Birthright Oranim Provides Free Israel Trips for Jewish Youth

Birthright Oranium (also known as Birthright Israel) and found at BirthrightIsrael.com is offering one of the best travel "deals" in the history of the world: they're giving free trips to Israel.

The catch? You have to be Jewish and between the ages of 18 and 26 to qualify.

Taglit-Birthright Israel provides a gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26 from around the world. Taglit-Birthright Israel is a unique partnership between the people of Israel through their government, leading Jewish philanthropists, and local Jewish communities and Jewish Federations (through the United Jewish Communities, Keren Hayesod and The Jewish Agency for Israel).

In other words, this is a purely educational trip designed to give anyone who is a young, Jewish adult a chance to visit the home country. Frankly, it's a wonderful idea, it's fantastically philanthropic and I hope that the economy in no way impacts the ability of this venture to continue as is. Check here at BirthrightIsrael.com  for Summer 2009 registration.