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Alums Leadership & Supporters

November 8, 2018

Birthright Israel Celebrates 18 Years at the JFNA GA

by Birthright Israel Foundation

On Tuesday, October 23rd Birthright Israel and Birthright Israel Foundation hosted an afterparty at the 2018 JFNA GA in Tel Aviv, Israel to celebrate our 18th Anniversary and the overall success of the program. We raised our glasses and had a huge l’chaim with a crowd of over 150 Federation professionals, current Birthright Israel participants, alumni, donors, board members and...

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Alums Leadership & Supporters Trip Highlights

October 26, 2018

Birthright Israel is Crucial to Keeping Judaism Alive

by Leah Graff , Birthright Israel Alumna & Staff

This is why I became a Birthright group leader. I remember every second of my first Birthright Israel trip. I’ve never felt that connected to anything in my life. Everywhere we went, everything I saw and did, I felt like I was meant to be there. I think it’s because it’s the land of my people. I didn’t expect to...

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Holidays Leadership & Supporters

August 28, 2018

A Time to Re-member

by Dr. Zohar Raviv , International VP of Education, Birthright Israel

As we embark on this month of Jewish holidays, starting a New Year of an ancient people, I am honored to share with you a few thoughts. Our collective Jewish narrative arguably revolves around that seminal moment at Mt. Sinai, wherein a pulse of the divine merged with the human, infusing an eternal ethical backbone to govern mankind’s life on...

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Events Leadership & Supporters Trip Highlights

July 1, 2018

Highlights: Our 18th Anniversary Mission to Israel

by Birthright Israel Foundation

From June 24–28, 2018, we hosted our 18th Anniversary Mission to Israel and were joined by over 80 supporters who got to see, feel and experience the once-in-a-lifetime educational journey of Birthright Israel. The Mission kicked off with a Havdalah ceremony on the balcony of the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The following days were filled...

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Alums Leadership & Supporters

June 27, 2018

Birthright Israel: Challenging Beliefs & Developing Foundations

by Haley Pogachefsky , Birthright Israel Alumna

During my time at Tufts University, I spent months considering whether or not to participate in a Birthright Israel trip. In weighing my decision, I decided that if I were ever to do Birthright I wanted my trip to be through an institution I knew would respect all sides of the geopolitical issue at play. As a recent graduate, the...

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Leadership & Supporters

June 22, 2018

Birthright at 30? Organization Pilots Travel Experience for Older (Young) Adults

by Maayan Hoffman

Some 2,000 young adults who thought they had missed the chance to travel on Taglit-Birthright Israel when they turned 27 – the regular program is for individuals 18 to 26 – are getting a chance to experience the touted 10-day free trip to Israel. This summer, and again in October and November, Birthright is piloting a series of trips for...

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Leadership & Supporters

June 8, 2018

An Investment in the Future of the Jewish People

by Israel "Izzy" Tapoohi , President & CEO, Birthright Israel Foundation

A year and a half ago I joined Birthright Israel Foundation as President & CEO. With me I brought a lifetime of business experience and an intense passion for the Jewish people and the State of Israel. In Israel, I saw the Birthright Israel program all over the country as buses drove by on the highway, logos were placed in...

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Leadership & Supporters

May 21, 2018

Millennial Jews are not Distancing Themselves from Israel, Quite the Contrary

by Gidi Mark , Birthright Israel International CEO

News stories have warned us of an unprecedented distancing between Israeli and North American Jewry. The recent decision of actress Natalie Portman to turn down the Genesis Prize – an award that celebrates Jewish achievement and contributions to humanity – has only exacerbated these fears. It seems that each side doesn’t fully grasp the difficulties the other is facing, and...

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Events Leadership & Supporters

April 16, 2018

Our 18th Anniversary Gala Honoring Dr. Miriam & Sheldon Adelson

by Birthright Israel Foundation

On the evening of Sunday, April 15, 2018, in the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, we celebrated the extraordinary philanthropy of Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson, recipients of the Guardians of the Jewish Future Award. On this very special occasion, we also heard from our Founders and leaders from the Birthright Israel family, all who beautifully articulated the...

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