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Summer and Year-Round Programs
Teens can study at Drisha for 5 weeks during the summer or for 3-4 days in December with other high school girls from around the world. Whatever the season, Drisha gives you the chance to engage in serious study of classical Jewish texts. You will develop your ability to read and analyze these fundamental texts in the original. Explore Jewish texts. Ask questions. Make new friends. Have fun. Be yourself.
LEARNING FOR ITS OWN SAKE. 
Together with other motivated students, ask questions and pursue ideas in Talmud, Tanakh, Halakha, and Philosophy – with teachers who share your interest and love for learning.
MENTORS AND ROLE MODELS.
Students and faculty learn about each other in the classroom and during the extracurricular activities. Many of the teachers studied at Drisha, and most teach at schools in the US and Israel.
EXPLORE YOUR OWN QUESTIONS.
Why would God want Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? Did Ishmael deserve to be banished? How can Pharoah be punished if God hardened his heart? You choose the question that intrigues you, and research it with a faculty advisor.
DISCOVER NEW YORK.
Located less than two blocks from Central Park in Manhattan, Drisha provides participants with many unique New York experiences. During the summer the students visit the park to play sports, games, and learn outdoors. Activities include boat rides, Shakespeare in the Park, pool parties, and trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and Lower Manhattan. During the winter, students ice-skate in Central Park, attend the ballet in Lincoln Center, and tour the Jewish Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side.
CHESED.
An integral part of the High School Program is the opportunity to blend Torah study with community service through the Dorot Program. Drisha students befriend home-bound Jewish elderly through weekly visits. They package and distribute food to the hungry and they brighten the experience of the sick by painting a mural in a local hospital.
Dr. Beth Samuels High School Summer Program
Every summer, high school students from around the world spend five memorable weeks together, building their knowledge and their friendships at Drisha Institute with some of Drisha's renowned faculty members and staff. Known as the Dr. Beth Samuels High School Program, this initiative began in 1988 to provide young women with an opportunity to immerse in the study of classical Jewish texts, including Tanakh, Talmud, Halakha and Philosophy (click here to see a sample course schedule). Students live together at the 92nd Street Y and engage in both academic and social activities throughout the month.
For admission information, please contact Gila Hoch, Director of the Dr. Beth Samuels High School Program.
Drisha's High School Winter Week of Study
Students from schools throughout the country spend four days studying and meeting each other at Drisha. This short session is jam-packed with theme-based classes and extracurricular activities that allow students to experience the best of winter in New York. Check back soon for more information for the 2010-2011 season!
