Do you have a great story to tell about your Taglit-Birthright Israel trip? What about your experience after the trip? Did you meet your future spouse in Israel? Have a poignant thought to share?
Ghana NEXT Seder
My friend Mohammed and I slipped off our sandals and ducked into the chief's palace, a mud hut like the others in Gushei, our small village in northern Ghana. Chief sat on an animal skin, his elders around him. Mohammed and I moved through the formalities, offering greetings and the traditional gift of kola nuts.
The Wall That Brought Down My Wall
From Christmas to Passover and everything in between, my parents, brother, and I celebrated the whole gamut of holidays while I was growing up.
An Agnostic in Israel
This story was originally published on BraveNewTraveler.com
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/10/28/holy-war-how-conflict-shapes-the-culture-of-israel
Bullet Holes and Bar Mitzvahs
How a Bar Mitzvah and a four-year-old I never met completely changed my outlook on Israel.
Beyond 10 Days
It wasn't just a 10-day trip. It changed my life.
Israel Journal
Read Rachel's Journal from her Birthright Israel trip.
Rachel was on The Real World: Austin and the Gauntlet III
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So, as I sit on the other side of the prime meridian in a computer room in the centre of a kibbutz, a cricket stuck behind the desk continues to...well, cricket.
Third Place: Fall 2007 Essay/Poem Contest
Corie Leifer
I participated in an Outdoor Adventure trip planned by Hillel and Taglit Birthright on bus 651. Israel was amazing.
Second Place: Fall 2007 Essay/Photo Contest
The Kotel on Shabbes
The Kotel on Shabbes
I am thirsty in Jerusalem.
I have a cold and the water in the faucets tastes like pebbles and rooms that have been empty for too long.
Third Place Winner: Fall 2007 Essay/Photo Contest
David Basior
Hope has been co-opted. They stole it from us. We talk about hope while it's sung in the name of a nation. And its interests.
Third Place: Fall 2007 Essay/Poem Contest
Questions, Debate, Discussion
Questions, Debate, Discussion
I thought that visiting Israel would answer all my questions.
That I'd go and come back more complete, more resolved
Fall 2007 Essay/Poem Contest Entry
Alumnus Story: 'Sopranos' star on Birthright discovers her Jewish spirit
"Everyone assumes I'm Italian," says Jamie Lynn Sigler, 26, with a sigh, pausing over her hummus lunch at the open-air market in Jaffa, one of the stops on her birthright israel tour. "Even kids on the trip keep asking, 'Are you Jewish?'
Do you have a great story to tell about your Taglit-Birthright Israel trip? What about your experience after the trip? Did you meet your future spouse in Israel? Have a poignant thought to share?
