Top US officials who deal with the Holocaust will represent the United States at the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. President Obama appointed the delegation, which will be led by Stephen Mull, the US ambassador to Poland, on Tuesday for the commemoration to be held three days later. The delegation includes Douglas Davidson, the State Department's special envoy for Holocaust issues; Lesley Weiss, the chairwoman of the US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, …More

Jewish Home holds coalition talks in the hope of revoking Netanyahu’s agreement with Tzipi Livni. [Times of Israel] Madeline Albright discusses discovering her own family’s Jewish heritage and Holocaust experience, in new book “Prague Winter.” [Marin Independent Journal] Taglit-Birthright founders Michael and Judy Steinhardt will auction off 400 pieces of rare Judaica collection. [JPost] Standing Together helps IDF soldiers have special Purim celebrations. [Jewish Press] Recently …More

Since its first trip in 2000, Taglit-Birthright Israel has contributed more than $535 million to Israel’s economy, the organization announced Sunday. The free 10-day trips to Israel have brought more than 280,000 young Jews from more than 50 countries to the Jewish State. Taglit has conducted more than 7,100 trips to Israel, filling more than 2.2 million hotel beds and spending more than $75 million at gift and souvenir shops. In the past year alone, 34,000 people participated in the program, bringing …More

Bradley Burston writes that American Jews need to see the Oscar-nominated Israeli film “Footnote” so they can learn that they don’t understand Israelis the way they think they do. [Haaretz]   Israeli comedy show Eretz Nehederet made fun of the Taglit-Brithright Israel program on its season premiere, playing off stereotypes of American Jews. [Haaretz]   Vegetable prices in Israel are likely to increase by NIS 6 per kilo because of a shortage caused by cold weather. …More

Nearly 20,000 young people took a Taglit-Birthright trip to Israel last summer, touring the country through a free 10-day trip. More than 40,000 Jewish young adults in North America alone applied for the summer trip slots, a record number of applicants. This year marked the shortest registration period ever, as slots filled quickly from high demand. “Taglit-Birthright Israel is performing an amazing service for both the State of Israel and the Jewish people,” Ambassador Michael Oren told Ynet. …More

This past Monday, generous philanthropists presented Taglit-Birthright Israel with an incredible opportunity. Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, philanthropists who have donated over $100 million to Birthright over the past few years, offered to give a mtatching grant of $5 million to encourage new donors to give to the incredible organization. Taglit-Birthright Israel is an organization that provides a free ten-day trip to Israel, to Jews between the ages of 18- 36, for those who have never been to Israel on an …More