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Encountering the Other, Finding Oneself: The Taglit-Birthright Israel Mifgash
Publication Date: December 2008
Publisher(s): Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies; Oranim Academic College of Education
Author(s): Theodore Sasson; David Mittelberg; Shahar Hecht; Leonard Saxe
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Education (Study abroad)
Keywords: Israel attachment; Youth; Informal Education; Program Evaluation
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Israel Experience trips—and Taglit-Birthright Israel trips in particular— increasingly include a substantial mifgash—an “encounter” between the Diaspora Jewish visitors and Israeli peers. The aim of the present report is to improve understanding of the formal and informal components of the mifgash, as well as the significance of the experience for North American and Israeli participants. The report and accompanying survey frequencies are available in Hebrew and English.