Birthright

Beyond the Headlines: What did you take home from Israel? - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Rabbi Mark Wildes with the scribe at the Nova site.
Nicole Tzedek works as a general correspondent for i24

Nicole Zedeck: Making aliyah from Colorado to Israel's front lines

In "Birthright," on stage at the MCC Theater in New York, friends reconnect over the years and confront their differences over Israel and Jewishness.

What a new play gets right about ‘Birthright’ and our anguished Jewish conversation - opinion

New immigrants from North America arrive at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport on March 25, 2026.

Undeterred by war, North American Jews continue to immigrate to Israel


Thousands of young Diaspora Jews to volunteer in Israel

Thousands of Jews aged 18 to 40 from around the world will come to Israel for two-week volunteering missions.

Volunteers work a farm in Israel.

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

Jews in the Diaspora, many of whom have been under attack themselves, can find a haven in Israel – despite the war.

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

Birthright resumes trips to Israel amid war, heavy IDF security

The organization expects to fly out 350 participants, about 80% of whom are from the United States, to visit in January and a few hundred more through March 2024.

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

Young diaspora Jews drop their lives to come volunteer in Israel

More than 3300 Birthright alumni have applied to come and volunteer in Israel after Hamas's October 7 attack.


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

Taglit-Birthright Israel ran the newspaper's front page to honor the 290,000 people who attended the event.

 Taglit front page updated

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

Last month the organization had denied rumors of the December trips’ cancellations to JTA, saying that they were still on schedule.

 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

The initiative will connect applicants from among Birthright's 850,000 alumni to kibbutzim and moshavim to harvest crops in the absence of thousands of foreign field workers.

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

Birthright Israel provides relief for victims of missile attacks

This initiative took place in the wake of the missile attacks affecting the southern and northern regions of Israel.

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

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

Miriam Adelson slashed her philanthropy as casinos closed due to COVID. Now, her business empire is recuperating.

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

Nurturing a new generation of Israel advocates - opinion

By empowering non-Jewish individuals to advocate for Israel based on their personal experiences, we challenge the notion that support for Israel is solely rooted in religious or ethnic identity.

 TAMID FELLOWS spend a Shabbat together in Jerusalem.