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Video: How Young Jewish Adults Are Assisting Food Rescue Operations in Israel
Alums Trip Highlights

November 21, 2023

Video: How Young Jewish Adults Are Assisting Food Rescue Operations in Israel

by Birthright Israel Foundation

Birthright Israel Onward launched a volunteer program, the first of its kind, to assist Israel's food rescue operations during the Israel-Hamas war. Young Jewish adults, ages 18-40, are volunteering for two-week periods on Israeli farms and in agriculture centers. Within the first two weeks of launching the program, thousands of young Jewish adults applied. Many of the applicants are Birthright...

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Birthright Israel Taught Me About Jewish Unity and Connection
Alums Trip Highlights

November 20, 2023

Birthright Israel Taught Me About Jewish Unity and Connection

by Jared Stone , Birthright Israel Alum

Just a few months ago I was in Israel for the semester during a fraught time in Israeli history with the democratic debate and protests surrounding judicial reform. You see, participating in Birthright Israel inspired me to live and study in a Jewish environment that met how I identify with Judaism: an Israel that is bright, boisterous, and confident. Birthright...

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Alums Events Leadership & Supporters

November 16, 2023

Video: Energized Birthright Israel Alums at the March for Israel

by Birthright Israel Foundation

On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the Jewish community in the US had a monumental display of support for Israel. The March for Israel, the nation's largest pro-Israel rally, was organized with the firm conviction to remind the world about the kidnapped hostages and to confront antisemitism head-on. An impressive crowd of nearly 300,000 individuals convened at Washington, DC's National Mall,...

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Visiting Sites of the October 7th Massacre: A Personal Reflection
Alums Leadership & Supporters

November 16, 2023

Visiting Sites of the October 7th Massacre: A Personal Reflection

by Benji Davis

I've participated in and staffed dozens of trips and missions to Israel. This last one — a Birthright Israel Solidarity Mission that I staffed as part of my work as Israel Liaison for Birthright Israel Foundation — was the most meaningful of them all. We visited the South of Israel on the Gaza Border Region, which is today a closed...

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International Leadership Join Solidarity Mission to Israel
Alums Events Leadership & Supporters

November 15, 2023

International Leadership Join Solidarity Mission to Israel

by Birthright Israel Foundation

Birthright Israel hosted a life-changing Solidarity Mission from November 6-8, 2023, bringing together 18 community leaders and supporters from the Birthright Israel family across six countries: the United States, France, Mexico, Uruguay, Canada, and Italy. It was an incredibly special and unique experience for those who participated. The Mission began with a warm welcome from Gidi Mark, CEO of Birthright...

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Birthright Israel Invites Alumni to Volunteer in Harvesting Abandoned Fields
Alums Trip Highlights

November 7, 2023

Birthright Israel Invites Alumni to Volunteer in Harvesting Abandoned Fields

by Matt Lebovic

NEW YORK — After sending 850,000 Diaspora young adults on free educational trips to the Jewish state, Taglit-Birthright Israel has invited alumni to return to Israel in order to harvest crops in the country’s center, the organization announced Monday. With the infrastructure to register masses of volunteers already in place, Birthright is recruiting alum for kibbutzim and moshavim in need...

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Physician Alums Volunteer with Magen David Adom in Israel
Alums Trip Highlights

November 2, 2023

Physician Alums Volunteer with Magen David Adom in Israel

by Birthright Israel Foundation

Birthright Israel alums have been standing up for the Jewish community and showing their solidarity with Israel in many ways. It was no surprise to us to learn that when Magen David Adom Israel sought volunteers from the United States to assist with the war in Israel and help best equip the country’s needs through IL-USDocAID, that three out of...

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Birthright Israel Alum Eve Karlin Hosts 'Strength for Israel' Raising $20K
Alums Leadership & Supporters

November 2, 2023

Birthright Israel Alum Eve Karlin Hosts 'Strength for Israel' Raising $20K

by Birthright Israel Foundation

Eve Karlin, a resident of Los Angeles, Birthright Israel alum, and multi-time trip staffer felt compelled to help Israel following the October 7th terrorist attack. As a personal trainer in the Los Angeles area, Eve wanted to use her skills and network to make an immediate impact in Israel. After speaking with many Israelis, whom she met through her various...

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Birthright Israel Alum Teddy Raskin Launches Nonprofit to Support Israel with Tal Ben-Maimon
Alums Leadership & Supporters

November 2, 2023

Birthright Israel Alum Teddy Raskin Launches Nonprofit to Support Israel with Tal Ben-Maimon

by Birthright Israel Foundation

Teddy Raskin, a Birthright Israel alum and trip staffer along, is a co-founder of Worldwide Friends Foundation, a 501c3 uniquely positioned to efficiently and effectively deliver humanitarian aid and protective tactical gear as worldwide crises arise. After the attacks on October 7th Teddy, along with his other co-founders, quickly launched Israel Friends, operating under Worldwide Friends, and is committed to...

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US Leading Universities Have Abandoned a Core American Value: "To Bigotry No Sanction; to Persecution No Assistance" and They Must Stop
Alums Leadership & Supporters

October 31, 2023

US Leading Universities Have Abandoned a Core American Value: "To Bigotry No Sanction; to Persecution No Assistance" and They Must Stop

by Birthright Israel Foundation

Recent events at leading universities are shameful dismissal and abandonment of the core American value: 'that the Government of the United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance." Once centers for intellectual honesty, reflective discourse, freedom of thought, human dignity, and unwavering moral clarity, some of America's most revered academic institutions have now shown themselves as hotbeds...

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