In the midst of the recent Jewish Agency board meetings, a small but significant policy shift was announced, one that was barely reported in the media, but which may produce a significant change in the way in which young American Jews experience Israel.
Sharansky spoke highly of the initiatives of Birthright Israel, MASA and the Lapid programs and laid out an ambitious plan to train new Jewish leaders.
Winter 2009 Haaretz Every year, close to 15,000 Diaspora Jews come to Israel on one of the Lapid Coalition's high school age programs The Complete Article
Hundreds of thousands of Jewish college-age youth have visited Israel in recent years, their trips funded all or in part by Jewish organizations, philanthropists or the state.
For almost 40 years, the Robert I. Lappin Foundation has provided all the Jewish teens in our area, Massachusetts’ North Shore, a free or partially subsidized trip to Israel. word
After an extremely rigorous junior-year of high-school, the last item on my summer vacation agenda was more school. My mother however,had a different plan for me. In the summer of 1978, my mother went to Alexander MussHigh School in Israel. The Complete Article
