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Journey to Ma’ale Amos
Apply Your Yeshiva/ Seminary Credits or only twice a week for 30 minutes, yishuv residents make use
Your Rabbinic/ Secular Degree Toward: of the excellent medical services in nearby Efrat (only 10 min-
utes away) as well as Beitar and Yerushalayim. Shoshana jokes
An Accredited BACHELORS DEGREE that you have to get sick on the right day of the week! There
is also a male nurse on the yishuv who does blood work once
BS in Business a week and a mini-pharmacy where you can order basic med-
ications. It is for this reason that medical needs are a factor
BS in Behavioral Science/ Human Services NEW! that determines a family’s success in the yishuv.
BS in Software Development BS in Software
Development Another community project that Aryeh undertook, along
Additional Majors are available: contact YIEP with two partners, was to purchase a few guest houses with a
government grant. The men planned to use the houses to
• Apply up to 70 Judaic credits in transfer toward accommodate guests of yishuv residents, vacationing families,
and prospective yishuv dwellers. The men also started a mako-
the required 127 credits of the degree let (small grocery) to provide for the yishuv residents and the
families in the guest houses. They didn’t last long as they were
• Government tuition grants and loans available not buying in bulk like large supermarkets had no choice but
to sell the groceries for higher prices. There were also large
• Registration is currently underway expenses and lots of time involved in transporting the goods
into the yishuv because food suppliers were afraid to travel the
• New programs begin January, August & November roads to Ma’ale Amos, since this was around the time of the
intifada in 2000.
An Accredited MASTERS DEGREE
As for Shoshana, she became coordinator for prospective
MA in Educational Leadership - Begins in October new residents of the yishuv, a volunteer job she did for six
years. She welcomed them warmly, gave tours, and coordinat-
Master of Business Administration - Begins in October REGISTER ed visits and meetings with the va’ad kabala. Her advice to
MS in Clinical Counseling - Begins in August TODAY! these would-be families was, “The more you are active in the
community, the more likely you will be happy. If you are not
Additional Majors are available: contact YIEP involved in the community, you will go crazy from boredom.”
• Apply your Bachelors Degree from any regionally accredited, state accredited, Currently, Shoshana is part of the emergency committee,
which deals with weather, security, and other emergency issues
AARTS or AIJS accredited or affiliated institution as well as the death of a resident (fortunately, rare). The
• Government student loans available women on the committee notify the yishuv’s residents of immi-
• Registration is currently underway nent or current emergency issues and make sure people are
coping with the situation. The system is well-organized and
YESHIVA INITIATIVES efficient, and the women are trained for their roles. Since the
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS government doesn’t have the infrastructure to deal with snow,
the winding mountain roads leading to the yishuv become too
Our students have been accepted into many graduate school Bellevue University is accredited by the hazardous for travel during snowstorms. The emergency com-
programs, including Harvard, Columbia & NYU Higher Learning Commission mittee therefore warns the yishuv’s residents of impending
snowstorms so they can plan to arrive home before the storm
of the North Central Association of begins. Families also make sure to stock up in advance on
Colleges and Schools whatever emergency food and household and medical sup-
plies they will need over what could be several days without
Earn your degree through ONLINE COURSES, access to stores, electricity, and medical care. Shoshana men-
accessible anywhere (in 13-33 months, depending on the degree) tions that the winter winds are so powerful in the yishuv that
when people alight from the bus, they occasionally get thrown
TheYIEP@gmail.com | 917-209-8204 | www.theYIEP.com against the fence and make their way home holding on to
trees and poles, running several meters at a time when the
wind calms down slightly, until they arrive home!
◆◆◆
Security measures are part and parcel of yishuv life, with
several men owning guns, including Aryeh. To keep infiltrators
out, the yishuv is surrounded by a security fence and a guard
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Apply Your Yeshiva/ Seminary Credits or only twice a week for 30 minutes, yishuv residents make use
Your Rabbinic/ Secular Degree Toward: of the excellent medical services in nearby Efrat (only 10 min-
utes away) as well as Beitar and Yerushalayim. Shoshana jokes
An Accredited BACHELORS DEGREE that you have to get sick on the right day of the week! There
is also a male nurse on the yishuv who does blood work once
BS in Business a week and a mini-pharmacy where you can order basic med-
ications. It is for this reason that medical needs are a factor
BS in Behavioral Science/ Human Services NEW! that determines a family’s success in the yishuv.
BS in Software Development BS in Software
Development Another community project that Aryeh undertook, along
Additional Majors are available: contact YIEP with two partners, was to purchase a few guest houses with a
government grant. The men planned to use the houses to
• Apply up to 70 Judaic credits in transfer toward accommodate guests of yishuv residents, vacationing families,
and prospective yishuv dwellers. The men also started a mako-
the required 127 credits of the degree let (small grocery) to provide for the yishuv residents and the
families in the guest houses. They didn’t last long as they were
• Government tuition grants and loans available not buying in bulk like large supermarkets had no choice but
to sell the groceries for higher prices. There were also large
• Registration is currently underway expenses and lots of time involved in transporting the goods
into the yishuv because food suppliers were afraid to travel the
• New programs begin January, August & November roads to Ma’ale Amos, since this was around the time of the
intifada in 2000.
An Accredited MASTERS DEGREE
As for Shoshana, she became coordinator for prospective
MA in Educational Leadership - Begins in October new residents of the yishuv, a volunteer job she did for six
years. She welcomed them warmly, gave tours, and coordinat-
Master of Business Administration - Begins in October REGISTER ed visits and meetings with the va’ad kabala. Her advice to
MS in Clinical Counseling - Begins in August TODAY! these would-be families was, “The more you are active in the
community, the more likely you will be happy. If you are not
Additional Majors are available: contact YIEP involved in the community, you will go crazy from boredom.”
• Apply your Bachelors Degree from any regionally accredited, state accredited, Currently, Shoshana is part of the emergency committee,
which deals with weather, security, and other emergency issues
AARTS or AIJS accredited or affiliated institution as well as the death of a resident (fortunately, rare). The
• Government student loans available women on the committee notify the yishuv’s residents of immi-
• Registration is currently underway nent or current emergency issues and make sure people are
coping with the situation. The system is well-organized and
YESHIVA INITIATIVES efficient, and the women are trained for their roles. Since the
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS government doesn’t have the infrastructure to deal with snow,
the winding mountain roads leading to the yishuv become too
Our students have been accepted into many graduate school Bellevue University is accredited by the hazardous for travel during snowstorms. The emergency com-
programs, including Harvard, Columbia & NYU Higher Learning Commission mittee therefore warns the yishuv’s residents of impending
snowstorms so they can plan to arrive home before the storm
of the North Central Association of begins. Families also make sure to stock up in advance on
Colleges and Schools whatever emergency food and household and medical sup-
plies they will need over what could be several days without
Earn your degree through ONLINE COURSES, access to stores, electricity, and medical care. Shoshana men-
accessible anywhere (in 13-33 months, depending on the degree) tions that the winter winds are so powerful in the yishuv that
when people alight from the bus, they occasionally get thrown
TheYIEP@gmail.com | 917-209-8204 | www.theYIEP.com against the fence and make their way home holding on to
trees and poles, running several meters at a time when the
wind calms down slightly, until they arrive home!
◆◆◆
Security measures are part and parcel of yishuv life, with
several men owning guns, including Aryeh. To keep infiltrators
out, the yishuv is surrounded by a security fence and a guard
56 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
