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Trip Highlights

August 17, 2018

Galilee: Discovering the Lush, Mountainous Green of Israel

by Birthright Israel Foundation

When Birthright Israel participants travel to Israel, many imagine they will spend 10 days in a desert. While they are partly right, they are astonished to discover Israel’s amazing landscape is as diverse as its people. Let's learn more about the Galilee. In Israel’s northern region, pastoral green valleys and mountains define the area of Galilee. Participants have the opportunity...

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Alums Trip Highlights

August 2, 2018

A Granddaughter's Understanding

by Sara Greenberg

From an early age, I knew Israel was an important place. My mother’s parents had both survived the Holocaust. After World War II, my grandfather, a survivor of Auschwitz, volunteered in a displaced persons camp in Germany helping other Jewish refugees get to British-controlled Palestine. While my grandfather hoped to also emigrate to Eretz Yisrael, his one surviving family member...

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Alums Trip Highlights

July 10, 2018

Welcome To Your Ordinary Birthright Experience!

by Oz Isseroff

A staff member observes how Birthright's Special Needs trips...aren't especially different from any other. Ben Gurion Airport, early in the morning, a group of young Canadian or American Jews ​get off the air-conditioned ​air​plane straight into the​ hot​ Mediterranean climate, tired after a long flight, on their faces ​a mixture of pressure and excitement ​is evident​. They place their suitcases...

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Alums Trip Highlights

July 5, 2018

Philly Faces: Birthright Trip Inspired Career

by Selah Maya Zighelboim

At Adath Israel, a typical day doesn’t really exist, Julia Campbell said. Campbell has worked as the program and marketing coordinator at Adath Israel for just over a year. At the Merion Station synagogue, you can find the 25-year-old organizing events, meeting with staff, communicating with congregants and, right now, planning for the High Holidays, in addition to many other...

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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 Trip Highlights

May 22, 2018

A Hamsa Keychain Changed My Life

by Ilana Fromm , Birthright Israel Alumna

Four years ago, I boarded a plane to take a journey with Birthright Israel. I had very few expectations. As a senior in college, the past President of a national Jewish sorority, and a member of the Chabad Student Board, I was confident in my Jewish identity. I was raised in a strong Jewish community, attended Hebrew School twice a...

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Alums Trip Highlights

May 17, 2018

Getting Back to My Roots

by Nikita Rotin , Birthright Israel Alumna

When I turned 16, my father told me I was Jewish. This isn’t uncommon in Russia, where I was born and raised. Many people discover their Jewish roots later in life. But I just didn’t think I’d be one of them. I spent the next few weeks poring over family documents – birth certificates, passports, letters. They reaffirmed the story...

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