Security and Insurance
The safety and security of Year Course participants is our primary concern. Young Judaea has a designated security officer and committee which constantly review and update our security procedures. We retain as consultant the head of security of the Israeli Society for the Protection of Nature – the agency responsible for fieldtrips throughout the country – and that consultant is in daily contact with all of Israel’s security services. We also receive, in real time, all security alerts posted by the Security Department of Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and its subsidiary company, The Israel Experience. Young Judaea may at times take security measures which are in advance of and/ or exceed those recommended by JAFI or the Israel security authorities.
Medical services and insurance coverage for certain illnesses and injuries while in Israel (and abroad on an Olami trip) on Year Course are provided by Harel Insurance Company, the leading health and traveling insurance company in Israel. Insurance fees are included in the program tuition. There is no coverage for pre-existing conditions, but there is coverage for the worsening of some pre-existing conditions. Doctors affiliated with the Harel plan are located throughout Israel and participants can easily arrange to see one, no matter where they are located at the time. Emergency medical coverage is provided through HareI on Olami trips. Further details regarding health coverage (including differences in coverage provided in Israel and provided on the Olami trips) will be provided during the application process including certain vaccinations that are or may be required prior to participation on Olami. As Harel coverage is limited, it is required that additional personal medical coverage is maintained by all Year Course participants while they are on the program including Olami trips. There are full-time social workers on the Year Course staff.
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