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Brandon Farbstein spending time on a Washington DC hiking trail in 2019. He dedicated his professional career to advocating on behalf of others who are disabled. (Courtesy)
July 19, 2023, 6:57 am
Disability advocate tours Israel on Segway as part of outdoor-focused Birthright trip
Author and public speaker Brandon Farbstein, who has a rare form of dwarfism, says there is ‘much room for improvement’ in Israel when it comes to accessibility for disabled people
By Charlie Summers
A Birthright Israel group exploring the desert. (Sarah Kornbluh)
March 19, 2023, 9:49 am
Birthright Israel set to announce five-year ‘greening’ process
Organization will integrate environmental content and activities into Israel visits, thanks to ‘transformational gift’ in honor of Birthright co-founder Charles Bronfman
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Taglit Birthright participants visit at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 18, 2014. (Flash90)
November 21, 2022, 6:36 pm
Birthright to cut up to a third of its free trips to Israel for young Jews
CEO Gidi Mark says decision made due to ‘significant cost increases’ in programming, barring a ‘major immediate increase in fundraising’
By Andrew Lapin
TikTok influencer Montana Tucker (right) with her mother at the former German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland (courtesy)
November 7, 2022, 1:14 am
TikTok influencer Montana Tucker makes Holocaust docu-series for Gen Z
After losing thousands of followers for posting about her family’s Holocaust story, social media star Montana Tucker pushes back against haters with ‘How to: Never Forget’ series
By Matt Lebovic
Christian tourists in Israel through the 'Passages' program pose for a selfie on Jerusalem's Haas Promenade overlooking the capital's Old City, in an undated photograph. (Mattanah DeWitt/Passages)
July 1, 2022, 2:20 pm
Christian group resumes bringing students to Israel on Birthright-style trips
Hundreds of young Christians set to visit the Holy Land over the summer, after two years without tours due to COVID
By Charlie Summers
Participants in Canada Israel Experience's LGBTQ Birthright Israel trip in Tel Aviv during Pride (courtesy)
June 5, 2022, 4:29 am
Double mitzva? Birthright’s gay participants embrace Jewish, queer identities  
Once jokingly dubbed ‘Jewish baby-makers,’ Birthright Israel trips have evolved to ‘respect diversity’ among young Jews, say staff and participants
By Matt Lebovic
Lt. Gen. Michael E. Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 8, 2022, to be general and commander of the US Central Command. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
April 27, 2022, 10:55 am
New US Armed Forces rules forbid soldiers from non-official travel to Israel, region
2021 updates to CENTCOM regulations regarding vacation travel prevent participation in Birthright, holidays in Israel; spokeswoman insists changes entirely COVID-related
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: Birthright Israel participants visiting Yad Vashem, summer 2012 (JTA/Taglit-Birthright Israel participants taken with permission inside Yad Vashem)
March 9, 2022, 9:31 am
Birthright Israel to lower its age limit back to 26
The decision to refocus on college undergraduates and graduate students comes amid pressure on the organization’s sustainability and model
By Andrew Lapin
Ukrainian Jews visit Jerusalem as part of a Birthright Israel program in February 2022. (Birthright Israel)
February 24, 2022, 10:23 pm
26 young Ukrainian Jews visiting Israel stranded as Russia invades their country
Birthright Israel says it is putting the youths up at a hotel until they decide whether to stay longer or try to return home through Poland
By Judah Ari Gross
The caves of Tel Maresha at Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park in central Israel were declared a World Heritage by UNESCO in 2014. Tourists visit the caves and some join the excavation as volunteers for a day. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
January 25, 2022, 7:58 pm
Michael Steinhardt allegedly looted the same caves his donations help to preserve
Links between the Heliodorus Stele, Birthright Israel, and accused billionaire illuminate just how complicated a relationship Israel has with the megadonor philanthropist
By Asaf Shalev
Jewish youth from across the world attend the main annual Taglit-Birthright event at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
December 15, 2021, 7:16 pm
Birthright groups reportedly given exemption from Israel’s tourist ban
Groups classified as ‘Jewish tourism’ allowed to circumvent ban on foreign entry, but will still be required to undergo three-day quarantine upon arrival
By ToI Staff
Jewish youth from across the world attend the main annual Taglit-Birthright event at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
September 4, 2021, 6:40 am
Birthright trips to resume in October without quarantines for the vaccinated
Tours will likely restart on October 3; visitors will still need to take PCR and serological tests
By Gabe Friedman
Illustrative: Taglit Birthright participants visit at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 18, 2014. (Flash90)
August 10, 2021, 8:18 am
Birthright cancels dozens of trips to Israel due to new quarantine rules
Organization that brings young Jews to Israel for free shelves 42 of its 10-day visits planned for the summer after government orders all arrivals from US to isolate for a week
By JTA and ToI Staff
Participants in the first post-COVID Birthright Israel trip, after landing in Israel after a year-long hiatus for the organization, on May 24, 2021. (Erez Uzir/Courtesy)
May 24, 2021, 11:31 pm
In sign of pandemic’s waning, first Birthright trip in a year lands in Israel
Dozens of trips for vaccinated participants are planned for the coming months
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, seen in a video from Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, where he was senior rabbi from 1985 to 1996. (Screen shot from Vimeo via JTA)
May 1, 2021, 10:33 am
Questions over alleged coverup of sex abuse claims against US Reform rabbi
NY’s Central Synagogue investigating allegations against former rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, wants to know why Central Conference of American Rabbis appeared to hide prior accusations
By JTA
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