November 16, 2023
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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November 15, 2023
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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November 8, 2023
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, Birthright Israel Foundation donors Cathy Selig Kuranoff and Steve Kuranoff, along with co-chairs Amy and Bryan Lewis, hosted a beautiful evening for Birthright Israel. The night was a true reminder of Atlanta's passion for Israel and its dedication to Birthright Israel Foundation. MAKE A GIFT NOW Guests enjoyed hearing how Birthright Israel unequivocally shaped Eden...
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November 7, 2023
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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November 3, 2023
On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, donors and alums of Birthright Israel Foundation gathered in Miami for an evening of solidarity and hope for Israel. The evening was co-chaired by Carolyn & Melvyn Miller, Marla & David Susser, and Debi & Jeffrey Wechsler. The program opened with touching remarks from former IDF Air Force Pilot Shaked Rogovsky and his wife Karin,...
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November 2, 2023
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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November 2, 2023
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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November 2, 2023
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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October 31, 2023
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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October 25, 2023
Following the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on October 7, Birthright Israel Foundation has been in continuous communication with our alums. We are assisting them in navigating misinformation, antisemitism, and anti-Israel sentiment that is prevalent on social media and college campuses. The larger Jewish community is privileged to have an active network of our alums who are leveraging their social...
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