What happens when the familiar “Ivy League dream” gives way to something deeper? In a recent episode of Jew in the City Speaks , JITC founder and executive director Allison Josephs sat down for a rare and intimate conversation with two very special guests: her daughters, ages 20 and 22. Together, they explored a powerful question that many young Jews are asking today: why step off the expected path and choose to build a future in Israel instead? Their journey is not just abou

Last time, we spoke about safety schools, the safety of schools, and what a good match truly looks like. Today let’s focus on the schools that are referred to as “reach” and “dream” schools. I’ve heard American parents comment, “We’re helping her with her reach schools,” or “He’s applying to a few dream schools, just to see what happens.” The American college admissions process has a unique intensity to it. Admirably, American parents take the process seriously, staying infor

As an Israeli parent watching American families navigate the stress of the college admissions frenzy, I have discovered yet another thing I love about living in Israel. As students and advisors prepare spreadsheets and color-coded charts of “reach,” “match,” and “safety” schools, I find it ironic that those words have been co-opted and assigned meanings that don’t seem to reflect our actual hopes for those words when discussing our college-bound children.   The American conce

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