a topic, the group often visits the place where it happened.
- Chesed and volunteering
- An afternoon each week for chesed: volunteering as a group, for example in soup kitchens, or an individual placement such as a hospital or helping a local family.
- Rules they publish
- Dress code: a shirt with sleeves and a skirt to the knee, on campus, on trips and at activities.
- Staff named on their site
- Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyers - Dean
- Rebbetzin Miriam Meyers - Director
- Rabbi Yaakov Lynn - Founder
- Rabbi Peretz Rubel - Managing Director
- Mrs. Miriam Spitz - Educational Director
- Shana Cohen - Director of Students
- Mrs. Sabrina Brick - Recruitment Director
Questions their website answers
- What kind of students attend Meorot?
- Students from diverse backgrounds: some went to public school and became involved through NCSY, Chabad and other youth organizations, others went to Jewish day schools. They come from the United States, Canada and the UK.
- Are scholarships available?
- Their FAQ names scholarships through Olami and NCSY and private scholarships from local Jewish organizations. After applying, families talk to the Managing Director about their needs.
- Will I receive college credit?
- Up to 36 credits, through Touro College or with an ECE-accredited transcript that many universities accept.
