Hesder Yeshivot

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Hesder Yeshivot

Type Religious Zionist yeshiva programme
Founded 1954 (Kerem B'Yavneh opened; its students began the hesder arrangement)[1]
Founder(s) Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht (founding head of Kerem B'Yavneh)[1]
Location Israel, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the occupied Golan Heights
Services Torah study + shortened IDF service (17 months' active service in the classic 44-month track)[2]
Remarks Number of yeshivot: 77 (Ministry of Defence)[2]; 64 represented by the Igud Yeshivot HaHesder[3]; "over 80" (Mizrachi)[4]. Students: over 10,000[3]


Hesder Yeshivot combine advanced Talmudic studies with IDF military service in a Religious Zionist framework.

History and Development

First: Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, opened in 1954 under Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht; its hesder ("arrangement") was modelled on Nahal, whose units split their time between kibbutz and army service.[1] (A 2025 essay by Mayer Lichtenstein dates "the founding of the Hesder movement" to 1953.[5]) Four further hesder yeshivot were set up in the year after the 1967 war.[1] Yeshivat Har Etzion was founded after 1967 and was headed by Yehuda Amital and later also Aharon Lichtenstein.[5] Expanded with the settlement movement from the 1970s. Awarded the Israel Prize in 1991 (received by Goldvicht on behalf of the hesder yeshivot).[1] Now 77 yeshivot recognised by the Ministry of Defence,[2] with over 10,000 students.[3][4]

Timeline

Function

Intensive Torah study plus shortened IDF service (~17 months, often combat). The Ministry of Defence describes four hesder tracks; in the classic 44-month track, students have up to 12 months' early unpaid leave for study, 17 months of active service and a final 15 months of study.[2] Includes semicha, teacher training, community service. Some have overseas programs.[11] Kerem B'Yavneh says hesder students "usually serve in the most critical areas, such as paratroops or one of the elite infantry brigades".[1] An Israel Democracy Institute researcher put the hesder students' rate of enlistment in combat units at "approximately 80%".[12]

Controversies

Criticism over shorter service versus standard 32 months, accused by some of unequal burden or draft dodging despite combat roles.[12] Internal debates on Torah versus service balance.[5]

Refusal of evacuation orders: Elon Moreh and Har Bracha (2009–2013)

In November 2009 the head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, Maj.-Gen. Avi Zamir, told the hesder yeshivot to condemn insubordination or lose their arrangements, naming Elon Moreh (Rabbi Eliakim Levanon) and Har Bracha (Rabbi Eliezer Melamed) over support for soldiers refusing orders to evacuate settlements.[13][14] In December 2009 Defence Minister Ehud Barak removed Har Bracha from the hesder arrangement after Melamed refused to retract calls on soldiers to refuse evacuation orders; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed the decision.[9][15][16][17] In July 2013 Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon reinstated Har Bracha, and at the same time admitted Givat Olga and the Ofakim yeshiva's branch in Modi'in to the hesder programme.[10][18][19]

Attack on Otniel (2002)

On 27 December 2002 Palestinian gunmen attacked Yeshivat Otniel in the Otniel settlement in the South Hebron Hills, killing four students; Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[8][20]

UK charities and settlements

In August 2026 the Charity Commission opened a statutory class inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements; the charities were not named.[21] In September 2026 Declassified UK named The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust among six UK charities that "appear to funnel donations to Israeli settlements", noting that the trust's grant recipients are not named in its reports.[22]

Numbers and Locations

The Ministry of Defence gives 77 hesder yeshivot;[2] the Igud Yeshivot HaHesder says it represents 64,[3] and its 2026 list gives addresses for 65 institutions.[23] Many are in pre-1967 Israel ("Israel 48") (e.g. Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot, Yeshivat Sha'alvim, Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham). Of the 65 institutions on the Igud's 2026 list, 23 are in territory occupied in 1967: 20 in West Bank settlements and outposts (e.g. Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion, Yeshivat Otniel, Yeshivat Shilo, Yeshivat Har Bracha, Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Ma'ale Adumim), two in East Jerusalem (Yeshivat HaKotel and Yeshivat Orayta, both in the Old City) and one in the Golan Heights (Yeshivat HaGolan, Hispin).[23][24][25][26]

Funding

Israeli government support via hesder program. External: friends-of charities abroad (see the table below), including UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Sderot (charity 1176787)[27] and US friends groups for many yeshivot; donations via UK Toremet Ltd for some (e.g. Netiv Tefachot, £33,160 in 2022/23[28]). The Ramat Gan yeshiva fundraises through JGive.[6]

UK charity funding by yeshiva

This table lists funding of hesder yeshivot by UK charities, grouped by yeshiva, from charity accounts and the Charity Commission register (public data extract dated 14 October 2026). "Friends-of" charities were set up to support a particular yeshiva; where their accounts or register entries do not itemise grants, the figure given is the charity's "total expenditure" for the year, which is not necessarily all paid to the yeshiva. "Grant" rows are grants named in a grant-maker's accounts. "Occupied" marks yeshivot in territory occupied by Israel in 1967.[24] A dash (–) means no amount is available.

UK charity funding of hesder yeshivot, by yeshiva
Yeshiva Location UK charity Charity no. Amount (£) Year / financial year Type Source
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust 298814 £83,000 (charity distributions; recipient not named in the accounts) Year to 31 March 2015 Friends-of [29]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust 298814 £50,035 (charity distributions; recipient not named in the accounts) Year to 31 March 2016 Friends-of [29]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust 298814 £200,955 (total expenditure) Year to 31 March 2021 Friends-of [30]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust 298814 £100,925 (total expenditure) Year to 31 March 2022 Friends-of [30]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust 298814 £95,925 (total expenditure) Year to 31 March 2023 Friends-of [30]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust 298814 £101,387 (total expenditure) Year to 31 March 2024 Friends-of [30]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust 298814 £948 (total expenditure) Year to 31 March 2025 Friends-of [30]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) J E Joseph Charitable Fund 209058 £2,500 Year to 5 April 2018 Grant [31]
Yeshivat Har Etzion Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion – West Bank (occupied) J E Joseph Charitable Fund 209058 £2,500 Year to 5 April 2019 Grant [31]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel 1117836 £11,360 (total expenditure) 2020 Friends-of [32]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel 1117836 £9,381 (total expenditure) 2021 Friends-of [32]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel 1117836 £360 (total expenditure) 2022 Friends-of [32]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel 1117836 £38,175 (total expenditure) 2023 Friends-of [32]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel 1117836 £32,960 (total expenditure) 2024 Friends-of [32]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The Montefiore Endowment 1113038 £22,000 2023 Grant [33]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The Montefiore Endowment 1113038 £16,750 2024 Grant [33]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) Tamid 1133194 £3,400 Year to 5 April 2017 Grant [34]
Yeshivat HaKotel Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) Tamid 1133194 £1,600 Year to 5 April 2018 Grant [34]
Yeshivat Orayta Old City of Jerusalem campus (Igud list: 3 Koresh St, Jerusalem) – East Jerusalem (occupied) British Friends of Orayta 1181839 £28,302 (total expenditure) 2021 Friends-of [35]
Yeshivat Orayta Old City of Jerusalem campus (Igud list: 3 Koresh St, Jerusalem) – East Jerusalem (occupied) British Friends of Orayta 1181839 £7,355 (total expenditure) 2022 Friends-of [35]
Yeshivat Orayta Old City of Jerusalem campus (Igud list: 3 Koresh St, Jerusalem) – East Jerusalem (occupied) British Friends of Orayta 1181839 £27,469 (total expenditure) 2023 Friends-of [35]
Yeshivat Orayta Old City of Jerusalem campus (Igud list: 3 Koresh St, Jerusalem) – East Jerusalem (occupied) British Friends of Orayta 1181839 £23,396 (total expenditure) 2024 Friends-of [35]
Yeshivat Orayta Old City of Jerusalem campus (Igud list: 3 Koresh St, Jerusalem) – East Jerusalem (occupied) British Friends of Orayta 1181839 £20,135 (total expenditure) 2025 Friends-of [35]
Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh (borderline: not on the Igud Yeshivot HaHesder 2026 list) Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem – East Jerusalem (occupied) The British Friends of Netiv Aryeh 1001275 £221,165 (total expenditure) 2025 Friends-of [36]
Yeshivat Shilo Shilo – West Bank (occupied) Tel Hai Fund Ltd. 266913 £1,500 ("Yeshivot Shiloh") Year to 31 March 2017 Grant [37]
Yeshivat Shilo Shilo – West Bank (occupied) Tel Hai Fund Ltd. 266913 £27,685 Year to 31 March 2018 Grant [37]
Yeshivat Shilo Shilo – West Bank (occupied) Tel Hai Fund Ltd. 266913 £24,478 2024/25 Grant [37]
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe Ma'ale Adumim – West Bank (occupied) The British Friends of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe 1009686 £6,300 (total expenditure); no other expenditure reported for 2014 or 2017; recipient not itemised 2015 Friends-of [38]
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Kerem B'Yavneh, near Yavne – Israel (1949 lines) Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Foundation 313687 £100,000 (grants) 2024 Friends-of [39]
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Kerem B'Yavneh, near Yavne – Israel (1949 lines) The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Trust 253351 £15,000 Year to 5 April 2008 Grant [40]
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Kerem B'Yavneh, near Yavne – Israel (1949 lines) The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Trust 253351 £15,000 Year to 5 April 2009 Grant [40]
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Kerem B'Yavneh, near Yavne – Israel (1949 lines) The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Trust 253351 £15,000 Year to 5 April 2010 Grant [40]
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Kerem B'Yavneh, near Yavne – Israel (1949 lines) The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Trust 253351 £15,893 Year to 5 April 2011 Grant [40]
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Kerem B'Yavneh, near Yavne – Israel (1949 lines) Dayan Meyer Steinberg Memorial Scholarship Fund 313216 – (scholarship fund; registered 1971, removed from the register 1997; no accounts available) – Scholarship fund [41]
Yeshivat Netiv Tefahot Moshav Tefahot, Galilee – Israel (1949 lines) Friends of Netiv Tefahot 1203219 £20,052 (total expenditure); yeshiva link by name only Year to 31 March 2024 Friends-of [42]
Yeshivat Netiv Tefahot Moshav Tefahot, Galilee – Israel (1949 lines) The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust 1045231 £150,000 (committed over three years) 2024 Grant [43]
Yeshivat Netiv Tefahot Moshav Tefahot, Galilee – Israel (1949 lines) UK Toremet Ltd 1140972 £33,160 (to "Yeshivat Hesder Netiv Tefachot") Year to 31 March 2023 Grant (donor-advised) [28]
Yeshivat Nahar Deiah Nahariya – Israel (1949 lines) UK Friends of Nahar Deiah 1096177 £50,000 (grants) 2024/25 Friends-of [44]
Yeshivat Nahar Deiah Nahariya – Israel (1949 lines) UK Friends of Nahar Deiah 1096177 £70,000 (grants) 2025/26 Friends-of [44]
Yeshivat Nahar Deiah Nahariya – Israel (1949 lines) The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust 1045231 £90,000 (£75,000 committed + £15,000; via UK Friends of Nahar Deiah) 2024 Grant [43]
Yeshivat Nahar Deiah Nahariya – Israel (1949 lines) The Kasner Charitable Trust 267510 £100 (via UK Friends of Nahar Deiah) Year to 31 March 2015 Grant [45]
Yeshivat Sha'alvim Kibbutz Sha'alvim, near Latrun – Israel (1949 lines) Tamid 1133194 £1,600 Year to 5 April 2017 Grant [34]
Yeshivat Sha'alvim Kibbutz Sha'alvim, near Latrun – Israel (1949 lines) Tamid 1133194 £1,800 Year to 5 April 2018 Grant [34]
Yeshivat Sha'alvim Kibbutz Sha'alvim, near Latrun – Israel (1949 lines) Tamid 1133194 £1,000 2024/25 Grant [34]
Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham Yeruham – Israel (1949 lines) Dyna and Fala Weinstock Charitable Trust 1063559 £15,262 (via UK Toremet, "to be used for Yerucham Hesder Yeshiva") Year to 31 March 2014 Grant [46]
Yeshivat Ayelet Hashachar Eilat – Israel (1949 lines) Friends of Ayelet Hashachar 1101245 – (beneficiary link: Israeli association 580316669 is "Yeshivat Ayelet HaShachar – Eilat"; amounts not itemised) – Friends-of [47][48]
Yeshivat Ayelet Hashachar Eilat – Israel (1949 lines) The Ruth and Jack Lunzer Charitable Trust 276201 £100 (via Friends of Ayelet Hashachar) Year to 5 April 2005 Grant [49]
Yeshivat Ayelet Hashachar Eilat – Israel (1949 lines) The Ruth and Jack Lunzer Charitable Trust 276201 £250 (via Friends of Ayelet Hashachar) Year to 5 April 2006 Grant [49]
Yeshivat Ayelet Hashachar Eilat – Israel (1949 lines) The Ruth and Jack Lunzer Charitable Trust 276201 £250 (via Friends of Ayelet Hashachar) Year to 5 April 2007 Grant [49]
Yeshivat Ayelet Hashachar Eilat – Israel (1949 lines) The Ruth and Jack Lunzer Charitable Trust 276201 £200 (via Friends of Ayelet Hashachar) Year to 5 April 2008 Grant [49]
Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot (Afikei Da'at) Sderot – Israel (1949 lines) UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Sderot 1176787 – (objects: "assisting the Yeshivat Hesder Sderot College in Israel"; total expenditure £300, £360, £6,428, £0 and £0 in 2020–2024, recipient not itemised) 2020–2024 Friends-of [50]
Yeshivat Akko (Ruach Tzfonit) Akko – Israel (1949 lines) UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Akko 1120593 £85 (total expenditure); last reported year Year to 31 March 2012 Friends-of [51]

Of the recipient-identified grants by UK grant-makers listed above, excluding the friends-of charities (£457,028 in total), £102,413 (22%) went to yeshivot in occupied territory: The Montefiore Endowment (£38,750) and Tamid (£5,000) to Yeshivat HaKotel in East Jerusalem, Tel Hai Fund Ltd. (£53,663) to Yeshivat Shilo, and J E Joseph Charitable Fund (£5,000) to Yeshivat Har Etzion.[33][34][37][31] The friends-of charities for Har Etzion, HaKotel and Orayta, all in occupied territory, spent a combined £699,033 in their 2020–2025 financial years according to the register (The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust £500,140, The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel £92,236, British Friends of Orayta £106,657).[30][32][35] The British Friends of Netiv Aryeh, which supports a yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem with a hesder track that is not on the Igud's 2026 list, is listed but not counted in these totals.


List of known hesder yeshivot

Location and Igud membership are from the Igud Yeshivot HaHesder's 2026 list unless stated.[23][52] "Territory" marks yeshivot in territory occupied by Israel in 1967.[24][25] Founding years and people are from the original version of this page and have not all been verified. "Support charities abroad" lists friends-of and fundraising charities registered outside Israel and Palestine; it is blank where none was found. Igud Yeshivot HaHesder is the administrative umbrella.

Name Founded Location Territory Igud 2026 Notes People Support charities abroad
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh 1954[1] Kerem B'Yavneh (near Yavne)[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Overseas programs; alumnus Ephraim Mirvis (1973–1976); Opened 1954; first hesder yeshiva[1] Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht; Mordechai Greenberg; Aharon Friedman UK: Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Foundation (charity 313687)[53]
US: American Friends of Yeshivath Kerem Byavneh Inc (EIN 23-7060327)[54]
Yeshivat Sha'alvim 1961 Sha'alvim (Igud also lists a Sha'alvim branch)[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Overseas (US/UK) Meir Schlesinger; Michael Yammer US: Yeshivat Shaalvim Inc (EIN 11-3221587)[55]
US: Friends of Yeshivat Sha Alvim Inc (EIN 13-2875804)[56]
Canada: Canadian Friends of Sha'alvim Educational Centre (BN 890308646RR0001)[57]
Yeshivat HaKotel 1967 Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem (7 HaMekubalim St)[23] East Jerusalem (occupied)[24] Yes Overseas programs; East Jerusalem, not Israel 48 Yeshayahu Hadari; Baruch Wieder UK: The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel (charity 1117836)[32]
US: American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel (EIN 38-3984800)[58]
Yeshivat Har Etzion 1968 Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes “Gush”; alumnus Ephraim Mirvis (1976–1978) Yehuda Amital; Aharon Lichtenstein; Yaakov Medan; Baruch Gigi; Mosheh Lichtenstein UK: The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust (charity 298814)[30]
US: Etzion Foundation Inc (EIN 23-7228230)[59][60]
Canada: Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Har Etzion (BN 118832732RR0001)[57]
Australia: International Jewish Relief Limited (donation channel named by the yeshiva; not found in the ACNC register extract)[60]
Yeshivat Nir Kiryat Arba 1972 Kiryat Arba (Hebron)[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Also called Nir Noam Waldman (recent) US: Friends of Yeshivat Nir Kiryat Arba (EIN 13-7265424)[61]
Yeshivat HaGolan 1973 Hispin, Golan[23] Golan Heights (occupied)[25] Yes Yoel Manovitz
Yeshivat Ma'alot 1974 Ma'alot-Tarshiha[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Also Ma'alot Yaakov Yehoshua Weitzman
Yeshivat Neve Dekalim 1976 Ashdod (relocated from Gush Katif, 2005)[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Relocated 2005 David Gavrieli
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe 1977 Ma'ale Adumim[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Alumni Zecharia Deutsch Haim Sabato; Yitzhak Sheilat UK: The British Friends of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe (charity 1009686, removed 2020)[38]
US: American Friends of Yeshivt Birkat Moshe Inc (EIN 13-3442113)[62]
Canada: Canadian Friends of Yeshivath Birkat Moshe-Maaleh Adumim (BN 123355398RR0001)[57]
Yeshivat Kiryat Shmona 1977 Kiryat Shmona[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Or Etzion 1977 Merkaz Shapira[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Not West Bank Haim Drukman (founder/longtime)
Yeshivat Shvut Yisrael 1977 Efrat West Bank (occupied)[24] No Not on the Igud 2026 list; hesder status not verified
Yeshivat Shilo 1979 Shilo[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Grants from Tel Hai Fund Ltd. (see UK funding)
Yeshivat Karnei Shomron 1981 Karnei Shomron[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Alumni Ariel Pariente Shmuel Haber
Yeshivat Dimona 1989 Dimona[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes David Torjeman
Yeshivat Beit Orot 1990 Mount of Olives, Jerusalem East Jerusalem (occupied)[24] No Not on the Igud 2026 list US: American Friends of Beit Orot Inc (EIN 11-3150429)[63]
Yeshivat Har Bracha 1991 Har Bracha[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Removed from hesder December 2009; reinstated July 2013 (see Controversies)[9][18] Eliezer Melamed
Yeshivat Midbarah K'Eden 1991 Mitzpe Ramon[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Tzvi Kostiner
Yeshivat Otniel 1993 Otniel, South Hebron Hills[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes 2002 attack; alumnus Uriya Dvir; Four students killed in attack, 27 December 2002[8] Re'em Ha'Cohen; Benny Kalmanson
Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot 1994/95 Sderot[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Largest (unverified); Max and Ruth Schwartz David Fendel; Max Schwartz; Ruth Schwartz UK: UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Sderot (charity 1176787)[50]
US: American Friends of Yeshivat Hesdder Sderot Inc (EIN 01-0553431)[64]
Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham 1994 Yeruham[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Eliyahu Blumenzweig; Chaim Wolfson; Uriel Eitam US: American Friends of Yeshivat Hahesder Yerucham Inc (EIN 99-3878089)[65]
Yeshivat Ramat Gan 1994[6] Ramat Gan[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Founded 1994 by Ya'akov Ariel and Yehoshua Shapira[6] Yehoshua Shapira; Benzion Algazi
Yeshivat Shadmot Neria 1994 Shadmot Mehola, Jordan Valley[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Also Shadmot Mehola Shlomo Rosenfeld
Yeshivat Birkat Yosef 1995 Elon Moreh[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Eliakim Levanon; Shahar Imber Canada: Canadian Friends of Beit Midrash Elon Moreh (BN 857209274RR0001)[57] (name match)
Yeshivat Nahariya 1995 Nahariya[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Nahar Deiah Yeshayahu Meitelis UK: UK Friends of Nahar Deiah (charity 1096177)[66]
US: Nahar Deiah Inc (EIN 11-3641177)[67]
Yeshivat Heichal Eliyahu 1996 Kochav Yaakov[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Tzfat 1997 Safed[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Ayelet Hashachar 1998 Eilat[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes UK: Friends of Ayelet Hashachar (charity 1101245)[47]
Yeshivat Itamar 1998 Itamar[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Yehoshua van Dyke
Yeshivat Orot Ashkelon 1998 Ashkelon[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Orot Shaul 1998 Tel Aviv[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Rishon LeZion 1998 Rishon LeZion[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes US: American Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Rishon Lezion Inc (EIN 84-2948820)[68]
Yeshivat Tekoa 1999 Tekoa[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Ma'ale Efraim 2000 Ma'ale Efraim, Jordan Valley[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Otzrot Efraim US: Friends of Yeshivat Maale Efraim Inc (EIN 26-2636811)[69]
Yeshivat Reuta 2000 Moshav Carmel, South Hebron Hills[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Shavei Shomron 2000 Shavei Shomron[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Netivot 2001 Netivot[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Also Ahavat Yisrael track
Yeshivat Tefahot 2001 Moshav Tefahot, Galilee[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Eyal Greiner UK: Friends of Netiv Tefahot (charity 1203219)[42]
Yeshivat Or Vishua 2003 Haifa[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Eliyahu Rahamim Zini
Meir Harel Hesder Yeshiva 2005 Modi'in Israel (1949 lines) No Added to hesder July 2013 as the Ofakim yeshiva's branch in Modi'in[10]
Yeshivat Beit She'an 2006 Beit She'an[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Also Chiborim
Yeshivat Hesder Kiryat Gat 2006 Kiryat Gat[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Also Derech Chaim
Yeshivat Ramat HaSharon 2007 Ramat HaSharon[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Moshe Chai Beharav
Yeshivat Afula 2008 Afula[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Also Chiborim Afula
Yeshivat Shirat Moshe 2008 Jaffa (Igud lists a separate Jaffa shiluvim track)[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Eliyahu Mali
Yeshivat Lev HaTorah 2001[7] Ramat Beit Shemesh[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Anglo hesder; Founded 2001; hesder status and Igud membership 2018[7] US: American Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah (EIN 01-0673538)[70]
Canada: Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah (BN 746274273RR0001)[57]
Yeshivat Nof HaGalil c. 2010 Nof HaGalil[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Orot Moshe 2012 Rosh HaAyin[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Hesder Ramla 2014 Ramla[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Givat Olga 2015 Hadera[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Added to hesder by Defence Minister Ya'alon, July 2013[10]
Robert M. Beren Machanaim Hesder Yeshiva — Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion[71] West Bank (occupied)[24] No Hesder yeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone[71]; also listed on the original page as Yeshivat Machanaim (alumnus Eliran Shabo) US: Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel (EIN 13-3275531)[72] (umbrella body)
Yeshivat Akko — Akko (Acre)[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes UK: UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Akko (charity 1120593, removed 2014)[51]
Yeshivat Avinoam Evyatar outpost (Samaria)[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Beit El Beit El[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes Igud shiluvim hesder track[73] US: American Friends of Bet El Yeshiva Center (EIN 11-2586564)[74]
Yeshivat Binot Ra'anana Ra'anana[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat HaMeiri Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes US: American Friends of Yeshivat Hameiri Inc (EIN 26-1604021)[75]
Yeshivat Har Shalom Shima/Eshtemoa, South Hebron Hills (formerly Homesh)[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Hesder Gevoha Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Hesder Petah Tikva — Petah Tikva Israel (1949 lines) No Not on the Igud 2026 list; not verified
Yeshivat Holon — Holon[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Hagai Lundin
Yeshivat Karmiel — Karmiel[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes Carmi-El
Yeshivat Lev LaDaat Sderot[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Merhav Am Merhav Am (Negev)[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Mitzpe Yericho Mitzpe Yericho[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh — Jewish Quarter, Old City of Jerusalem East Jerusalem (occupied)[24] No Often grouped with Kotel-area hesder; Not on the Igud 2026 list; East Jerusalem, not Israel 48 UK: The British Friends of Netiv Aryeh (charity 1001275)[36]
US: American Friends of Netiv Aryeh Inc (EIN 13-4258585)[76]
Yeshivat Netzer Mattai Ariel[23] West Bank (occupied)[24] Yes
Yeshivat Or Akiva — Or Akiva[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Orayta Jerusalem: Old City campus (25 Misgav Ladach St); the Igud list gives 3 Koresh St[23] East Jerusalem (occupied)[24] Yes UK: British Friends of Orayta (charity 1181839)[35]
Yeshivat Orot Yaakov Rehovot[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Sdot Negev Kfar Maimon[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes
Yeshivat Tirat HaCarmel Tirat Carmel[23] Israel (1949 lines) Yes

Variants (not standard Igud hesder): Har Hamor (Jerusalem; Hardal / modified service; US: American Friends of Yeshivat Har Hamor, EIN 32-0150990[77]); Mercaz HaRav (Jerusalem; mainly gevoha, some army track).[5]

Clarifications from original Powerbase table:

  • Or Etzion is in Merkaz Shapira (Israel 48), not the West Bank.[23]
  • Aish HaTorah is not a standard hesder yeshiva.
  • Har Hamor and Mercaz HaRav are mainly yeshiva gevoha.
  • Shavei Hevron is typically gevoha, not core Igud hesder. Beit El has an Igud-listed shiluvim hesder track.[73]
  • Yeshivat HaKotel, Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh and Yeshivat Orayta are in the Old City of Jerusalem, which is in occupied East Jerusalem, not Israel 48.[24]
  • Yeshivat HaGolan is at Hispin, not Avnei Eitan.[23]
  • Yeshivat Beit Orot (Mount of Olives) is not on the Igud's 2026 list.[23]

UK/US overseas draw: Sha'alvim, Lev HaTorah, HaKotel, Kerem B'Yavneh, Har Etzion.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, History, kby.org, accessed 21 October 2026 (Kerem B'Yavneh-side).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Israel Ministry of Defence, מסלול ישיבות ההסדר (The hesder yeshivot track), noar.mod.gov.il, accessed 21 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Igud Yeshivot HaHesder, אודות (About), hesder.org.il, accessed 21 October 2026 (Igud Yeshivot HaHesder-side).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aharon Lichtenstein, The Ideology of Hesder, HaMizrachi (World Mizrachi), excerpted from Tradition (Fall 1981), accessed 21 October 2026 (Mizrachi-side). The editorial introduction states that in the 1950s Kerem B'Yavneh "began to send yeshiva students to IDF training" and that "Today, there are over 80 such yeshivot, with over 10,000 talmidim".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Mayer Lichtenstein, The Complexity of Hesder Revisited, Tradition Online, 6 May 2025, accessed 21 October 2026 (Tradition-side). Refers to "the founding of the Hesder movement in 1953".
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 JGive, The Ramat Gan Hesder Yeshiva, jgive.com, accessed 21 October 2026 (Israeli association 580227353; "established in 1994 by Rav Ya'akov Ariel ... together with Rav Yehoshua Shapira").
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Yvette Finkelstein, Lev HaTorah Receives Hesder Yeshiva Status, The Jewish Link, 22 February 2018, accessed 21 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Four Yeshiva Students Killed in Otniel, Haaretz, 29 December 2002, accessed 21 October 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 BBC News, Israeli defence ministry ends army link with seminary, 14 December 2009, accessed 21 October 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Ya'alon okays reinstatement of Har Bracha in hesder program, Ynetnews, July 2013, accessed 21 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Yeshivat Sha'alvim, About, shaalvim.org, accessed 21 October 2026 (Sha'alvim-side).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Benjamin Porat, An Unequal Share of the Burden? The Truth about the Hesder Yeshivot, Israel Democracy Institute, 2 March 2014, accessed 21 October 2026.
  13. ↑ IDF to hesder yeshivas: Take action or else, Ynetnews, November 2009, accessed 21 October 2026.
  14. ↑ Yeshivot Take Public Stance, Israel National News, November 2009, accessed 21 October 2026 (Arutz Sheva-side).
  15. ↑ Netanyahu Backs Barak on Ouster of Yeshiva From IDF Program, Haaretz, 14 December 2009, accessed 21 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Hillel Fendel, Barak Tosses out Hesder Yeshiva, Israel National News, December 2009, accessed 21 October 2026 (Arutz Sheva-side).
  17. ↑ Barak: Tie to Har Bracha is Over, Israel National News, December 2009, accessed 21 October 2026 (Arutz Sheva-side).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 West Bank yeshiva returned to study-army service program, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 9 July 2013, accessed 21 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Ya'alon admits 'rebellious' yeshiva back into hesder program, Israel Hayom, July 2013, accessed 21 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Gunmen Kill 4 Inside Yeshiva In West Bank, The New York Times, 28 December 2002, accessed 21 October 2026.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements, GOV.UK, 5 August 2026.
  22. ↑ Melissa Muller, The UK charities sending nearly £2 million to illegal settlements, Declassified UK, 15 September 2026, accessed 21 October 2026 (critical source).
  23. ↑ 23.00 23.01 23.02 23.03 23.04 23.05 23.06 23.07 23.08 23.09 23.10 23.11 23.12 23.13 23.14 23.15 23.16 23.17 23.18 23.19 23.20 23.21 23.22 23.23 23.24 23.25 23.26 23.27 23.28 23.29 23.30 23.31 23.32 23.33 23.34 23.35 23.36 23.37 23.38 23.39 23.40 23.41 23.42 23.43 23.44 23.45 23.46 23.47 23.48 23.49 23.50 23.51 23.52 23.53 23.54 23.55 23.56 23.57 23.58 23.59 23.60 23.61 23.62 23.63 23.64 23.65 23.66 23.67 23.68 23.69 23.70 Igud Yeshivot HaHesder, ישיבות 2026 (list of hesder yeshivot and addresses, 2026) (spreadsheet), hesder.org.il, August 2026, accessed 21 October 2026 (Igud Yeshivot HaHesder-side).
  24. ↑ 24.00 24.01 24.02 24.03 24.04 24.05 24.06 24.07 24.08 24.09 24.10 24.11 24.12 24.13 24.14 24.15 24.16 24.17 24.18 24.19 24.20 24.21 24.22 24.23 24.24 24.25 24.26 24.27 24.28 24.29 United Nations Security Council, Resolution 2334 (2016), 23 December 2016 (Israeli settlements in "the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem" have "no legal validity").
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 United Nations Security Council, Resolution 497 (1981), 17 December 1981 (Israel's decision to impose its laws on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is "null and void").
  26. ↑ B'Tselem, Statistics on Settlements and Settler Population, accessed 21 October 2026 (critical source).
  27. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Sderot (1176787): governing document, accessed 21 October 2026.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 UK Toremet Ltd (charity 1140972, company 07278312), accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, Companies House filing history, accessed 14 October 2026.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 The Friends of the Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust (298814), accounts for the years ended 31 March 2015 and 2016 (p.8), UK Government Web Archive.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, The Friends Of The Yeshivat Har Etzion Trust (charity 298814); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 J E Joseph Charitable Fund (209058), accounts for the year ended 5 April 2019, p.5, UK Government Web Archive.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, The British Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel (charity 1117836); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 The Montefiore Endowment (1113038), accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024, PDF p.27, Charity Commission register, accessed 14 October 2026.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 Tamid (1133194), accounts for the years ended 5 April 2017 (p.11) and 2018 (p.11), UK Government Web Archive; accounts for 2025 (p.10), Charity Commission register.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, British Friends of Orayta (charity 1181839); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, The British Friends of Netiv Aryeh (charity 1001275); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 Tel Hai Fund Ltd. (266913), accounts for the years ended 31 March 2017 (p.8) and 2018 (p.8), UK Government Web Archive; accounts for 2024/25 (p.8), Charity Commission register.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, The British Friends of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe (charity 1009686); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  39. ↑ Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Foundation (313687), accounts and annual returns, Charity Commission register, accessed 14 October 2026.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Trust (253351), accounts for the years ended 5 April 2008 (p.15), 2009 (p.16), 2010 (p.15) and 2011 (p.20), UK Government Web Archive.
  41. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, Dayan Meyer Steinberg Memorial Scholarship Fund (charity 313216), registered 15 December 1971, removed 28 February 1997; from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, Friends of Netiv Tefahot (charity 1203219); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (1045231), accounts for the year ended 5 April 2025, p.21, Charity Commission register, accessed 14 October 2026.
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 UK Friends of Nahar Deiah (1096177), accounts and annual returns, Charity Commission register, accessed 14 October 2026.
  45. ↑ The Kasner Charitable Trust (267510), accounts for the year ended 31 March 2015, p.20, UK Government Web Archive.
  46. ↑ Dyna and Fala Weinstock Charitable Trust (1063559), accounts for the year ended 31 March 2014, p.6, UK Government Web Archive.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, Friends of Ayelet Hashachar (charity 1101245); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  48. ↑ Taagidim, ישיבת איילת השחר - אילת (ע"ר) – עמותה 580316669 (Israeli Registrar of Associations data), taagidim.co.il, accessed 21 October 2026.
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 The Ruth and Jack Lunzer Charitable Trust (276201), accounts for the years ended 5 April 2006, 2007 and 2008, p.10, UK Government Web Archive.
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Sderot (charity 1176787); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, UK Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Akko (charity 1120593); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  52. ↑ Igud Yeshivot HaHesder, ישיבות הסדר (member yeshivot), hesder.org.il, accessed 21 October 2026 (Igud Yeshivot HaHesder-side).
  53. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Foundation (charity 313687); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  54. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivath Kerem Byavneh Inc (EIN 23-7060327), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  55. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Yeshivat Shaalvim Inc (EIN 11-3221587), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  56. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Friends of Yeshivat Sha Alvim Inc (EIN 13-2875804), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 Canada Revenue Agency, 2024 List of charities (identification file), open.canada.ca, accessed 21 October 2026.
  58. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel (EIN 38-3984800), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  59. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Etzion Foundation Inc (EIN 23-7228230), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 Yeshivat Har Etzion, Donations Instructions Page, etzion.org.il, accessed 21 October 2026 (Yeshivat Har Etzion-side; lists The Etzion Foundation (US), Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Har Etzion and International Jewish Relief Limited (Australia)).
  61. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Friends of Yeshivat Nir Kiryat Arba (EIN 13-7265424), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  62. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivt Birkat Moshe Inc (EIN 13-3442113), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  63. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Beit Orot Inc (EIN 11-3150429), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  64. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivat Hesdder Sderot Inc (EIN 01-0553431), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  65. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivat Hahesder Yerucham Inc (EIN 99-3878089), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  66. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities, UK Friends of Nahar Deiah (charity 1096177); figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 14 October 2026.
  67. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Nahar Deiah Inc (EIN 11-3641177), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  68. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivat Hesder Rishon Lezion Inc (EIN 84-2948820), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  69. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Friends of Yeshivat Maale Efraim Inc (EIN 26-2636811), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  70. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivat Lev Hatorah (EIN 01-0673538), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  71. ↑ 71.0 71.1 Ohr Torah Stone, Yeshivat Machanaim, ots.org.il, accessed 21 October 2026 (Ohr Torah Stone-side; describes the hesder yeshiva at Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion).
  72. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel (EIN 13-3275531), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  73. ↑ 73.0 73.1 Igud Yeshivot HaHesder, ישיבות הסדר שילובים (shiluvim hesder yeshivot), hesder.org.il, accessed 21 October 2026 (Igud Yeshivot HaHesder-side).
  74. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Bet El Yeshiva Center (EIN 11-2586564), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  75. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivat Hameiri Inc (EIN 26-1604021), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  76. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Netiv Aryeh Inc (EIN 13-4258585), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
  77. ↑ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, American Friends of Yeshivat Har Hamor (EIN 32-0150990), 501(c)(3) organisation (IRS data), accessed 21 October 2026.
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