Where Israel's Story Meets Yours
Experience Israel’s resilience, innovation and creativity through dynamic courses designed to advance your skills, career, and confidence.
15+
Years in the
making
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For over 15 years, we’ve been shaping educational experiences that inspire, empower, and transform young adults and professionals.
Advancing careers and futures through Israel’s innovation edge.
FWD Israel is a career and professional development organization that empowers individuals to advance their futures by learning directly from Israel’s world-leading innovation ecosystem.
We offer high-impact courses, workshops, and immersive programs for incoming student groups, discharged IDF soldiers and working professionals in Israel.
Our Core Focus
Where we focus to move people and careers forward.
Our core focus areas are simple: build your skills, spark your creativity, and connect you with the best of Israel’s opportunities. Everything we do is designed to push you forward professionally and personally.
Our Mission
Empowering individuals with future-ready skills through high-impact programs grounded in Israeli excellence.
FWD Israel strives to develop courses that blend practical skill-building with authentic exposure to Israel’s strengths across business, innovation, wellbeing, identity, security, and professional development. Our mission is to move people forward, enhancing their capabilities while strengthening their connection to Israel’s story and spirit.
Our Approach
Where Ideas Become Experiences
Our educational approach is built to be engaging, interactive, and dynamic, ensuring that learning is both enjoyable and meaningful. We focus not only on delivering strong, relevant content, but also on creating a format that encourages active participation rather than passive listening. Through discussions, hands-on activities, real-world experiences, and collaborative challenges, our courses keep participants fully involved from start to finish. This approach deepens understanding, builds practical skills, and makes the learning experience far more impactful and memorable.
Our Trainors & Educators
Powered by Israel’s Top Professionals
Our trainers, educators, and mentors represent some of Israel’s leading companies and organizations, bringing real-world expertise and industry excellence directly into the classroom. With professionals from companies such as Lemonade, Fiverr, Mobileye, Surgimate, The Israel Defence Forces and others, participants learn from individuals who are actively shaping Israel’s innovation landscape. Their experience, professionalism, and passion ensure that every session is grounded in practical insight, high-level knowledge, and the standards of excellence that define Israel’s top industries.
Courses Designed to Move You Forward
FWD Israel offers a diverse range of high-quality courses across multiple fields, including: Business and Innovation, Career Development, Hasbara and Activism, Finance and Investing, Health and Fitness, Culinary Arts and Self-Defense.
Each program is thoughtfully designed to provide practical tools, meaningful experiences, and authentic exposure to Israel’s strengths in that area. Whether participants seek personal growth, professional advancement, or a deeper connection to Israel, our course offerings provide something for every interest and goal.
Each program is thoughtfully designed to provide practical tools, meaningful experiences, and authentic exposure to Israel’s strengths in that area. Whether participants seek personal growth, professional advancement, or a deeper connection to Israel, our course offerings provide something for every interest and goal.
Flexible, Immersive, and Impactful Experiences
FWD Israel offers its programs in a range of dynamic, flexible formats to meet the unique needs of partner organizations. Whether through single-session workshops, multi-day seminars, intensive courses, or customized tracks for delegations and institutions, each program is tailored to match specific goals, audience profiles, and timeframes. Our adaptive model ensures that every group receives a meaningful, high-impact experience, designed to deliver maximum value, engagement, and professional growth.
FWD Business & Innovation
Built at the intersection of cutting-edge learning and real-world exposure, the program combines startup thinking, professional skills, and personal growth with the energy, creativity, and resilience of Israel.
Participants don’t just study ideas, they build them. They explore Israel’s innovation ecosystem, learn practical skills for the future of work and meet the people shaping the nation’s entrepreneurial landscape.
FWD Career Development & "Future Of Work Skills" Course
The FWD Career Development & Future of Work Skills Course is designed for new immigrants, Israeli professionals, and lone soldiers seeking the essential tools to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving workforce. Blending practical training in the most relevant professional skills, those rarely taught in school or university but crucial for gaining a competitive edge. Participants also benefit from Israel-specific career guidance, including navigating the local job market, building a strong professional network, and developing a clear roadmap toward securing meaningful employment in Israel.
FWD Advocacy - "Reclaim the Narrative"
Reclaim the Narrative is an educational training seminar designed to empower young Jews to stand up for Israel and the Jewish people in an era of rising antisemitism and anti-Zionism.
Through dynamic and interactive workshops, site-visits to geopolitical hotspots and meetings with thought-leaders and spokespeople, participants gain the tools to learn Israel’s realities, challenge falsehoods, express their identities confidently, and communicate Israel’s story with clarity, creativity, and courage.
FWD Resilience Program
The FWD Resilience Program is a dynamic, holistic experience designed to strengthen both mental and physical wellbeing through a blend of adversity-training workshops, mental health awareness sessions, guided meditation, and high-impact introductory fitness activities. Participants explore practical tools for stress management, emotional resilience, and mindful living, while engaging in energizing physical challenges that promote strength, confidence, and overall wellness. This integrated approach empowers individuals to better understand themselves, build healthier habits, and develop the mental and physical resilience needed to thrive in today’s demanding world.
FWD Charity & Volunteering Experience
The FWD Charity & Volunteering Experience offers participants a powerful and inspiring immersion into Israel’s leading charitable organizations across a wide range of fields and sectors. Through visits to impactful nonprofits, participants gain first-hand understanding of Israel’s vibrant social impact landscape, meeting founders, staff members, and volunteers who are driving real change on the ground. The experience includes opportunities to roll up their sleeves and volunteer directly, whether in building equipment for hospitals, food rescue, education, disability support, community development, or emergency relief, while enjoying meaningful, dynamic, and fun activities along the way.
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Experienced Team
Meet TheFWD Team!
FWD Israel is founded by David Kramer - an educator, entrepreneur, and author with over 20 years of experience in Israel and Jewish education, professional development, advocacy, and personal growth.
Our team is made up of experienced professionals, including startup founders, mentors, business coaches, and educators, who bring real-world expertise to every step of the journey. With deep roots in Israel’s startup and professional ecosystems, they’re not only leaders in their fields but also passionate guides, available throughout the program to support, challenge, and inspire participants as they grow.
Our team is made up of experienced professionals, including startup founders, mentors, business coaches, and educators, who bring real-world expertise to every step of the journey. With deep roots in Israel’s startup and professional ecosystems, they’re not only leaders in their fields but also passionate guides, available throughout the program to support, challenge, and inspire participants as they grow.
Our Impact So Far
FWD Israel, originally called NU, has been leading professional development workshops since 2010
15 Years
In The MAKING
10,000+
Student participants
20
Countries Worldwide
Words from
past participants and partners
4.8
Participant Feedback
“The program was one of the best things I did during my stay in Israel. I learned so much from the amazing speakers and places we visited and it really opened my eyes up for my future. I really want to thank the team for everything they did for us”
Michael Freedman
Participant
FAQs
Here are some common questions we are asked about FWD Israel programs. If you have any more feel free to reach out to us.
What type of groups do you cater for?
We work with all types of groups, teams, companies and organizations – both short-term and long-term programs and experiences, from all backgrounds and demographics
Do you customize for our audience?
Yes. We tailor each program according to the needs of the group, background and creative outputs
Can you deliver online?
Yes. Hybrid and online options are available; creative outputs adapt well to digital.
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