Study Abroad

About the Program:

• Pay Wagner tuition and housing
  
• Keep all Wagner, state and federal financial aid, including federally backed students loans
• Take a Hebrew course during pre-semester Ulpan
• Classes taught in English in all university subjects
• Community based internship in student's area of study in collaboration with Pisgat Ze'ev a community organization in Israel
• Pre-departure orientation and Hebrew classes and post-experience involvement with the Staten Island Jewish Community Center
• Pay Wagner administrative fee of $250.00

  For additional information about the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University please visit: http://overseas.huji.ac.il/

Student Testimonial:

    Studying abroad in Israel was the most amazing experience of my life; it truly changed me in ways that I cannot even describe.  I studied at The Rothberg International School at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.  There I studied; Hebrew, religion, the holocaust, and art.  I also had an internship with a community center in Pisgat Zeev, which is a city fifteen minutes outside of Jerusalem.  Pisgat Zeev is in affiliation with the Staten Island JCC (Jewish Community Center), which gave me an opportunity to still be connected with the Staten Island and Wagner College community while being abroad.
            During my time in Israel I made friends with international students and more Israeli’s then I can count.  With them we explored different parts of what is an amazing country.  From lying on the beach and experiencing night life in Tel Aviv, climbing the millions of steps to the Baha’i Gardens in Haifa, kayaking on the Jordan River, and praying at the Western Wall, and eating delicious traditional food in Jerusalem.  Even after doing all of these things I still didn’t get to see everything that I wanted to.  I also spent a lot of time with family that I have just outside of Jerusalem, they took me and my friends in during the weekends a lot just to have a quiet Shabbat away from school if we needed it.  I also celebrated holidays with them which was very exciting because it is completely different from celebrating Jewish holidays in the states.
            It was an opportunity of a lifetime for Wagner to send me to Israel.  It of course helped that I was brought up in the Jewish faith, and that I already had a very personal connection with Israel even before going, but you really do not have to be Jewish to study in Israel.  If you are someone that is into political science, architecture, religions, anthropology, agriculture, etc. then studying abroad in Israel is the way to go.  Their culture is so rich that you can taste it, and it will most likely taste just as good as falafel and hummus on pita.

Emily Fishman '10