Netivot:
Partnerships with Harvard and Yale Hillel

Harvard Hillel
Nesiya, in partnership with Harvard Hillel, conducts an intensive 15-day educational seminar in Israel for a select group of undergraduate student leaders from Harvard, together with a cohort of Israeli peers recruited by Nesiya.  The program seeks to enable students to confront the political challenges facing the Jewish people, to strengthen their identification with the people of Israel, and to link this identification with their own personal Jewish identity.  This seminar is part of the Netivot Israel Leadership Initiative, a comprehensive program to inspire and enable student leaders to understand, appreciate, and support Israel on the college campus. 

Yale Hillel
Nesiya works with Yale Hillel to conduct a two-week program in Israel for Yale undergraduates and a cohort of Israeli peers recruited by Nesiya.  Using the study of classic texts, group experiences, and focused visits to places and individuals, the program explores the great issues and challenges facing the Jewish people today:  identity, coexistence, war, ultimate meaning, and cultural creativity.  The Israel program is part of a year-long Netivot Fellowship, a group that comes together to pursue these themes in off-campus retreats and on-campus educational programs during the course of the academic year.