Organization Type:		Israel
Types of Opportunities:		Experiences
Locations:		Unknown
Time Periods:		Unknown
Address:		33 East 33rd St New York, NY 10016 United States
Phone Numbers:		Office: +1 (212) 457-0036
Contacts:		Shira Shimoni Associate Director of Post Programming shira.shimoni@birthrightisrael.org Office: +1 (212) 457-0036 [vCard] Barry Chazan barry.chazan@birthrightisrael.org Office: +1 (212) 457-0041 [vCard] Shimshon Shoshani CEO shmshons@netvision.net.il Office: +1 (972) 265-2822 ext. 2 Office Fax: +1 (972) 265-1525 ext. 1 [vCard] Robert Aronson President Office: +1 (212) 457-0036 [vCard]
Web Site:		Birthright Israel USA, Inc.

Mission Statement:
Taglit (“discovery”)- birthright israel is a unique partnership between the people of Israel through their government, local Jewish communities (North American Jewish Federations through the United Jewish Communities, Keren Hayesod and The Jewish Agency for Israel), and leading Jewish philanthropists. 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's founders created program to send 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 around the world; to increase the number of return visits to Israel; and to promote the role of Israel as a powerful resource in Jewish learning

 

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