Phyllis Folb, Founder/E. D. of the American Israel Gap Year Association

Phyllis Folb, the Founder/Executive Director of the American Israel Gap Year Association, is a leading expert on gap year programs in Israel with over 30 years of professional experience in the Jewish community.

She is also the author of Find Your Right Direction: The Israel Gap Year Guide, Redwood Publishing, $1.99 ebook, $9.99 softcover through November 15, 2020, then $9.99 and $15.00 respectively.

Phyllis does college and gap year advising through a firm specializing in both secular and religious Jewish programming.  Founding AIGYA in 2013, she has dedicated herself to advocating for the Israel Gap Year as a post-secondary educational necessity across the denominational spectrum. She is committed to finding the right direction for students’ Gap Year in Israel through counseling and Gap Year events that will bring them closer to this life changing experience.

Folb has previously published articles in The Jerusalem Post and the Jewish Journal, where she was a recipient of the Journal’s “Mensch” honor. She is a sought-after guest for TV and radio and has appeared on shows such as Israel Today and Sunny Side Up.