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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Mark Your Calendars!

Registration for Winter 2013 trips begins in September

Pre-registration for past applicant from the U.S. or Canada will be held on September 10th at 12:00pm ET. You must log in with the user name (email) and password with which you previously registered.
Full registration for Winter 2013 trips from the U.S. and Canada will open on September 12th at 10:00 am ET.


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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The Charles Bronfman Prize 2012

 

Eric Greitens, founder and CEO of The Mission Continues, which
challenges post-9/11 veterans to build lives of purpose - strengthening
individuals and communities while changing the national conversation about
returning service veterans - is the 2012 recipient of The Charles Bronfman Prize.

For more details, visit www.thecharlesbronfmanprize.com.  

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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