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Case for Giving
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In 2016, we unveiled our Case for Giving in an effort to communicate with our donors and the larger Jewish community why their support of Birthright Israel Foundation is crucial to the Jewish future. Our Case for Giving centers around three main ideas: Why Give, Why Us, and Why Now – furthering the notion that a gift to Birthright Israel Foundation is a gift to the Jewish people for our future and our present.
WHY GIVE?
Birthright Israel’s unique approach and programs foster an incomparable bond with Israel and its people. Birthright Israel is constantly innovating new and e!ective ways to foster a true understanding of Israel with an increased focus on the context and complexities of the geopolitical reality surrounding the Middle East. Birthright Israel participants return with a deeper understanding of Israel and its people, and feel motivated to share their experiences with their peers. They are empowered to stand up for Israel, be proud of their Jewish heritage and encourage others to do so as well. Birthright Israel impacts young Jewish adults during the most transformative times in their lives. For many participants, Birthright Israel is a journey of self-discovery that provides clarity and meaning in ways they did not expect. Support helps fund the Birthright Israel experience, allowing young Jewish people from around the world to receive the gift of a lifechanging journey and return home with a newfound connection to the Jewish community.
Birthright Israel is the leading organization of its kind, engaging with Jewish millennials directly, allowing them to forge a connection with their Jewish identity and Judaism on their own terms.
Birthright Israel has an impact not only on the future of the
WHY US?
Jewish community but on the present.
WHY NOW?
Our founders created Birthright Israel 16 years ago with the goal of sending every young Jewish person on a life-changing journey that would strengthen their bond with Israel and the Jewish community. While we have achieved great success to date, there is much work to be done to reach this monumental goal and ensure Birthright Israel is available for generations to come.
Birthright Israel currently sends 45,000+ participants to Israel each year, but that is just a tiny fraction of the estimated 1.6 million Jewish children under the age of 18 who will soon age into the Birthright Israel cohort.
By supporting Birthright Israel Foundation, you are imparting the importance of the state of Israel to a generation that has grown up without the knowledge of a world without a Jewish homeland.
Now more than ever, it is important that we sustain the Birthright Israel program so young Jews, present and future, can experience the same transformational journeys.
