Summer Season Begins!

There will be 23,000 participants from 25 different countries arriving throughout the summer 2012 season.


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250 U.S. Participants Welcomed to Israel by IDF Soldiers and Drum Circle
"It felt like everyone wanted me to be here."

airport, landingSix groups of exhausted Birthright Israel participants walked out of the Ben Gurion Airport arrivals terminal to the sound of beating drums, singing IDF soldiers and the welcoming call of the Shofar being blown, as the summer 2012 season kicks into full swing.

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Bradley Chalupski, skeleton sled racer 

Bradley Chalupski: Representing Israel in Skeleton Sled

 

I competed for the U.S. Skeleton Development Program, and since I was Jewish, I was also approached to represent Israel. Until that point, I had never given any thought to what role Judaism played in my life.
And that is where Birthright Israel came in.

 

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“Birthright On Overdrive”


Birthright Excel program profiled in The Jewish Week

A new program coordinates high-powered internships in Israel for a carefully selected cohort pursuing careers in business and/or technology.


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Taglit-Birthright Israel provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26 in order to strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people. More
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