All readers can browse the comments, and all Forward subscribers can add to the conversation. Ascend Mount Arbel for a magnificent view. Miriam Adelson: “We heard about Birthright when we were looking to invest in projects that are significant for the Jewish people.

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Both Wise and Rubel will be devoting themselves full time to the new initiative. A spokesman for the Democratic candidate for Georgia's Senate seat said Rev. Jewish preschools, day schools, win book grants from author James Patterson. Sign up today. Please Note: This trip is run for groups  ages 22 to 32. JNS is providing more and more readers with a welcome alternative and an ideological home. I told her that by being here for 10 days, she was reinforcing her connection with her roots, family and people. You'll get the authentic Birthright Israel trip experience, plus the added bonus of having your favorite person along for the ride! By the time that I had amassed enough money to send my father to Israel, he said that he was too old and ill. That is why, when Miri and I heard about Birthright’s waiting list, we decided we to make sure that these young people would not have to experience what my father did, that they would not have to grow old regretting that they never visited Israel.”, Miriam: “These visits have shown to have an impact on Jewish continuity.

While Democrats continued to win the lion’s share of Jewish votes in 2020, some experts see a trend towards greater support for Republicans. Participating in this inaugural trip are 20 couples from Los Angeles and another 20 from Phoenix. King David-era fort unearthed in Golan Heights. When you’re ready to talk, we’ll be here and ready to listen. We’ve built a medical school at Ariel University, the Entrepreneurship School at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and many more ventures. “I would have liked to reach 80,000 participants every year. I would have given him more!’, “Later, we heard from [American philanthropist] Michael Steinhardt that 10,000 young people register for Birthright’s waiting list every year, and that they are waitlisted because there is not enough money to send every person who registers. I said, ‘Now that you have been here, you will forever have a warm place for Israel in your heart. Having undergone a lung transplant in 2017, he was at high risk of complications from the respiratory disease. A man who exemplified what it meant to be a Jewish leader. Please help! Copyright ©2020The Forward Association, Inc.All rights reserved.