What is Taglit-Birthright Israel?
Taglit-Birthright Israel is the most significant Jewish philanthropic endeavor of its kind. The co-founders of the project, philanthropists Charles R. Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt, have created a unique and unprecedented partnership between the Government of Israel, Jewish federations/communities around the world and private philanthropists. These partners believe that it is every Jew’s right to be offered a first-time visit to Israel as a gift from the Jewish people. Since the launch of the Taglit-Birthright Israel initiative in 1999, over 180,000 Jewish young adults have benefited from this unique opportunity through the tremendous generosity of the program’s partners.
Taglit-Birthright Israel provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. Taglit-Birthright Israel operates on a belief that it is every Jewish person’s birthright to visit Israel. To date, 165,000 young adults from 51 countries have traveled to Israel for the first time on Taglit-Birthright Israel trips. Back to Top | Apply Now!
Taglit-Birthright Israel is the most significant Jewish philanthropic endeavor of its kind. The co-founders of the project have created a unique and unprecedented partnership between private philanthropists, the Government of Israel, Jewish federations and communities around the world. These partners believe that it is the right of everyone who is eligible to be offered a first-time visit to Israel as a gift from the Jewish people. Since the launch of the Taglit-Birthright Israel initiative in 1999, over 200,000 Jewish young adults have benefited from this unique opportunity through the tremendous generosity of the program’s partners.
A. Taglit-Birthright Israel is a unique, historical partnership between the people of Israel through their government, local Jewish communities (North American Jewish Federations; Keren Hayesod; and The Jewish Agency for Israel), and leading Jewish philanthropists. Taglit-Birthright Israel provides a gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. Taglit-Birthright Israel’s founders created this program to send tens of thousands of young Jewish adults from all over the world to Israel as a gift in order to diminish the growing division between Israel and Jewish communities around the world; to strengthen the sense of solidarity between Israeli youth and Jewish communities throughout the world; and to promote the idea of a trip to Israel for all Diaspora Jews as a critical part of Jewish life outside of Israel. Learn more about how the program works by clicking here or view with captions.
