Tag: Taglit Birthright
Birthright receives its first-ever donation from China
Techconn Holding Group CEO Ben Wong signed a memorandum of understanding with Birthright Israel CEO Gidi Mark at a festive ceremony last week in Tel Aviv before going on to announce what the organization...
IDF, Birthright team up for ‘reverse encounter,’ bringing officers to New York, Boston
Members of an Israel Defense Forces officers’ delegation who recently visited American Jewish communities in New York and Boston said they were deeply moved by the appreciation they received, while also gaining insight into the...
Is J Street U attempting to ‘hijack’ the Birthright experience?
When Taylor King boarded the airplane in 2012, she was a newly minted college graduate who, like most of her fellow Birthright Israel travelers, had never been to Israel.
“I didn’t really know what Israel...
Crisis on campus: A new generation of galvanized young Jews learns how to fight...
IfNotNow has a plan. It’s determined, according to its website, to create nothing less than “a movement led by young Jews to reclaim the mantle of Jewish leadership from the out-of-touch establishment.” Or, more...
IfNotNow accosts Taglit Birthright groups at New York airport
At New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday night, Birthright Fellow and student leader Ariel Tidhar reported that the American Jewish activist group IfNotNow waylaid their group, as well as four other Taglit...
Birthright from the ‘sabra’ side: The Israeli perspective
While it is well known that Birthright trips provide American participants with a transformative, often life-changing experience, it is perhaps less known that the young Israelis who accompany the participants on the trip often...
Before and after: Sisters extract roots of Jewish identity on Birthright trip
Natalie and Katherine Dubin reported coming out of their Mayanot Birthright Israel trip with a better understanding of what it means to be a Jew, as well as a stronger desire to become more...