There will be 23,000 participants from 25 different countries arriving throughout the summer 2012 season.
250 U.S. Participants Welcomed to Israel by IDF Soldiers and Drum Circle
"It felt like everyone wanted me to be here."
Six
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.
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.
Continue your journey with NEXT: A Division of the Birthright Israel Foundation....
Shart Your Weekend Your Way More than 16,000 Birthright Israel alumni have hosted Shabbat meals in their homes with NEXT Shabbat. Host a meal for your friends and NEXT will help pick up the tab. Learn more!
Learn Hebrew on your iPhone
HebrewNEXT, the free iPhone app from NEXT, offers translations and audio pronunciations of common Hebrew words and phrases! Perfect for your trip to Israel. Download it here.
Connect Locally
Find great events, networking opportunities, and ways to hang out with other Birthright Israel participants in your city through NEXT's regional newsletters. Subscribe to a newsletter here, or check out your region's most recent newsletter on our homepage.
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.
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.
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Six
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. 
