The Reach and Impact of
During the past 23 years, Birthright Israel has changed a generation.
Birthright Israel is committed to the single most rigorous educational evaluation structure in the field of Jewish and Israel tourism. The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University has been conducting controlled studies of Birthright Israel participants for over 20 years and, recently, Professor Leonard Saxe and his team analyzed the raw data made available by the Pew Center. The results are extraordinary.
800,000+
85%
54%
people worldwide have participated in a Birthright Israel trip.
Birthright Israel participants are:
more likely to be “somewhat/ very” attached to Israel than those who have never been.
more likely to feel a great deal of belonging to the Jewish people than those who have never been.
53%
58%
160% MORE LIKELY TO HAVE DONATED TO A JEWISH CHARITY.
more likely to feel “a lot” in common with Israeli Jews.
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A SPOUSE WHO IS JEWISH.
