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Birthright: A monumental moment

The opportunity to celebrate Shabbat with this large group of 45, allowed my heart to sing with joy. I have always enjoyed Shabbat dinners but this was by far the best. Singing, banging on the tables and staying up late with these people I have developed such a strong bond with over the last…

Birthright: A flood of memories

In 2008,  I had the privilege of visiting Tzvat while participating in the March of the living. This week on Friday, June 17 I had the opportunity to return. The minute I started to walk down the set of stairs to the town, my memories came flooding back. Although I had only been there once …

Birthright: Through a different lens

When birthright changed their acceptance guidelines from only accepting applications from people who had never been on an organized trip to Israel, to allowing those to return once again, I called Heather immediately and said we have to go back to Israel!

We both went to the same Jewish hig…

Birthright: Tel-Aviv - Jared Polikoff and Alicia Sheinkin

10 days in a completely different world where we come from.    

Israel. That is the connection everyone has on birthright. Jewish identity. That is something that birthright participants come to find on this trip and explore on a deeper level. About two-thirds of the trip has passed, and …

Birthright July Delegation 7.19.15

7.19.15

 

    Waking up this morning in Tiberius I knew it was going to be an extremely tough day, it was officially the last day of this amazing journey through Israel with so many new friends and even more memories. Day Ten of wandering through old cities, shucks (markets in Hebrew),…