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The Orthodox Jewish Community has almost unanimously adopted the practice of providing their high school graduates with one to two years of study in Israel.
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Why did you choose Darchei Binah? What’s unique about it? What kind of student do you think would attend your program?
I chose Darchei Binah because I felt it was the best option according to my hashkafa, and it also suited where I was academically and spiritually. Darchei Binah is unique because it’s a frum school while not being too restrictive, and it allows for students to build life skills. The type of girl that Darchei Binah attracts is someone who wants to work on reaching their full potential someone who wants to make real connections and learn to use the tools Darchei Binah has to offer. For example, we don’t have a uniform, meaning we dress the way we want in accordance to Halachic standards, showing us how it will be in the real world once we leave seminary. We are also allowed to have smartphones, and we gain an understanding of the content which we should be looking at and which parts we shouldn’t be looking at. Every year, around
Locked In By Penina Steinbruch | December 30, 2020
Three months in, with creative solutions and tireless staff members, students are not only surviving, but even thriving
Photos: Pinchas Emanuel
No one was surprised by the Israeli government’s reluctance to admit tens of thousands of foreign students into the country at the beginning of the school year. In the end though, a united effort across the religious spectrum yielded a long list of policies and regulations, as the last weeks of summer were spent making dormitories, dining rooms, batei medrash, and classrooms compliant with Ministry of Health regulations. And now, in the throes of another lockdown and the skies closed again, those thousands of students from yeshivos, seminaries, and other assorted gap programs who made it to this side of the ocean are grateful their schools pulled out all the stops to ensure their year in the Holy Land.