Coloradans turning to Naale in Israel for high school

and students gather in the MACC boardroom tucking into their pizza lunch. The kids have just completed the first half of a screening for acceptance to Naale, a network of high schools in Israel that recruits students from across the globe. Currently, eight Coloradans are at four different Naale schools in Israel. Five applied in February, and a second screening is scheduled for June. Naale, a program of the State of Israel, was established just after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992. Trying to ease immigration of Jews from FSU countries to Israel, Israel landed on the idea of providing a free high school education. After a decade of focusing solely on FSU communities, the program has expanded and attracts students from North […]