Family Day Feature: The Sadeh Family
This Family Day, we celebrate how a single journey helped shape the Sadeh family across generations, and continues to grow with them 25 years later. The Sadeh family, 25 years after their Birthright journey began. Helen and Alon had just started dating when they boarded a Birthright Israel trip in February 2000. Within months of […]
From Participant to Leader: Aviv Alofer’s Story
From participant to community leader, Aviv Alofer’s Birthright Israel experience marked an important step in his Jewish journey. Aviv grew up in Montreal, in the predominantly Jewish suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux. While Jewish life surrounded him, he often felt on the margins of organized community. He attended public school rather than Jewish day school, participated minimally […]
A Rosh Hashana Conversation for Every Table
A resource for discussion at your Jewish New Year gathering. As we gather this Rosh Hashana with family and friends, let’s bring a special conversation to our holiday tables. Birthright Israel has touched the lives of thousands of Canadian Jewish young adults. This New Year, we invite you to ask these questions around your table, […]
Gratitude to Canadian Jewish Communities support of Taglit-BRI’s Respite program
Canadian Jewish Communities stay true to their Northern Israel partnership, while supporting Taglit-BRI’s Respite program Staff Writer It has been over a year since Israel was forced into a war against Hamas and Hezbollah, following the massacre of October 7. The trauma and hardship that has ensued is still not completely understood but the pain […]
Birthright Israel: A Must-have Gift
Birthright Israel: A Must-have Gift from One Generation to the Next By Elisa Palter October 7 hit all of us in different ways. Some got involved in local community. Some joined a synagogue. Some spoke out on social media. Others chose to wear a Star of David for the first time. Still others wanted to […]
A Father’s Day Message from a Birthright Alum
One heartfelt message from a Birthright Israel (BRI) alumnus, a BRI Foundation Canada board member and, most important, a father! June 16, 2024 – This Father’s Day, I’ve been reflecting on the incredible impact Birthright Israel has had on my life. As a proud board member of Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada — which raises the […]
Mother’s Day Letter from a Birthright Mom
A letter from an impassioned Mom and Birthright Israel donor, Robyn Kestenberg May 12, 2024 – My name is Robyn. I am a proud Jewish Canadian whose life is steeped in Jewish tradition, community involvement and a deep love for Israel. Today, I am very concerned as I watch Jew-hatred exploding all over the world. I […]
Birthright Israel: A Love Story
During my Birthright Israel Experience, I Fell in Love by Jacob Greenbaum, Birthright Israel Summer ’22 February 14, 2024 – In the summer of 2022, I was lucky enough to secure a spot on a Birthright Israel trip with five of my best friends. We had heard from past participants that it was an […]
Birthright Israel Welcomes Second Generation Participants
Children of alumni are now participating as an emerging second generation of Jewish young adults receive the gift of Birthright Israel. May 11, 2023 – It was bound to happen, given Birthright Israel’s success for an extended period of time; a generation to be precise! Now some Birthright Israel participants are the offspring of previous […]