Women's seminaries in Israel
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19 seminaries match your filters
Aish Gesher Women
Rechavia, Jerusalem
A Jerusalem post-high-school seminary run under Aish that presents itself as "not your ordinary seminary", built on high-level foundational classes, personal and spiritual growth, and leadership development.
In its own words: "Powered by Aish"
- Chesed program
- Second year (Shana Bet)
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Amudim
City center, Jerusalem
A gap-year seminary for post-high-school women that stresses rigorous learning, independent study and original research, asking why and how as well as what.
In its own words: Modern Orthodox
- Learning with Israelis
- Gemara
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Baer Miriam
Har Nof, Jerusalem
A seminary that says it aims to build love of Torah, the Land of Israel and the Jewish people, and to give tools for independent learning. It stresses personal attention and a wide choice of elective classes alongside a core curriculum.
- Chesed program
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
A seminary that says it has taught young Orthodox Jewish women for more than 40 years in a student-centered setting, with small interactive classes at three levels from intermediate to advanced.
In its own words: Orthodox; stresses Torah study, character growth and love and respect for the Land of Israel
- Chesed program
- Second year (Shana Bet)
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Machon Maayan
Shfela region, Givat Washington
A one-year seminary organized around learning, giving and exploring: a customized class schedule, volunteering and internships, and weekly seminars and trips about Israeli society.
- Learning with Israelis
- Chesed program
- Arts
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Published price: $37,000 for 2026-27 (Masa list price)
A Jerusalem seminary for post-high-school women that pairs serious, analytical beit midrash and chavruta learning with a family-like atmosphere.
In its own words: Religious Zionist
- Second year (Shana Bet)
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Midreshet AMIT
Gilo, Jerusalem
A program built around three ideas, living Torah, living chesed and living Israel, based at Beit Hayeled, AMIT's foster home, where students act as big sisters to the children.
- Chesed program
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Midreshet Ein HaNatziv
Beit She'an Valley, Ein HaNatziv
An Israeli midrasha on a religious kibbutz that offers students from abroad an integrated program within the Israeli seminary, with a broad Jewish studies curriculum.
In its own words: On a kibbutz it describes as Modern Orthodox
- Learning with Israelis
- Gemara
- Chesed program
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Midreshet Eshel
Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem
A Sephardic women's seminary in the Old City focused on learning and living Sephardic heritage in Israel, describing its tradition as inclusive and tolerant with devotion to the people and land of Israel.
In its own words: Sephardic
- Gemara
- Chesed program
- Sephardic
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Published price: $34,500 for 2026-27 (Masa list price)
Midreshet HaRova
Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem
A women's midrasha in the Old City's Jewish Quarter offering a one-year post-high-school overseas program with a wide choice of courses in a strongly Zionist setting and an international student body.
In its own words: Religious Zionist
- Learning with Israelis
- Gemara
- Second year (Shana Bet)
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Published price: NIS 130,500 for 2026-27
Midreshet Lev
Neve Shamir, Ramat Beit Shemesh
A seminary in the hills of Ramat Beit Shemesh, partnered with Yeshivat Lev HaTorah, that pairs Torah classes with attention to each student's individual growth.
In its own words: Religious Zionist
- Gemara
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
A women's midrasha in the Ohr Torah Stone network whose overseas program centers on text-based study across Gemara, Tanach, Halacha and Machshava, with a campus that stays open all year.
In its own words: Part of Ohr Torah Stone, which it describes as a Modern Orthodox movement
- Learning with Israelis
- Gemara
- Chesed program
- Second year (Shana Bet)
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Published price: NIS 128,000 for 2026-27
Midreshet Moriah
Baka / Emek Refa'im, Jerusalem
A seminary where each student builds her own schedule from a large course catalog (their site cites over 150 courses).
In its own words: Dati Leumi (Religious Zionist), guided by the outlook of Rav Soloveitchik and Rav Kook
- Gemara
- Chesed program
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Tue, Dec 1, 2026
Midreshet Tehillah
Har Nof (Neve Yerushalayim campus), Jerusalem
A learning-based seminary, open since 2003, that stresses intellectual challenge and personal exploration. It reports about 60 students in Shana Alef and 15 in Shana Bet, from yeshiva high schools and out-of-town Bais Yaakovs, with some baalot teshuva and NCSY students.
In its own words: Students "share a strong commitment to Halacha and growth"
- Chesed program
- Second year (Shana Bet)
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Midreshet Torat Chessed
Netanya
A year-in-Israel program that combines Torah learning in the mornings and evenings with intensive afternoon chessed work with children at the Bet Elazraki children's home.
- Chesed program
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
An Israeli beit midrash for women founded in 1997 by Yeshivat Har Etzion, aimed at students seeking spiritual and intellectual growth. Overseas students are fully integrated with their Israeli peers in both classes and dorms.
- Learning with Israelis
- Gemara
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Nishmat is a center for women's Torah study, leadership and social responsibility. Its Shana Ba'Aretz year places overseas students in an Israeli beit midrash alongside Israeli post-high-school students.
- Learning with Israelis
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
A Jerusalem seminary that aims to turn each student into an independent Torah learner and thinker committed to Torat Yisrael, Am Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael.
- Gemara
- Chesed program
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Sun, Dec 6, 2026 (joint application)
Tiferet
Ramat Beit Shemesh
A women's seminary in Ramat Beit Shemesh that aims for an all-round Israel experience, with a large class selection and students living in apartments within a community.
In its own words: Religious Zionist
- Chesed program
- Second year (Shana Bet)
- On the joint application
Next deadline: Tue, Dec 1, 2026
Read on the school's own website on 2 and 3 October 2026. Details change, so confirm with the school before you decide.
עֵץ־חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּׁר
It is a tree of life to those who hold on to it, and all who support it are happy.
Seminaries that aren't listed yet
We only list a school when we can read the facts on its own website. These schools aren't here yet for that reason, not because of anything about the school.
- Tomer Devorah. It is on the joint application, but its website was down when we checked.
- BJJ (Bais Yaakov Yerushalayim). We could not find an official website.
- Machon Raaya. We could not find a working official website.
- Ateres Bnos Yerushalayim. We could not find an official website.
- Hadar Bais Yaakov. We could not find an official website.
- Seminar Yerushalayim. We could not find an official website.
- Bnos Sarah. We could not find an official website.
- Keser Chaya. We could not find an official website.
- Tehilas Bais Yaakov. We could not find an official website.
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