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birthright israel: detoured: a few hours at yad vashem
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. A few hours at yad vashem. The pace of the this trip is relentless. Days have begun to meld together. Today we spent a few short hours on the grounds of Yad Vashem. The front entrance to Yad Vashem. The endpoint of the Yad Vashem's Holocaust history museum opens onto a sunlit vista of the city of Jerusalem. Former president of the World Zionist Organization, expressed this strife over Israel's use of the Holocaust:. Does, is ...
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birthright israel: detoured: additional reading
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. Since I have recommended that people take the trip, I thought the impassioned plea of this Israeli citizen. Would be a good counterpoint:. It's worth reading whether you decide to go on a trip or not. In other news, straight from those who brought you Birthright Israel. In this article, Mairav Zonszein writes. About why TBZ is an embarrassment. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Rock and a Hard Place.
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birthright israel: detoured: good jew bad jew
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. Good jew bad jew. As mentioned in a Salon article. A group of Birthright participants have used their trips to Israel in different ways than those intended by the organizers. Some have extended their trips to see the separation wall. Or to volunteer with organizations. Like the International Solidarity Movement. One organized trip, Birthright Unplugged. Birthright is a Zionist program. When representatives of Birthright Israe...
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birthright israel: detoured: pre-trip thoughts and preparations
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. Pre-trip thoughts and preparations. The Case for Israel and The Case for Peace. Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism. This book does have some discussion of the living conditions of Palestinians). Coming Together, Coming Apart. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. In The Name Of Sorrow And Hope. Noa Ben Artzi Pelosoff. What Israel Means To Me. Edited by Alan Dershowitz. I notice that other people on the pl...
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birthright israel: detoured: the opening
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. We'll see how that holds up. I have a feeling that it will turn out like this: as soon as controversial stuff is brought up, it will be oh-so-subtlety shot down with phrases like, "well, I respect that but." In this way, those in command end the argument without actually responding to it. Instead, they use their power, which needs no public explanation. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Rock and a Hard Place.
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birthright israel: detoured: Final Survey
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. We were given a final survey to fill out at the conclusion of the trip. Here were my answers to the Open-ended questions:. 1 What, in your opinion are the goals of the [trip organizer]? Goal 1) To create connections between young Jews and the state of Israel (to create a strong connection between Jewish identity and support for the state). Goal 3) To serve the people of Israel through community service. Send all messages to: ...
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birthright israel: detoured: a poem
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. Birthright Israel Untitled #1. They're turning to me. Prying from me,. Arguing with what they've pried. I see myself as a tower,. The barracks of a thousand insurgents. Who are pitched in battle within my walls;. The turret can't contain them all. I can't give them what they want. I don't want to give them the satisfaction. I am not called "disaffection.". And as for me, I say to my name: 'let me be and get away from me.
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birthright israel: detoured: thanks for your letters and FAQs
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. Thanks for your letters and FAQs. Every couple of months I get an e-mail from someone considering going on a Birthright trip. I'm actually happy to get the mail (and will respond), but I thought it would be helpful to readers to post some FAQs and answers so that they don't have to wait for my responses:. I'm having doubts about going on a Birthright trip. Should I go at all? I'm not convinced that abstaining from a Birthrigh...
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birthright israel: detoured: a trip back in time
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A series of critical discussions about the taglit birthright israel experience. A trip back in time. A nation is a group of people united by a mistaken view of their past and a hatred of their neighbors" - Attributed to Karl Deutsch or Ernest Renan. Thus far historians have relied on documents declassified by the IDF and the Israeli government (which still contain redacted information). Many documents about the 1948 war in the archives of Arab nations have not been released to the public. Caves reference...
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