"There are about 3,700 universities in the US. Any Top 50 LAC or university will provide you with a superb education unlikely to be replicated in Israel. It’s really not Ivy/Ivy-like or bust. "
This is obvious to those of us who live here, but it’s not obvious elsewhere. Can you tell us more about why you have assumed that only a handful of colleges in the US will provide “the” experience? Where do you get that from? Who’s told you that, and what makes you think they are a credible source about US colleges?