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Tag Archives: Birthright
Here’s a Birthright Trip Michael Chabon could get behind
JERUSALEM POST Left-wing NGO crashes Birthright group to spread ‘anti-Occupation’ info by Jeremy Sharon June 28, 2018 A group of five activists from the far-left IfNotNow Jewish organization infiltrated a Birthright group currently in Israel this week, and offered a tour … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Birthright, IfNotNow, Not Just a Free Trip, Taglit-Birthright
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JFK Airport ambush on Birthright participants to deliver IfNotNow’s “simplistic narrative that Israel is wholly responsible for anything bad that happens to the Palestinians”
JNS IfNotNow accosts Taglit Birthright groups at New York airport by Eliana Rudee June 20, 2018 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Birthright, CAMERA, IfNotNow, Taglit-Birthright
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Birthright expands program to age 32
WALL STREET JOURNAL Birthright Israel Raises Eligibility Age to 32 By Ian Lovett December 6, 2017 Birthright Israel, the organization that sends young Jews on free trips to Israel, will raise the age of eligibility to 32 from 26, widening … Continue reading
The Reform Movement and Birthright Trips
JEWISH PRESS Birthright Drops Reform Program, Claims Kids Prefer Orthodox Tours by JNi.Media November 27, 2017 The Reform movement is no longer certified as a trip provider for Birthright, according to a Judy Maltz report in Haaretz Sunday (How Orthodox … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthright, Reform Judaism, Reform Movement, Rick Jacobs, Taglit-Birthright
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At University of Illinois, “Students advocate violence as the “only option” against Zionists and other “fascists”
FRONT PAGE MAG A Smash Zionists Rally at the U of Illinois by Matthew Vaddum September 8, 2017 The radical Students for Justice in Palestine organized a “Smash Fascism” rally this week at the University of Illinois to attack Zionism … Continue reading
Birthright trip saves life
ISRAEL HAYOM Taglit participant saved at last minute after brain aneurysm by Yori Yalon July 24, 2017 Kimberly Winkler, a University of Minnesota student from the Dominican Republic, owes her life to the staff at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Birthright, Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, Taglit, Taglit-Birthright
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Could this be the reason anti-Zionism flourishes in the Jewish community?
TIMES OF ISRAEL Most Birthright applicants functionally illiterate about Israel by Amanda Borschel-Dan November 27, 2015 A new Brandeis University study finds that among surveyed Birthright candidates, over 50% couldn’t correctly answer even half of the basic questions requiring minimal … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Birthright, Brandeis University, Zionism
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A year on, California soldier’s death in Gaza binds his US family to Israel
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Mitch Ginsberg July 20, 2015 Evie Steinberg, who came to the holy land for the first time to bury her son, Sgt. Max Steinberg, now ‘dreads going home’ One year ago, after midnight on July 20, … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthright, California, Encino, Gaza, Max Steinberg, Mount Herzl, Operation Protective Edge, Taglit-Birthright
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Lower the Age for Birthright Israel to Build a Pro-Israel Army on Campus
ALGEMEINER by Robert Lappin July 2, 2015 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 army of college students, dubbed “Campus Maccabees,” is … Continue reading
Young couples, many intermarried, get Birthright-style ‘honeymoons’ in Israel
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Ben Sales June 5, 2015 Acknowledging climbing rates of intermarriage, subsidized trips ‘to see Israel in all its complexity’ only require one Jewish partner Jay and Mikelle sat next to each other on the bus as … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthright, honeymoons, Intermarriage, intermarried
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