Should Israel Birthright Include Implication For Occupied Territories?
By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Weekend Edition, NPR News, January 10, 2010 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122416343 There was a massive celebration this week for the 10-year anniversary of Birthright Israel. The nonprofit program, which pays for young Jews to come to Israel to connect with their Jewish roots, is a runaway success. But not everyone thinks that’s a good thing. Birthright Unplugged is a program that takes Jewish-American university students to the occupied territories to show them what they say is the reality Birthright Israel ignores in its quest to bring Jews from around the world to Israel. NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports. LIANE HANSEN, host: In Israel this past week, the non-profit program Birthright Israel marked its 10th anniversary. The program pays for young Jews to go to Israel to explore their roots. More than 250,000 Jews from all over the world have been on Birthright tours. A new study shows that alumni of the program are much more like
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