Israel is always paramount in the consciousness of Maimonides students, from the first week of kindergarten through graduation day. Our connection as a People to the land is interwoven through the entire curriculum, one of the key factors which defines who we are as a school and distinguishes us as an institution.

In the Middle and Upper School, the student Israel Action Committee’s programs and displays enhance Israel awareness and activism. Speakers, letter-writing, fundraising, and participation in major rallies on the East Coast are all on the students’ agendas.

Each year more than 50 percent of the school’s graduating seniors defer their college matriculation so they can spend at least one year learning in Israeli institutions (see below).

Almost 150 Maimonides School alumni have become citizens of Israel. They are physicians, engineers, teachers, businesspersons, political activists, even a professional basketball player. Through their continuing loyalty to and affection for Maimonides, these graduates are an invaluable resource for our students and teachers.

Israeli Institutions—Male Graduates Maimonides School male graduates have enrolled in the following institutions in Israel during the past five years:
Birkat Moshe (Ma’aleh Adumim)	1		Netiv Aryeh	2
Derech Etz Chaim	5		Ohr Yerushalayim	1
Eretz HaTzvi	2		Reishit Yerushalayim	9
HaKotel	4		Sha’alvim	6
Har Etzion (“Gush”)	2		Sha’arei Mevasseret Zion	13
Lev HaTorah	7		Shalem	7
Ma’aleh Gilboa	4		Tiferet Yerushalayim	3
Machon Lev	3		Torat Shraga	1
Mir	1		Yesodei HaTorah	4
Israeli Institutions—Female Graduates Maimonides School female graduates have enrolled in the following institutions in Israel during the past five years:
Darchei Binah	1		Midreshet Lindenbaum	15
Ein HaNatziv	1		Midreshet Moriah	5
Machon Gold	8		Midreshet Ye’ud	2
Michlalah	2		Migdal Oz	1
Michlelet Esther	2		Neve Daniel	1
Michlelet Mevasseret Yerushalayim (MMY)	5		Shalem	6
Michlelet Orot	3		Tiferet	1
Midreshet HaRovah	8