Posts Tagged: Birthright Israel
First-Ever Canadian LGBTQ Birthright Israel Trip Wants Participants to ‘Embrace Jewish State as Region’s Beacon of Acceptance’
The first-ever Canadian LGBTQ Birthright Israel trip wants participants to "embrace and be proud of the Jewish state as a beacon -- the only openly country...
Birthright Israel Should Fund Teen Trips to Israel Immediately
The rise of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activities in academia begs for an effective strategy to prepare Jewish students to fight BDS on college campuses before they...
Birthright Israel Must Transcend Fear of Attack at the Kotel
During World War II, Winston Churchill emboldened the British people to courageously endure daily aerial bombings from the Nazis while they battled the existential threat...
The Need for an ‘Educational’ Birthright Program
Numerous studies have documented that college campuses are increasingly hostile not just to Israel, but to all Jewish students. Most Jewish high school graduates are unprepared...
My Non-Birthright Experience with Birthright
JNS.org - Chances are, if you are Jewish and have a close connection with a young Jewish adult, you have heard of Taglit-Birthright Israel. Most...
Lower the Age for Birthright Israel to Build a Pro-Israel Army on Campus
Sheldon Adelson’s goal to “put more boots on the ground” to fight BDS on college campuses is right on, and his recommendation to form an...
Record Number of French Jews to Visit Israel With Taglit-Birthright Israel
A historic number of young French Jewish adults will be arriving in Israel this summer with the Taglit-Birthright Israel program. The educational organization will bring...
Birthright Israel Projects it Will Surpass 500,000 Trip Participants This Year
JNS.org - The Taglit-Birthright Israel program said that it is on track to surpass 500,000 participants over time during its 15th year of existence,...
‘This is Your Land,’ Netanyahu Tells Birthright Participants at Program’s 15th Anniversary
JNS.org - The Taglit-Birthright Israel program celebrated 15 years of bringing young Jews (ages 18-26) on free 10-day trips to Israel on Wednesday evening...
Birthright Winter Season Begins as Thousands of Young Jews Arrive in Israel
JNS.org - Thousands of young Jews from the U.S. and around the world landed in Israel on Tuesday as part of the start of...
Reform Birthright to Meet the Jewish World’s New, Urgent Need
The rise in anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activities in academia begs for an effective strategy to address this new challenge. As Jewish teens arrive on college...
Birthright Israel Terminates Partnership With Controversial New Israel Fund
Birthright Israel, the American organization that organizes visits to Israel for participants from 66 different countries, has terminated a partnership with the controversial New Israel...
Opinion: Slate’s Blood Libel Against Birthright Israel
We Jews know what a blood libel is. It captures false accusations that Jews are culpable for deaths they did not commit or are...
Lone Soldier From LA Receives Hero’s Farewell, Over 30,000 People Pay Respects to IDF Sgt. Max Steinberg (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
Over 30,000 people paid their respects to lone soldier, Sgt. Max Steinberg at his funeral on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning. Steinberg was killed battling...
