Posts Tagged: birthright
Ithaca College President Rejects Anti-Zionist Group’s Demands
The president of Ithaca College, a school located in New York, has rejected the demands of an anti-Zionist group on campus that staged a "die-in"...
Birthright Pushes on With Lucrative Israel Internship Program Despite COVID-19
CTech - Be pushy, take advantage of your skills, and experiment with things you think you might like, was the advice world-renowned behavioral economist and...
Birthright or Birth-Wrong?
As the father of a daughter who learned a lot about Israel from her Birthright trip a decade ago, I was intrigued by David Halbfinger’s...
Canadian Birthright Participants Get Engaged at Western Wall
A young man on a Birthright trip chose to propose to his girlfriend at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Mike David proposed to his girlfriend Stephanie...
The New York Times and Birthright
It might be considered odd for a major newspaper to run a front-page story about Risa Nagel, who abandoned her Birthright tour in Israel to...
‘We Do Not Respond to Threats,’ Says Birthright After IfNotNow Protesters Arrested Outside Its Offices
Birthright Israel said it would not submit to demands put forth by the activist group IfNotNow, which staged a protest on Friday outside its New York...
‘Am Yisrael Chai’: Ugandan Jews Enter Israel With Song and Dance
Some 40 Ugandan youths landed in Israel this past Tuesday, as part of the first-ever Taglit-Birthright group from the Jewish Abayudaya community. The group entered the arrivals hall...
Birthright Protesters Are Accomplices in Palestinian Authority and Hamas Inhumanity
JNS.org - In a now-viral video, five American girls staged a walkout on the final day of their trip to Israel courtesy of Birthright, a not-for-profit educational...
Jewish Voice for Peace Ramps up Attacks on Israel With Support of Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Two efforts to erode American support for Israel have been launched over the last six months by the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) with financial backing from the...
Birthright Fostered My Optimism Following Harrowing UN Security Council Vote
JNS.org -- Two days into my first Taglit-Birthright Israel trip, during which I led a group of 40 Americans around Israel, I heard the news of...
First-Ever Deaf Director of Hillel Aims to Enable Hard-of-Hearing Students to Embrace Their Jewish Identity
The first ever Deaf director of the branch for the Deaf of the campus Jewish organization Hillel said he is aiming to solve the "huge problem"...
Cousins Meet for First Time on Immigration Flight to Israel
A pair of cousins met for the first time on Tuesday -- on an aliyah flight to Israel. Third cousins David Weitzman and Jacob Roshgadol found...
Quiet Campus Watchdog Group Releases Report on ‘Antisemitic, Anti-Israel Activity’ at U of South Florida
A group that quietly documents antisemitic and anti-Israel activity on campuses released a new report on Monday, The Algemeiner has learned. Canary Mission released its findings on the...
Watchdog: Anti-Israel Activity at American Universities Fuels Antisemitism on Campus
A new report by a watchdog group has found the “first hard evidence” demonstrating that anti-Israel activity at universities is “at the heart of the rise in...
