Information about yeshivot and seminaries in Israel is now accessible anytime, anywhere @ virtualisraelnight.com.

Tuesday at Frisch High School in Paramus, seniors and their parents attended “Yeshiva Night” and heard presentations from Israeli representatives of gap year programs. www.virtualisraelnight.com hopes to make such presentations virtually, by putting the information on the internet, by creating an umbrella site where schools, students and their parents can find the programs and schools that best meet their needs.

Another important goal is to make the site a forum for perspectives from Yeshiva High Schools, Israel programs and alumni.

Directors of Israel Guidance at Ma’ayanot, Leah Herzog, and Suzanne Cohen say programs should match students’ “needs and desires, support her and push her to grow in all the spiritual, religious, emotional and intellectual ways that s/he seeks.” The goal is for each student to return with “a deeper love for, understanding of and commitment to Torah learning and Torah observance, as well as a more mature sense of self, his/her abilities, aspirations and goals.”

Mrs. Yael Goldfischer of The Frisch School Israel Guidance Department says they work with each student starting as early as junior year. “There are so many programs out there. The goal is to help them make educated and informed decisions.”

Mrs. Goldfischer advises, “Don’t take anything for granted. You will be amazed how the small and seemingly insignificant details can have tremendous impact.”

The site was created by Yoni Mozeson, whose firm mindprintmarketing has worked with Jewish schools in the US and in Israel, and Moshe Tapnack, an Israeli web designer who created the joint application site. Find out more at www.virtualisraelnight.com