(JNS) This week, 2,500 Birthright Israel alumni and friends gathered in Odessa, Ukraine, as part of the largest Birthright Israel event ever to take place outside of Israel. Once home to Revolutionary Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky, and poet and thinker Chaim Bialik, Odessa h … [Read more...] about 2,500 Attend Birthright Israel Mega-Event in Ukraine
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Mal’s Birthright
By Barb Gelb Five years ago I married a man with an 18 year old daughter, Mallory, with Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic condition that causes a range of developmental problems including learning disabilities and cognitive impairment. In the 13 years that I have been involved … [Read more...] about Mal’s Birthright
Overcoming Challenges, Wheelchair User Joins ASL Birthright Trip
By Selah Maya Zighelboim Hillel International has offered a Taglit-Birthright trip for American Sign Language users for more than 15 years. As with other trips, the participants visit Yad Vashem, explore Machane Yehuda and ride camels. The trip also goes beyond the more … [Read more...] about Overcoming Challenges, Wheelchair User Joins ASL Birthright Trip
The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel on Participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Germeny
The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies has released The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel on Participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Germany. The study focuses on two groups of Birthright Israel participants: first, those from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and … [Read more...] about The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel on Participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Germeny
How to Rebalance the Jewish Ecosystem
By Rachel Raz In 2018, my daughter helped lead two Birthright trips from the USA to Israel. When she returned from the first one, on our way back from the airport I asked her if anything surprised her in this experience. She thought for a minute and said that when they … [Read more...] about How to Rebalance the Jewish Ecosystem
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