Apply for HMI

HMI is open to couples of all cultural, racial, religious, gender, and sexual identities who are looking to create connections with each other and to Jewish life. HMI’s program is for young couples with at least one Jewish partner (we define that broadly!) who are early in their marriage or lifelong committed partnership. All couples are based in the same metro area to enhance community-building during and after the trip. Find more details about our eligibility requirements.

If an application is open in your city, you and your partner should submit an application. Once we review your application, you may be invited to an in-person interview. Interviews are an opportunity for us to get to know you and your partner and better understand how HMI can support you at this time in your life. We’ll let you know within a few weeks whether you’ve been secured a spot on a trip or not. Read more about our application and interview process.

If we can’t secure you a spot on an upcoming trip, you are welcome to reapply in the next application cycle for your city. We receive up to four times the number of applications than we have spots available. We try to interview as many eligible couples as possible.

While HMI does not create trip waitlists, we will refer back to our applicant pool in the event that a participant can no longer join us on an upcoming HMI trip. Because of this, we encourage you to apply even if a trip date is full, as you may be notified and invited to fill a spot. This also allows us to have your application and interest form on file for future dates.

We look at a variety of factors to determine who gets accepted, including whether a couple meets eligibility criteria. We will do our best to get to know you to understand whether Honeymoon Israel might be a good fit for you.