Litt was honored during a multi-day celebration of Birthright Israel’s 25th anniversary earlier this month in New York. Birthright Israel and its supporting foundation fund 10-day trips for young ...

What distinguishes different types of Jewish identity? Do participants with different types of Jewish identity vary in their views of the Birthright experience? Does Birthright influence participants ...

Jewish Cornellians have a free travel opportunity to explore Israel on a 10-day trip organized through Birthright Israel and Cornell Hillel. Birthright Israel is dedicated to sending Jewish young ...

Since Birthright Israel's inception in 1999, CMJS has been conducting rigorous research to evaluate the program and learn about its impact on Jewish young adults. CMJS’s research program on Birthright ...

More than 800 young adults from metropolitan Chicago are traveling to Israel with Taglit-Birthright Israel this winter. They’re exploring the history, culture, land, and treasures of Israel with their ...

In June, I was one of 1,500 young Americans evacuated from Israel to Cyprus. Our ship, the Crown Iris, departed from Ashdod, a port city between Tel Aviv and the Gaza Strip. Thirty-seven miles south, ...

When tensions around the Gaza Strip were beginning to ignite in late December, I was safely following the conflict from my television screen, thousands of miles away in New Jersey. The dramatic shots ...