(Wall Street Journal) Naomi Schaefer Riley - Thirteen years ago a program called Taglit-Birthright Israel ("Taglit" is Hebrew for discovery) began to offer Jews a free 10-day trip to Israel before they turned age 26. It was established by Jewish philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt, among others, in collaboration with the Israeli government and various Jewish communal organizations. So far, more than 300,000 Jews from 59 countries have visited Israel - mostly from the U.S. and Canada.
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