Once the crown jewel of Israel travel programs, Birthright recently launched a $900 million fundraising campaign. But after the Gaza war, will young Jews make the trip for the sugar-coated version of Israel?
Category: Jewish
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Has Birthright become a toxic brand?
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Australian Literary Festival Drops Palestinian Author Over ‘Past Statements’ Following Bondi Attack
An Australian-Palestinian author activist has been removed from a literary festival, sparking fierce backlash that has resulted in resignations from the festival board and dozens of authors and prominent figures announcing they would not take…
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In first test for Mayor Mamdani, anti-Israel activists protest near New York synagogue
Dozens of Pal-Awda activists, which organized a controversial protest Park East synagogue in November, protested what they called a ‘Stolen Land sale event’ at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills synagogue in Queens. Supporters of Israel –…
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The Diaries of the Father of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, Are Now Available Online
After the First Zionist Congress in 1897, while riding the train home, Theodor Herzl recalled a deeply emotional moment. It was a prayer he recited in Hebrew at the synagogue in Basel before the congress. In his diary, the founder of modern…
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Leading U.K. Jewish Groups Demand Resignation of Police Chief Over Ban on Israeli Soccer Fans
‘Significant Harm to Confidence’
West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford is under fire after citing ‘unsubstantiated or erroneous’ security concerns to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa. Conservative leader…
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Bondi Hanukkah attack hero Ahmed al Ahmed visits Chabad leader's grave in New York
The Muslim man paid homage to Chabad Lubavitch leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, ahead of his appearance at Chabad’s annual charity gala on Wednesday
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'Time for communities to come together': First Jewish New York City Council speaker sworn in
Julie Menin, a longtime NYC councilmember, was sworn in Wednesday as speaker to the NYC council, a legislative body responsible for passing laws and controlling key city budget aspects. Menin is seen as a pro-Israel voice and a moderate ‘check’…
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Spanish El País Daily Apologizes for Saying Maduro Trial Judge Impartial ‘Despite’ Jewish Identity
Spanish daily El País has apologized for an article about the judge presiding over the trial of Venezuela’s ousted president Nicolas Maduro, in which it characterized him as striving to be impartial “despite” being Jewish – a portrayal that…
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Police Abandons Its Duty Toward the ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem, and the Results Are Deadly
It has happened again. A large demonstration by the ultra-Orthodox community against the government’s military draft exemption bill ended in tragedy on Tuesday in Jerusalem, when 14-year-old Yosef Eisenthal was killed after being run over by a…
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German Jewish leader: Jews will leave if far-right AfD comes to power
Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, warned that Jewish life in the country at federal level would no longer be compatible with a party like the AfD in government
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