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Birthright

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Posted inOpinion

We backed Birthright. Now it’s time for more big ideas for a post-Oct. 7 world.

by Jeffrey Solomon and Charles Bronfman February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

(JTA) — For more than two decades we have sat across the same tables — in Jerusalem conference rooms, Montreal board meetings, New York offices and plenty of late-night conversations […]

people enter cruise ship
Posted inIsrael

Birthright’s odyssey: 1,500 tourists sail to Cyprus as Israel-Iran war unfolds

by Grace Gilson June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
Miriam Adelson poses with her husband Sheldon Adleson and Donald Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit 2019 in Hollywood, Florida, Dec. 7, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mandel Ngan-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Miriam Adelson slashed her philanthropy as casinos closed due to Covid. Now, her business empire is recuperating.

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
Protesters dressed as oppressed women from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" at a protest against the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2023

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 18, 2023July 19, 2023
Participants on a recent Birthright Israel addiction recovery trip dance in the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo/RNS-Courtesy Israel Free Spirit)
Posted inNews

This Birthright trip brings Jews in addiction recovery to Israel

Michele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Michele Chabin and RNS August 15, 2022
Birthright Israel participants at the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve in Israel. (Photo/Melanie Fidler-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Birthright Israel to lower its age limit back to 26

by Andrew Lapin and JTA March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
Stanford University students in Jerusalem on a Birthright Israel trip in 2017.
Posted inNews

Omicron variant scuttles major Stanford Israel trip as borders close 

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 7, 2021December 7, 2021
Birthright Israel participants at the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve in Israel. (Photo/Melanie Fidler-Flash90)
Posted inNews

After summer trips canceled, Birthright back in fall for the vaxxed

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA September 8, 2021
Stanford University students in Jerusalem on a Birthright Israel trip in 2017.
Posted inNews

Citing new quarantine rules, Birthright cancels remaining summer trips to Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
Joe Biden, then vice president, speaks at the AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference on March 20, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Molly Riley-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

As Gaza conflict escalates, Pew drops new data on American Jewish views of Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA May 13, 2021

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