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Sunday, March 8, 2020
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Sunday, March 8, 2020
Birthright cancels remaining winter trips over coronavirus
Taglit-Birthright has announced it is canceling trips to Israel in the short term “out of an abundance of caution due to coronavirus concerns.”
The group, which brings Jewish young adults on trips to Israel, says the decision will only affect a small number of people scheduled to go on trips.
Illustrative: A group of American Birthright tourists visits the dead sea on July 10, 2015. (Matt Hechter/Flash90)
It says 500 people from the US, Germany and the former Soviet Union have had their trips called off.
“We look forward to restarting trips for summer season in May and will be staying in close contact with the Israel Ministry of Health,” the group says in a statement.
