Search results for: Birthright Israel

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Aboard the Asperger’s Birthright Bus, a Quirky ‘Mishpocha’
Authors: Steinberg Jessica
Jessica Steinberg writes about the special Birthright 2012-2013 winter season Bus No.195 with 20 participants with Asperger’s Syndrome, now known as the “Mishpocha”, a project of Shorashim/KOACH, the college organization run by the Conservative Movement.
Published: 2013
Updated: Jan. 15, 2013
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Back on the Wings Of Eagles - Samai to Ethiopia
Authors: Shmulovich Michal
Michal Shmulowitz writes about a Jewish Agency-affiliated pilot program, Samai (“the sky” or “listen to me” in Amharic), that brought 15 Israeli-Ethiopian teens on a visit to their ancestral homeland earlier this month. They were a light-hearted, polite, and often hilarious group of 16 to 18-year-olds, many of them Orthodox, from all corners of Israel.
Published: 2012
Updated: Jan. 15, 2013
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Another 10 Days in Reverse: Bringing (More) Israelis to the U.S.
Authors: Langsner Jason
Jason Lansner writes how in Washington, DC, the Birthright Israel alumni community was reunited in October 2012 through the Reverse Mifgash – a program offering ten days of social, educational, cultural and religious programming for Israeli and American alumni of DC Community Taglit-Birthright Israel Trips sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
Published: 2012
Updated: Nov. 06, 2012