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 US SEN. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives for a news conference on legislation that would have blocked offensive US weapons sales to Israel, at the Capitol, last week.

The impact of first impressions: How early Israel experiences shape leaders’ views

By SHARON LINDENBAUM
Photos of summer participants

Despite war, 13,679 young Jewish adults visited Israel with Birthright this summer

The writer enjoys a sunrise at the peak of Masada.

Fear does not prevail: Birthright Israel continues amid war

By MELINDA HARTZ
Birthright Israel participants.

Birthright Israel set to hit Israel this summer with 13,500 participants

 Participants of Taglit Birthright float in the Dead Sea during their 10-day tour of Israel

Birthright parents: How I learned to stop worrying and embrace my kid’s wartime trip to Israel

By Elana Sztokman/JTA
 RESEARCH HAS shown for years that no other immersive, relatively short experience is as impactful for students as a group experience in Israel, says the writer.

Group trips to Israel are a rare experience for Jewish students

By GIDI MARK
 THE INSTALLATION on the site of the Supernova music festival in December.

Teaching Israel in the wake of October 7

By HOWARD BLAS
 The writer joins a Birthright Israel group to hear firsthand about their experiences in Israel.

Israel is a beacon for young Jews

By ELIAS SARATOVSKY
 Gidi Mark, CEO of Birthright Israel

Celebrating Birthright's return to Israel post-October 7 - comment

Volunteers work a farm in Israel.

Thousands of young Diaspora Jews to volunteer in Israel

 Participants of Taglit Birthright float in the Dead Sea during their 10-day tour of Israel

Birthright is back: Diaspora Jews, Israel are better together in times of war

Birthright Israel members attend the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, 2019.

Birthright resumes trips to Israel amid war, heavy IDF security

Young diaspora Jews drop their lives to come volunteer in Israel

 Taglit front page updated

'Thank you for a historic event' - Jerusalem Post front page celebrates March for Israel in DC

 BIRTHRIGHT PARTICIPANTS visit the Western Wall. ‘When Judaism isn’t important, the Jewish state has no significance.’

Birthright cancels Israel trips for December, citing security concerns during Gaza war

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 BIRTHRIGHT PARTICIPANTS visit the Western Wall. ‘When Judaism isn’t important, the Jewish state has no significance.’

Birthright calls on alumni to volunteer in Israel to aid war effort

 People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

Birthright Israel provides relief for victims of missile attacks

Miriam Adelson at the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018

Miriam Adelson's business empire comes back to life post-COVID

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA