Taglit-Birthright Israel provides the gift of first-time, peer-group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26.

Birthright’s founders created this 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 among world Jewry; and to strengthen participants’ personal Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people.

Participants come from all Jewish religious backgrounds and degrees of travel experience. All return from Israel with a new understanding and appreciation for the people of Israel and the country. www.birthrightisrael.com