Yom Ha'Atzmaut Photo Contest

Join Hillel International's Yom Ha'Atzmaut Photo Contest for a chance to win $1,000!

Upload your photo with a description (up to 100 words) that best describes your connection to Israel or Yom Ha'Atzmaut!

1st place $1,000

2nd place $500

3rd place $360

You will have the chance to vote for the best image and the top 10 pictures will be judged on a live panel with famous Israeli artists!

Your photo will be judged on creativity, connection to Israel, and quality.

Don't miss your chance to win and celebrate with students around the U.S.!

This contest is open to students who are residents of the U.S. Please read the terms and conditions (at the bottom of this page) for eligibility.

Eden Borberg

Submission period
2021-03-16 12:00 PM - 2021-04-14 04:00 AM
Voting period
2021-03-16 12:00 PM - 2021-04-14 04:00 AM

Julian Rubinovich

Masada

Eliana Smelansky

Dreams do come true in Israel

Lauren R Silva

Cat lays in front of Hebrew posters in Israeli market

TAC Camp Counselor

A cultural Jewish moment (TAC Israel 2016)

Rachel Mahpari

Birthright 2019!

Rotem Arie

A hiker sitting underneath a tree, resting from his hike in Tel Hai, surrounded by the forest and two hiking bags

Rae Fischman

Tel Aviv at sunset asking the important questions

Judah Lesser

Yeshivat Har Etzion on Yom Ha'Atzma'ut

Danielle Garten

Feeling at home in our homeland

Maya Waldman

A girl eyes rows of candy as people shop and talk in the background.

Dylan Curry

Two Jewish high school students framed in the entrance of Auschwitz Birkenau

Sivan Ellman

A man wearing a dress standing on top the the staircase railing of an old parking garage in Tel Aviv

Michael Reardon

This photo was taken in Haifa, of the gardens there

Nevo Schpire

Israel Loud and Proud

Ann Kushnir

This picture was taken on a day trip to a Ma'ayan and we made pita for lunch. It was amazing to be together with all my friends in a beautiful part of Israel and make our food together.

Shoshana Weintraub

Shuk vendor selling his goods in Machane Yehuda

Sydney A Siegel

Am Yisrael Chai!

Rachel Alana Spivak

A beautiful hike up Masada, proven yet another feat Jewish people can take on together.

Hannah Steinberg

My Birthright

Abby Strugger

Planting our roots in Israeli soil to keep our stories growing

Orly Mann

This is an image of me in the southern district of Israel

Elena Hirsch

A beautiful view from the rooftop of our hotel in Tel Aviv.

Yamit Netter-Sweet

A wall of pomegranates found in Tel Aviv's Shouk

Daniel Kaplan

The sun rising over the Red Sea viewed from the Israel Trail next to Eilat

Dana Raphael

Dragon fruit, lychee, mangoes, apricots, prickly pears, pineapples, figs, grapes, cherries, and passion fruit… the list goes on for an eternity. Practically prophetically, these fruit serve as a physical manifestation of the name of the street on which they are found, namely Etz Chaim street, which literally translates to the “Tree of Life” street.