My Taglit-Birthright Israel experience: Arriving in Tel Aviv
Jul 21, 2010Rachel MarcuseWanting to bear witness and see the divide between Israelis and Palestinians, Rachel Marcuse travelled with a sponsored group of young North American Jews, and writes about it...
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel experience: 'Outing' myself on a kibbutz
Jul 28, 2010Rachel Marcuse Rachel Marcuse finds herself on Kibbutz Efik on day three travelling with a sponsored group of young North American Jews. This is the second of a seven part series.
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel Experience: 'Outing' myself on a kibbutz
Jul 28, 2010rabble staffRachel Marcuse visits the Golan Heights in part two of her journey.
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel experience: Jewishness + community = I heart Israel
Aug 4, 2010Rachel MarcuseMany on the trip, I speculated, would equate the genuine warmth and respect in the group with Jewishness -- as opposed to humaneness. These positive feelings would all connect...
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel Experience: Batmitzvah'd in Jerusalem
Aug 11, 2010Rachel MarcuseWe visit Yad Veshem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, and on the way are told that there are lots of rich Palestinians past the fence and are pleaded with: 'Don't let the...
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: 'Don't do the tours in English'
Aug 25, 2010Rachel MarcuseComing out of the 'Birthright haze' to try to begin to engage with the 'pluralism' that exists in Israel and Palestine.
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: 'Don't do the tours in English'
Aug 25, 2010Rachel MarcuseComing out of the 'Birthright haze' to try to begin to engage with the 'pluralism' that exists in Israel and Palestine.
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: 'We're not stereotypes'
Sep 1, 2010Rachel MarcuseWe enter another world, crossing the border into the West Bank, and find people with similar warmth to those we left in Israel.
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: Hebron -- 500 settlers, 2,000 soldiers and the...
Sep 15, 2010Rachel MarcuseMy conclusions after spending 20 days exploring and questioning in Israel and the West Bank.
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: Hebron -- 500 settlers, 2,000 soldiers, and the...
Sep 15, 2010Rachel MarcuseMy conclusions after spending 20 days exploring and questioning in Israel and the West Bank.
View ArticleOn a Taglit-Birthright tour through Israel
Dec 22, 2010RedeyeIn July, activist Rachel Marcuse spent 10 days in Israel as part of the Taglit-Birthright program -- a fully sponsored trip for young North American Jews to learn more about the country.
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel experience: Arriving in Tel Aviv
Jul 21, 2010Rachel MarcuseWanting to bear witness and see the divide between Israelis and Palestinians, Rachel Marcuse travelled with a sponsored group of young North American Jews, and writes about it...
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel experience: 'Outing' myself on a kibbutz
Jul 28, 2010Rachel Marcuse Rachel Marcuse finds herself on Kibbutz Efik on day three travelling with a sponsored group of young North American Jews. This is the second of a seven part series.
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel Experience: 'Outing' myself on a kibbutz
Jul 28, 2010rabble staffRachel Marcuse visits the Golan Heights in part two of her journey.
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel experience: Jewishness + community = I heart Israel
Aug 4, 2010Rachel MarcuseMany on the trip, I speculated, would equate the genuine warmth and respect in the group with Jewishness -- as opposed to humaneness. These positive feelings would all connect...
View ArticleMy Taglit-Birthright Israel Experience: Batmitzvah'd in Jerusalem
Aug 11, 2010Rachel MarcuseWe visit Yad Veshem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, and on the way are told that there are lots of rich Palestinians past the fence and are pleaded with: 'Don't let the...
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: 'Don't do the tours in English'
Aug 25, 2010Rachel MarcuseComing out of the 'Birthright haze' to try to begin to engage with the 'pluralism' that exists in Israel and Palestine.
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: 'Don't do the tours in English'
Aug 25, 2010Rachel MarcuseComing out of the 'Birthright haze' to try to begin to engage with the 'pluralism' that exists in Israel and Palestine.
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: 'We're not stereotypes'
Sep 1, 2010Rachel MarcuseWe enter another world, crossing the border into the West Bank, and find people with similar warmth to those we left in Israel.
View ArticlePost Taglit-Birthright: Hebron -- 500 settlers, 2,000 soldiers and the...
Sep 15, 2010Rachel MarcuseMy conclusions after spending 20 days exploring and questioning in Israel and the West Bank.
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