By Wikipedia A record-breaking number of North American applicants signed up to take part in Birthright-Taglit this year, according to data released by the…
Taglit-Birthright Israel (also Birthright Israel or Birthright) is a Jewish Israeli registered charity, partly funded by the Israeli government, that sponsors free 10-day trips to Israel for Jewish young adults. Birthright Israel's goals are to diminish the division between Israel and Jewish communities around the world and to strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and connection to Jewish history and culture. As of spring 2009, over 200,000 individuals (over 22,000 each year), from 52 different countries have participated since the trips began in the winter of 2000, and 70% of trip participants came from the United States, including celebrities such as Jamie Lynn Sigler. From 2007, annual capacity was increased to 37,000 participants a year.
