Jewish Americans abandon Israeli Birthright tour to call out ...

Birthright-Israel · Join a Birthright Israel trip this summer for a 10-day meaningful journey through Israel. Explore the depths of Jewish history on a once-in-a ...

Striking Roots | NYU Press Scholarship Online

One of their solutions was to offer youths a free trip to Israel as a universal rite of American Jewish passage. Recruitment began in autumn 1999 and the first ...

Are you eligible for Birthright Israel? Let's find out together! Trip...

Are you eligible for Birthright Israel? Let's find out together! Trip dates for our next season drop on September 6. Visit BirthrightIsrael.com/ ...

Pilgrimage Resolution | Union for Reform Judaism

... Jewish community to reach the goal of increasing Jewish travel to Israel; and; Call upon coordinators of all Reform Movement pilgrimages to Israel to ...

Sklar: Mutiny on Birthright - The Canadian Jewish News

Birthright has recently made headlines when a group of participants decided to leave their trip early and join up with Breaking the Silence, an ...

Of Birthright Transgressions - PROTOCOLS

Birthright claims to offer an apolitical tour of Israel and a neutral chance to explore one's Jewish identity. As an institution it does not explicitly endorse ...

First-time Birthright volunteering trip for those with disabilities makes ...

When the war with Hamas in Gaza broke last October following the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, participants in Ramah Tikvah ...

Should you go on a Birthright Israel trip? | DIY Tel Aviv

This is probably OK, though, as young American Jews are increasingly struggling to reconcile their own liberal views with the occupation, the ...

'My Birthright trip was super radicalizing' | Jewish Voice for Labour

The realization was that even if I wanted to, I could no longer avoid or ignore Israel. And then I came back home, and finished up college. It ...

THE TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL MIFGASH Sasson, T., Mittelberg ...

breaker‖ exercises to mix Israeli and North American participants, and ended with ―wrap up‖ ... American Jewish communities in ―reverse Birthright Israel‖ tours.

Taglit-Birthright: - Hopkins Hillel

We are so excited to have you join us on our Taglit-Birthright Israel trip. ... versa for the Israeli soldiers to better under Jewish Americans. Depending ...

Why a Birthright trip visited Israel despite threat of Iran, Hezbollah

Unpacked spoke to participants of a Taglit-Birthright trip that arrived in Israel the day a rumored Iranian attack would hit the Holy Land. They ...

At 18, I signed up for Birthright; at 19, Israel will be home

But I cried for most of my 15-hour flight home, distraught at leaving this unbelievable place where I discovered the richness of Jewish culture ...

Birthright Is Cutting Israel Trips by One-Third - Atlanta Jewish Times

The projected drop in trips was said to have been discussed in a board meeting of the organization on Nov. 29. Not only has Birthright had to ...

Why Some LA Jewish Millennials Are Walking Off Their 'Birthright ...

This summer, some L.A. locals with Jewish American activist group IfNotNow walked off their Birthright buses to protest the program's ...

Left-wing participants stage Birthright walkout to attend West Bank tour

Five women affiliated with IfNotNow leave trip early on final day to visit flashpoint city of Hebron, after lamenting program's refusal to ...

Birthright Israel FAQs

30 to 90 days depending on the airline. And you can arrange for your extension before the trip or during the trip. Extra fees do apply. All of the details are ...

Birthright Grapples With Wave Of 'occupation' Walk-offs - i24NEWS

Birthright or Taglit, the government and donor-subsidized trip that brings nearly 40,000 North American Jews to Israel each year for a ...

Birthright Israel sees 40% drop in Diaspora participants

In 2018, the year with the highest participation rate, saw 48,000 Jews from around the world (mainly from North America) participate.

Birthright: Ten days in apartheid Israel - - The McGill Daily

This 'free' trip is a privilege enjoyed by those who can sufficiently 'prove' they are Jewish and can afford to take ten days out of their lives ...