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Dear Friends,
 
Spring has arrived in Tel Aviv and we've begun our search for the next cohorts of young leaders who will work to change the world with BINA Gap Year and BINA's MITF Tel Aviv+!

We're also gearing up for the spring and summer's wave of visitors with new tours and activities for groups looking to explore Judaism and social justice in Tel Aviv! Read on to learn more and we hope to see you this year in Tel Aviv!

The BINA International Team
PROGRAM APPLICATIONS
MITF19
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 MITF Tel Aviv+ is a new track within Masa Israel Teaching Fellows and is proudly run by BINA! 

Fellows teach English for 5 months in Tel Aviv + 5 months in a small city (Beit Shean, Nazareth, Rahat, or Ramla). Fellows receive training, cultural activities and tours, furnished housing and GET PAID!

 
MITF19
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$500 Early-Bird Discount: Complete your application by March 21!

BINA Gap Year in Tel Aviv is the FIRST Israeli Mechina (pre-army leadership academy) with an international English-speaking track. 

BINA Gap Year participants don't live in a bubble! They live, study and volunteer with Israelis their own age! Participants study at BINA's Secular Yeshiva, volunteer with refugees and at-risk youth, explore Israel, and can earn college credit!
IN THE NEWS
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BINA opens first U.S.
Secular Yeshiva in Palo Alto, CA

BINA has opened up the 1st American branch of the Secular Yeshiva in partnership with the Oshman Family JCC and the Posen Foundation. The first course is called "Judaism: The New Basics" and offers locals an opportunity to explore Judaism from an Israeli-style secular-cultural perspective.  

Click to read the full article in The J.
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 How do we repair the relationship between U.S. Jews and Israel? 

Ariel Levinson, co-director of BINA's Jerusalem Secular Yeshiva responds to Daniel Gordis in the Times of Israel: "Young American Jews need to meet their Israeli counterparts... people who are similarly inquisitive about their Jewish identity in a changing world and jointly exploring their need for community and meaning..."

Click to read the full article.
VISITS AND TOURS
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As the weather heats up, more and more groups are coming to visit the BINA campus in Tel Aviv - to meet with BINA students and faculty, to study Jewish texts in new and exciting ways, and to tour south Tel Aviv and explore issues such as refugees and migration in the Jewish state. 
 
Photo: Hornstein Jewish Leadership Program on a BINA tour in south Tel Aviv
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
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Photo: Participants hiking in the Ramon Crater, Negev Desert, Israel (January 2019)
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