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Birthright participants hike up Masada, Israeli flag in hand. Credit: Birthright Israel.

Birthright receives its first-ever donation from China

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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...
Eight officers from the Israel Defense Forces traveled to the United States to meet with Birthright Israel North American delegates as part of a program called Mifgash (“meeting” in Hebrew). Here, they visited the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, September 2019. Credit: IDF Spox.

IDF, Birthright team up for ‘reverse encounter,’ bringing officers to New York, Boston

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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...
Taglit Birthright participants visit at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on Aug. 18, 2014. Photo by Flash90.

Is J Street U attempting to ‘hijack’ the Birthright experience?

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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...
Students with UC Berkeley's Bears for Israel holding a counter demonstration at a Students for Justice in Palestine rally. Credit: Bears for Israel via Facebook.

Crisis on campus: A new generation of galvanized young Jews learns how to fight...

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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...
An IfNotNow pamphlet targeting Birthright participants. Credit: Ariel Tidhar.

IfNotNow accosts Taglit Birthright groups at New York airport

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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

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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

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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...