YBA Lapid Torat Nachum, Modiin offers students advanced placement college degree

Students at YBA Lapid Torat Nachum in Modiin will be the first in the YBA educational network to be able to complete an advanced placement (AP) bachelor's degree before enlisting in the IDF.

Under a special arrangement with the Open University in Israel, qualified students starting from the 10th grade will be able to enroll in AP courses towards a bachelor's degree in whatever field offered by the university. Participating students will be granted a one-year deferment from the IDF in order to complete their degrees before mandatory enlistment.

Rabbi Shmuel Rosenblum

14 YBA Lapid Torat Nachum students have begun the pilot program this year. The YBA network hopes to expand the program to other schools in coming years.

"The idea is to encourage our students to strive for excellence," says Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Shmuel Rosenblum. "The yeshiva is prepared to give whoever is motivated all the assistance he needs to go as far as he possibly can go."