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Demand for Taglit-Birthright trips on the rise
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Published: 07.10.10, 07:45
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1. naaaaaa just a reason to be away from the cold
ghostq   (10.07.10)
and chritians do that as well. well they do have colony in joffa - 150 years of it. very nice Lutheran church indeed, small one. you can stay to sleep there the house is open to everyone.
2. Make them pay for the trip and they'll stop coming
Truthsayer ,   Eurabia   (10.07.10)
3. birthright trips
sas ,   israel   (10.07.10)
1. they are for free 2. many "yordim" send their kids so that they get to see the family. 3. it's a wasted program. how many return to live here???????
4. #3
Roey ,   NJ   (10.07.10)
You are right that many who are on the trip are going because it is free and they can extend for only $50 and visit family while many others would not go if it weren't free and have no plans to come back. For those people, at least they are providing tourist dollars and keeping hotels occupied. There are a good amount though who find a meaningful connection and make return trips (and some do make aliyah, I know of several who have done so). Other Americans who truly want to come to Israel will find their way over.
5. i know several jewish americans
pini ,   usa   (10.08.10)
whom went, who had no family there, grew up here never had been to israel, and after coming back and finishing college moved to israel. so....shut up.
6. Taglit Alum/ Oleh
Ezra ,   Tel Aviv   (10.09.10)
I'm a former Taglit alum, and oleh just finished my army service. I'm not sure when I would have finally made it over here for the first time if it wasn't for Taglit. But it should screen out kids of yordim, people who have already been there as well as the half or quarter jews practicing other religions, there are way too many of them going on the trip leaving lots of people out.
7. taglit
sas ,   israel   (11.11.10)
IT'S FOR FREE!!!!!!!!! Of course they will come now...........But they have No interest or desire to live here. Then it's those that disrupt our PM's speech at the GA...........I thnk that those that choose the participants have to be more selective. I also know children of YORDIM that have participated in this program........
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