A Program Designed for American High School Students, Facilitated by Israel's Premier Institutions

As an innovationisrael participant, you will meet some of the most creative minds in the world. You will experience firsthand the best of what Israel has to offer. You will get to know the inner workings of cutting edge facilities and interact with inventors, researchers, artists and designers working at the top of their fields. You will experience your choice of creative academics in the Sciences and/or Arts at renowned Tel Aviv University. And most of all, you will learn cooperatively with your peers and create a life changing group experience based on rich sharing of ideas and team work.

Read about innovationisrael's summer 2007 program as published in Israel 21c!

Cultural Immersion and Jewish Heritage

By choosing innovationisrael, you will live in an international student community on a safe and secured high school campus. You will take creative courses—all taught in English—at world-renowned Tel Aviv University. You will also experience family life in Israel during a home hospitality weekend, and interact with Israeli students, educators, scientists and artists at diverse locations. We will travel the country, from north to south, in a unique “from Prophets to Professors” itinerary, in which you will experience the roots of your rich heritage and look into the future through the lens of Israeli creativity and your own.

At the Center of Israeli Culture

Israel offers a culture and a way of life unique in the world. It is a country where you can experience bustling urban life in modern cities, and also breathtaking unspoiled natural landscapes.

Tel Aviv is a city of interface, a meeting-place of art and education, modernity, museums and beaches, commerce, music, food, and technology. As an innovationisrael participant, you will be living in TEL AVIV. From this home base, you will travel throughout Israel on off-the-beaten-track trips - with adventure, discovery, and fun in mind. You will discover the modern Israel not simply through your eyes, but as your own experience. You will make friends for a lifelong sharing of the most amazing time in your life.

Choices

Participants of innovationisrael are high school students - those who have completed sophomore, junior, or senior year-  with enthusiasm and initiative, who can take full advantage of the many choices we offer. From the courses you take, to the afternoon activities you join, innovationisrael offers choice so that your experience fulfills your curiosity and fits your interests. You will experience freedom and fun while your creativity blossoms.