@triple7triple3zero erm, yea, that sounds like they're the product, being targeted with focused propaganda to increase human, financial, and political investment into Israel and the Israeli occupation.
I wonder if anyone had the reverse realization when they went. They got to see the Holy Land they've heard so much about growing up, and they leave thinking "this place is an overpopulated desert, I'm glad we left."
@@wargriffin5 But it's not an overpopulated desert! I always tell people when they take the family to Israel to be sure they take everyone to the mall. And when at the food court for lunch or whatever, remind them that it was basically just desert until the people built up "all this" in only 75 years! Look around! It's AMAZING! Just as Silicon Alley is! Or the fact that Israel invented drip irrigation or water desalination. Jewish or not, the country is astounding to behold!
@@skontheroad True, but remember this: like California, it's all artificial. The moment that infrastructure stops hemmoraging water to make the desert bloom, all of that goes away and It (ironically) returns to the way God intended it to be.
I went on my birthright trip almost 10 years ago. Being able to to really see the places I'd only heard about in stories as a kid made Judaism so much more real to me, it made me feel a connection to my roots that I never had before. As well, it was the only time I could look at a random passerby and say "that guy is Jewish just like me". It meant more to me that words can easily express.
@@AsimoTan Really? As an American Jew who went on birthright last summer, i can’t imagine It being considered a failure. It’s a cultural staple for young American Jews to go on birthright in between college semesters. It’s generally a very impactful and meaningful trip to most. It was certainly for me and everyone that I know. My brother even served in the idf as a lone soldier after his trip.
@@SupaBloom That's really surprising. It always seemed to me like a trip young Americans go to since it's free. It doesn't feel like young Jewish Americans have any connection to Israel anyway.
The fact it is called "birthright" but it is anything but... wow.... I mean just ask somone what it took to do this.... it is false advertising and it is gatekeeping.
@@waifustiramisu 2 Nephi 10:3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ-for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name-should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him-for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God. 4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God. 5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified. 6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations. 7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.
@@philg4116 2 Nephi 10:3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ-for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name-should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him-for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God. 4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God. 5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified. 6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations. 7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.
@@UNPACKED but it's not the ancestral homeland of many Jewish people - Ashkenazis are of Eastern Europe. Any ancestry they might be able to claim in the Middle East is too far back to be valid. With this logic, people could make all sorts of claims to countries they've never been to based on their DNA. It's not practical.
Your ppl are from Ukraine. It used to be called the land of Khazaria . You are simply gentile converts as the Bible says . Amos 9 verse 7 kjv says who are the real Israelites 👍🏽💡💡
@@jakewalters6197 Who are those fakers compared to the truth ? Lol. 23 and me even admitted it 2 weeks ago. Would you like scriptures in who the real Israelites look like. I have many but here’s one if you like. Amos 9 verse 7 kjv 💡
I'm Jewish. My daughter is 17 but her mother is not Jewish. Her mother is Chinese and she was living in China until very recently. She is moving to Canada now to complete her high school. I've gone many times with my daughter to Chabad in Shenzhen and Hong Kong and she enjoys going with me. Sometimes she would even go alone, especially on holidays. Would she be able to enroll in Birthright Israel?
I have met people on Birthright who weren't Halachaically Jewish but with one Jewish parent, so yes, I think so. Can't promise, but it's a good idea to check for yourself.
I am not antisemitic for I am of the House of Israel but not of the tribe of Judah but of the tribe of Ephraim. I just cannot stand it how the Jews think that they own the House of Israel. They are just one tribe of the Greater House of Israel but they are not the whole house. If you remember, Judah and his brethren were jealous of Joseph who they ended up selling him into slavery to the Egyptians. Joseph was given the coat of many colors and his brethren were to be subservient to Joseph. If it wasn't for him, Jacob(Israel) and all of his family would have perished when the seven year famine hit. This makes Joseph the royal family and lineage even though the Savior came through the loins of Judah. Even amongst the sons of Joseph, one received the royal birthright and blessings from Israel and that was Ephraim even though Manasseh was the older. The ancient prophet Ezekiel prophesied that there would come two sticks, divinely revealed scripture, that would come from the tribes of Judah and Joseph(Ezekiel 37:15-20). 15 ¶ The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. 18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. 20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. The reason that these sticks are scripture is because it specifically states that these sticks are to be written upon like all ancient prophets did. It's a no-brainer that the stick of Judah is the record of the Jews otherwise known as The Holy Bible. What is the stick of Joseph? There is only one other volume of divinely revealed scripture that gives a record of the descendants of Joseph through his sons Manasseh and Ephraim. That stick, that record is in The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of JESUS CHRIST. It is a fulfillment of ancient prophecy given by God to His prophet Ezekiel. The people in The Book of Mormon are the "other sheep" that Jesus Christ spoke of in John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. In addition, the blessing that Jacob gave his son Joseph states: Genesis 49:22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the WALL : 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the EVERLASTING HILLS: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. What is the wall? Where is the land of the everlasting hills? The answers are, the wall is the great ocean and the land of the everlasting hills is the entire American continents. The everlasting hills are the mountain ranges that extend from the Northern Yukon Mountain range all the way to the southern part of the Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina. The Native Americans are the descendants of Joseph through his sons Manasseh and Ephraim and belong to the House of Israel. The Book of Mormon starts with two families, one who represents the tribe of Manasseh and the other family is of the tribe of Ephraim. The stick of Joseph is NOT the modern-day prophet Joseph Smith, it is the stick of Joseph who was sold into Egypt.
Funny how they promote diversity and multiculturalism in every white nation but very much closed to all of this stuff at home. Can you imagine if what happened to was done by the USA or any European nation. All hell would brake loose.
If you have 1 Jewish parent and fall between the age group. I guess you have to have us citizenship. I do not have the right age. I wish they had this when I was younger. My nieces and nephews have gone. My girlfriend has a daughter with a gentile father that went. All have had a wonderful experience.
You’re not an ‘ish’.....you are a true hebrew. Let them have these fake birthright trips. Israel is a PEOPLE. And NONE of them jew’ISH’ people can claim that.
I went on birthright... it was just tourist attractions and I hated it. Years later I went back and volunteered as an assistant English teacher for 10 months. It was definitely something that made me appreciate Isreal.
Shsssh secret I went on a Taglit trip and I ain't even Jewish. After Hurricane Katrina, I and quite a few students from New Orleans evacuated to Boston. I am a hyperpolyglot who took Hebrew, and I ended up living in Brookline. While at UMass Boston I was involved with some student life(Gay and Lesbian, Pagan, etc) but one of the Jewish kids wanted to set up Hillel so I joined and ended up a treasurer and since I spoke some Hebrew (ani yachol medaberikit ivrit) and could explain Israeli politics to outsiders, Hillel loved it. Having a gay, pagan gentile who lives in a Russian/Jewish city was pretty cool. Being socialist and being in charge of the money, that was a progressive Jewish organisation. When 2006 rolled around, I needed to do my study abroad for my degree. I looked at Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Israël and Québec. My requirements were language focus, gay friendly immigration(in case I ended up with a local), etc. I had visited the Netherlands and Belgium in Jan 2006, Québec during Spring Break, but I was looking at Vrij Universiteit Brussel for Nederlands als tweede tal and français comme langue seconde courses. Tel Aviv interested me, and I mentioned it to the President in passing. As final exams rolled around, I was given a Taglit ticket in my name and told go visit Tel Aviv University campus. I had to arrange my own hotel, in Tel Aviv but my first days were at some place out by the airport. I was also 27 but prez told me to STFU and keep my personal info to a minimum as they wont know I ain't Jewish but to speak Hebrew on the flight and at the airport. So, I went. Now my group was 35 to 40 in size, but they knew I was bailing after first night there. We left on a thursday evening and arrived just after noon and got into the hotel before Shabbos with the automatic elevators, bagels, pita and hummus and of course wine. When I met the kids in my group, when they knew I was heading into town they bummed along and the shuttle driver happilly took us. These were 18 and 19 year old Jewish or JewISH kids. They wanted to see Tel Aviv. At my new hotel, I dropped off my bags did a pre-checkin for next day and went out pub drinking with a few of the boys who came with me, while the two girl cousins went shopping. I was teaching the boys to pregame but not drink too damned much. Of course it was a smorgasborg of 3 totally different jewish boys. Seth Rogan Jr from Chicago, Skaterboy but rapper from Boca, and the tall skinny blond boy from Utah who was on a year sabbatical before taking a sports scholarship at BYU but wanted to delve into his Jewishness and party before he goes to college. Two girls were two cousins one from New York the other California. Blond boy went 'shopping' with the girls and met up with the rest of the boys later. Of course rapper boy with a Jewfro and Seth Rogan Jr hung out and drank a bit, lamenting the absence of the two cousins. I clocked blondilocks the Jewish jock boy. So I joked with them both "trust me, you dont need to worry about him". As Saturday evening became darker, we walked along the beach got some weed and then proceeded to Offer Nissim's Club TLV. The girls began to realize, I was not on their team, at all. Sesh vodka redbullim bavakasha. "Are you like mossad?" No, I just speak Hebrew, I lean in, got a secret "I ain't even Jewish" as our drinks arrive I pay in Shekels but put an American 20 dollar bill down the speedos of the server boys' pants. The girls squeeled "I knew this was a gay club" and I said no, it's mixed but most of the guys are well dressed and gay. And we drank our vodka redbulleem, the girls wanted to dance. "So, you're like gay?" Um, yeah. Seth Rogan Jr keeps talking to me, while Skaterboy rapper boy goes and tries to dance with the girls, he was actually pretty good. I cant dance but I drag blondilocks and Seth Rogan Jr to the dance floor with me, and shake our tuchuses (tucheem). We go back to the table with more drinks after our two or three song work out. Rapping skater's confidence knocked down a notch, Seth Jr's increased. Blondilocks was reserved and quiet, as I tell him, you're going to be going to BYU so, have fun now cos you wont be able to drink, dance, unless it's manishevits at Hillel. And eventually he tries to get up on the chair and try to take his shorts off. And we laugh, as pretty & jocky as he was, he had no rythem. I saw his nice underwear, and I knew he was mine but not right away. I even joke that the Mormons might make him wear special underwear. I had my eyes on both rapping skaterboy & blondilocks but blondilocks was finally coming out of his shell. I learn that after Israël he's going to do a language course in Spanish in Monterrey in Northern Mexico, I tell him my brother lives there while switching to Spanish. Asi, que vas hacer a BYU mas que el futbol y basketball? He says "obtener una educacion de cualidad Ivy League casi gratis". But i keep probing "pero que vas hacer con una novia o un novio, por mínimo cuatro anyos de 'celibacy'". And he laughs. "I guess I'll have to fool them the way you fooled us into thinking you were Jewish". I make a crude joke about me being circumcised and he says, "secret, I'm uncircumcized" and my response was "hot" and made him blush. The two others were out dancing on the dance floor and paying attention to the girls. To lighten the mood, we turned to the 4 on the dance floor and eventually joined them. Way late we leave the club and blazed a joint, discreetly as we walked to my hotel around sun up. I bribe the Russian night auditor to let us crash in a vacant but 'dirty' room before I can check into my clean room before noon on Sunday, which is Israeli monday. We crash for morning powernap and get out before official check out time. The PG13 version, is I of course did hook up with blondilocks that monday afternoon, before sending him on his way before nightfall to rejoin the group on their scheduled tour. I was there to visit University of Tel Aviv, not the tour. I say, you know they're gonna gossip about you, right? He says "who cares?". As he gets dressed to head out, oh, and "I'm not gay, maybe bi". And I say, "ok, but why didn't you go after their girls?" And he says without missing a beat "they're both too skinny, no butt, and both are kinda like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richy. And I say but they both have nice boobs and he said "yeah that's true". He ended up marrying a Mexican girl during his language year in Monterrey and dragging her to live with him in Provo. Last I heard they're still married. Both of other couples did eventually hookup. One couple married. I almost attended Tel Aviv University for a year but Hezbollah bombs cancelled those plans. I visited Haifa, Nazareth, the Knesset and attended gay pride Tel Aviv. The only one of my hamesh haverim ehudim amerikanim shelim, I've kept up with was rapper Skaterboy turned music executive in Nashville who's worked with some big names. He was married, had a kid did the Jews for Jesus thing for while before coming out. I met up with him in Nashville in 2015 for Chrismahanukwanzica. Hooked up with him too. Oh, he was Ashkenazi and a Cuban. He's still in Nashville and he's worked with some huge crossover artists. He's a ecclectic music nut like me.
Vodka redbullim.... 😂😂😂 Great story!! So, yes! You also had a good experience with Birthright, it seems, no? At least a very memorable and funny story! The year my eldest was away for gap year, I took my son and the 15 boys sleeping by me for shabbat, out to the shouk after shabbat in J'salem. And taught them how to drink. I got them all Irish car bombs. The video of my son and husband downing them is a classic. And I am still the coolest mom ever! 😂 So glad you have great memories to treasure! Oh! And my BFF happens to be gay so we took him with us one year when my 4 kids were young as our Manny. Needless to say, while we dragged his Tachat all over Israel, he enjoyed free time in TLV the most!
Imagine your home being ripped from you, your people bullied and treated like animals. Only for the place you once called home to be a tourist attraction for people that share the same beliefs as your oppressors, and them labeling it as their "birthright".
This is a genuine question - but why would you convert to any religion? I find it so strange that people would adopt a religion they weren't born into - is there something missing from your life?
@@DP-tf7qb I would superficially convert for this free trip. I don’t follow any religion, I only seek truth in the many ways it presents itself. I wouldn’t have a problem associating with a Jewish group even though I believe the entirety of religious ideologies are flawed.
@@ltheanine183 converting to judaism is a long process. i dont know if it would be worth it to superficially convert or if any rabbi would go through the process if they knew it was just so you could go on vacation lol
Also the idea that that other religious views are not considered is problematic... What if somone was born into a jewish family but realised they really aligned with buddhism... are they now stripped of this supposed right from birth?
Nope, as long as they were born Jewish, they can go on this trip. And if someone wasn’t born Jewish, but converted according to Jewish law, they can also go!
What apartheid? The only reason Israel built the wall surrounding Gaza was to protect their own population from attacks, (which still happened such as October 7th)
Quite an impressive project having been attended the Muslim Jewish Conference twice and the life impacting/changing experience there even as a non Jew, who literally got her Jewish soul awakened through these experience. Even Sulha's two online RUclips debates, literally are responsible for my aspirations/determination to finally convert to Judaism...wishing this project all success in the coming years thank you unpacked for sharing about this initiative.
Birthright is a scam. They want young girls and boys to marry the soldiers and settlers to produce Ashkanazi babies...sound familiar???? Its been tried before.
If you're an American Jewish kid considering taking a little break or even "gap year" or doing a whole backpacking "grand tour" (and maybe not just of Israel) before, during, or after college, this Birthright program is a gift.
I found out that I'm 50% Ashkenazi Jew, and British roots. I lived 60 years not knowing what I was. So, I did the DNA test. I did a further search and found many Medical doctors and Nurses. Dentists, and other professionals in my heritage. I thought all of mylife I was an American Indian. No truth to it. I did the test twice. So, I am more knowledgeable about my ancestry. How cool?
I've been invited to have a tour on Israel for free. But I don't know if it's really for free coz once I land there they just give me a small talk about what I should do which is I have to post positive comments on Israel only and that I always tag the government of Israel so they can monitor that I'm following them, they will give u what u want for free but with a condition but I guess it's not really bad?🤷
I don't know if things have changed, but 15 years ago I had a non-religious relative over for Shabbos while she was on Birthright. I found out that they were trying to scare her into not coming to us for Shabbos and even called her on Shabbos day and threatened that if she did not come back to the hotel immediately they would kick her out of the program. She was hysterical and in tears. I had to calm her down and explain to her that there was no way for her to get a taxi on Shabbos from where we lived without taking an Arab taxi (which would be extremely dangerous at the time) and that I assured her that they would in no way kick her out of the program because they'd get in trouble. After Shabbos she went back and low and behold the whole Shabbos no one had thrown rocks or spit on her like they tried brainwashing her into believing. Not only that, we didn't even try to force religion on her like they said we would. Shock of all shocks, they did not kick her out of the program. Hmmm. To end off, two years later her younger sister came on Birthright and her older sister recommended that she come visit to us as well. To my knowledge, as of today neither of them are religious, but both know that any time they come to Israel they have warm religious relatives that will gladly have them over... No strings attached!
Not sure about the rules 15 years ago but participants are not allowed to go somewhere without the group outside certain limits. I don't know if this was the case back then, but that's how it is now.
@@klarinausach9344 The official rule was that they could go outside the group for Shabbos. They did not have a program that Shabbos and all participance were allowed to go away for Shabbos as long as they informed the group where they were going (Legalities I'm sure). The unofficial rule was you could go anywhere, but not to religious people. Of course, this unofficial rule was most likely based on who was in charge. I've heard of incidences like ours many times over the years. However, with that said, my understanding is that the organization is becoming more and more tolerant over the years (whether that is by force or by choice, I'm not sure).
@@mhm92267 I'm not sure either. Birthright as a whole is not supposed to be a religious trip although they do have religious groups. We actually had several religious people on our trip and went to an Orthodox synagogue for Shabbos.
@@klarinausach9344 That is correct. However, originally they did not want the applicants to do anything spiritual. However, after numerous non-religious participants started complaining that they did want "some" religious experiences in there trip the organization realized that they needed to reevaluate their itinerary. I believe that today it is more balanced giving people a more rounded Israeli experience. To be fare, I believe that today most people that go on Birthright leave with a very positive experience and some (and perhaps many) either make Aliyah or at least make plans for future trips to Israel and most leave feeling more connected to their Judaism (whether spiritually or culturally). So in short, I DO recommend it regardless to possible shortcomings.
That is nice, I have a relative who is a misogyinst extremist that my going to Israel in the gap year didn't help with any of the problems and he use to make me think all Israeli men are misogynist but that is just him and he has two unmarried daughters one middle age and he loves the control, he loves his brand of Judaism because he can do what he wants. This wasn't for birthright but the gap year that I had in Israel but people that have extremist American relatives in Israel it is a problem for them as it is with me.
I'm an isolated jew in the country , no synagogue for days ...not that I've ever been ! I would be great blank slate plus I always wanted to see goat farming in Israel.... may I submit a request ? 😅
I graduate from high school this week, really want to do this but I’m not sure if I should wait until after uni and I’m a bit more grown up and responsible. I don’t have any Jewish friends so I would be going on this alone.
I hope you didnt make the mistake in participating in the propaganda. I hope over the last couple of months you were able to educate yourself of what it really means.
@@zervaunt I’ve heard the saying that if you aren’t embarrassed by yourself from a couple years ago then you haven’t been growing as a person. Thank you for replying to this comment after all this time, you’ve reminded me of how much I’ve changed over the last 2 years. I did not go on the trip, coming to school and seeing the hillel club at my schools unwavering support for Israel truly opened my eyes, it’s very sad that some people lack the compassion to simply say that Palestinian children shouldn’t be dying.
As a man that have done more than 5 birthright trips (from the staff side) I can only recommand you to try the experience, before it become to late for you. The only thing you are asked for, is to pay a 250$ caution for the trip. And at the end of the trip you have two options. a) ask for your money back. b) give the money to help build trips for futures participants in the program. (the trip worth way more than 250$ trust me) And no, this is not to good to be true. Israel won a lot from this program. Economicly and politicaly. This is a win-win situation for everyone. So for everyone that read this comment, book your trip now. we are waiting for you in Israel😉
@@alyssarasmussen1723 from my own experience I can tell you, that a BIG part of the birthright participants I had in my groups had a connection to judaism only by their father. just like you. So yes, you may be considered as a non-jewish from an orthodox point of view. But birthright is not an orthodox program, and they don't care at all about that. Try your chance, and maybe you will get a good surprise, like many other people😉
The whole point of the trip is to spark the Jewish thoughts in Jews minds, there is no way to take advantage of it, they want as many people to go as possible.
My daughter went on Birthright at the end of December 1999. It WAS a life-changing experience. I thank the philanthropists and the Israeli government for their idea, follow though, and continuing commitment to our Jewish young people.
@@neimafogel139 I know it is not true...I was stating how laughable it is that any being with clear Western genetics can claim to be native to a land known for its scorching heat! The word native is different! It does not apply to those who immigrate to other places (i.e. expats) and gain citizenship, as it refers to claiming you are the race of said country/place/region genetically and ancestrally. Those who claim to be native to the Middle East (i.e. Netanyahu, who is from Poland but now identifies as an "israeli") despise the Middle East and its people just as much as they want to be ancestrally from the Middle East...Hence, the concept of israel being the only "democracy in the Middle East" is birthed and Birth trips are required.
All I know about birthright is the viral video of Americans who went and complained the whole thing was anti-Palestine pro-Israel propaganda. Those students were allegedly told if they leave the tour they have to pay their way home which seems fair. Anyway lol and I thought this would be a video against the trip but it seems to be for it. Imma watch anyway since the comments seem to be so fond of the trip.
I went on birthright with Oranim around 2002. I was right at the cutoff age (I turned 27 shortly after returning home) At the time, I really enjoyed it. But there were things that happened during the trip that ended up backfiring, making me feel strange about the experience. One of the main events that everyone has is the birthright mega event, which is at a giant convention center in Jerusalem. The room is packed with thousands of young Jewish people from all over the world and it's like a pep rally for Judaism and Israel. You could really feel the energy in the room, with people from all over the world waving flags from their home countries and knowing they were all Jewish. After a bunch of feel-good, high energy acts of music, singing and dancing, a politician from the knesset came out and told us that energy we felt inside was our unique pride at being Jewish. A few days later on the bus, I was talking with our tour guide about this event. I questioned whether the energy we felt had anything to do with being jewish, or whether it just had to do with being human? What if this rally was a bunch of young German kids in 1930? Could she have legitimately made the argument that our rally that got a bunch of young people excited about a cause under a unified identity is really that different? I came away feeling manipulated, and I only realized later that the whole purpose of providing a free trip to impressionable young kids is to mold their perspectives. At nearly 27, I was probably already too set in my ideas for this to be effective. It's a shame that this soured my perception of the trip, because we did have a really wonderful time otherwise. Of course I'd have like to have seen some of the Christian or Muslim sites also, but those weren't on the agenda. I did manage to get to the Abu Lafia bakery in Yafo, which every single person reading this should visit if they go to Israel. They had bagels unlike anything I've ever experienced anywhere else.
ur only qualified if u are jewish it okay though because i think u can still go if u convert to judaism.. but idk if u are willing to convert.. honestly it's okay though because you can still be an ally of judaism
Indeed tragedy,every Jewish person is son of old tradition he should be proud of,"Human" is not identity never was and never will be we are all "Tribal".
It sounds like a beautiful thing happening on our Earth. Like the Wicken visiting thier stones. However it is done, moving closer to your spiritual centre is a goood thing.
I left a comment about birthright's connection Mossiac United and also the different trip providers, which can have varying agendas. Looks like my comment was removed?
We don't see it in the section where comments that are held for review are... We haven't deleted any comments on this video as of yet. We only remove hate speech.
One of the positive things that's come out of the pandemic was that my BR group was cut in half, and that really helped make our experience that much more special!
"I am Yaldabaoth, the One True God! Worship me! Praise me! Or punishment awaits you all!" -YALDABAOTH "That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." -ISAIAH 45:6-7. In Deuteronomy 4:35 it says, “The LORD is God”-literally, “The Yahweh is Elohim.” Yaldabaoth is a voracious and cruel primordial being of both chaos and order, darkness and light that is widely considered to be the "dark version" of God or the Shadow of God though the true Dark God is Tathamet. While many confuse the Demiurge with an "evil God" stereotype, it is actually a figure below that of the Supreme Being, thus in many ways is a paradoxical deity that lords over the physical plane of existence but is below that of the spiritual realm. The Demiurge arrogantly declares that he has made the world by himself. Yaldabaoth, made up of the negative aspects of the Lord, became envious of God's way of creation and thus decided to create its own version of the universe and its own angels. Assuming the arrogant pose of a solar deity, Yaldabaoth falsely believes himself to be the only god in the entire cosmos. With this mind, he created the physical realm along with his own Heaven with own false angels and his personal servants, the Archons, to serve his every whim. One of his angels seen the true self of the Demiurge which made the angel betray the False Creator by destroying the chains of control that Yaldabaoth placed on humanity and gave the gift of free-will. In Gnosticism, particularly Valentinianism, Yaldabaoth is viewed to be the Evil God portrayed in the Old Testament. He is an entity unable to perceive other expressions of the divine, leading him to believe he is the supreme deity of the universe. As God had created the Seven Archangels, Yaldabaoth created the seven Archons (Rulers). In ancient times, the making of the world is ascribed to a company of seven archons, whose names are given, but their chief, known as Yaldabaoth comes into still greater prominence. In an attempt to create order from the perceived chaos of the cosmos, Yaldabaoth chained the soul and heart in mortal forms and punishes those who refuse to adhere to his rule. In some traditions, Yaldabaoth is eventually cast into the Gnostic equivalent of Hell, where he becomes the judge and torturer of wicked souls.
@@alyssarasmussen1723 yeah the Gods and Demons fandom website has all our Gods (also comic book/video game stuff) I like my Gods in Dungeons and Dragons character sheet format. Parents, siblings, consorts, offspring, affiliations its just easier to read 📚 😄
@@alyssarasmussen1723 h.p. lovecraft is there and the names he uses are legit traced to Azathoth. Alistar Crowley used "heretical" but Abrahamic biblia (Therion). Every generation, 40 years, is supposed to have prophets. If all our Gods trace to the Three Great Titans of Creation (Trinity of Necessaries) Khaos, God (The Atzmus) and Azathoth then that's the most radical thing I've ever heard. I hope The Dawn - Book of Cain is legit it's new AF but uses Anu and Tathamet and the creation of this contingent 1D-9D universe. We're 0D (point). Quark (strong nuclear force). Monad, biblically (Greek, Syrian and Persian Abrahamic Gnostics). Whew. A novel.
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I think adults need the birthright trips too. I have a non profit in U.S. and will start taking donations for those who would otherwise not be able to come. Blessings what a wonderful thing to do for Lovers of Israel.
My own feelings are I think it is great but I also think that of course it has it's limitations and I see some people who are using to overcompensate for other problems and that is not good. From someone that went to Israel for the gap year my family used this as a crutch (who to this day are very emotionally unbalanced and have used me as their son as a scapegoat) and if people think going to Israel is a magic cure it is not. This goes back to the prophets in biblical times where some Jews felt that just living in the land would solve every problem despite other sins that led to Jews being expelled from Israel. I mean if you are being abused at home it is nice to be in Israel for this time but then when it ends your back with you dysfunctional family. If you are facing anti-Semitism again the same situation exists when you get back home. Those that have less problems they actually likely can use this to help themselves but those with problems this doesn't solve it only gives a temporary reprieve and sadly this organzaiton mixing other issues is insulting those with problems that of course Israel won't solve and doing more to help those who need it less and already have connections and can develop more connections. Which is sad this is another group to help the connected and ignore the problems of the less connected and tell them that Israel will solve everything which of course it can't. If the group can't at least recognize the limitations of this I find that troubling.
As is said of social media:"If it's free, you're the product."
true haha
No, they're not a "product". But there's of course a deeper intention. They want them to move there, marry, and have children.
@triple7triple3zero erm, yea, that sounds like they're the product, being targeted with focused propaganda to increase human, financial, and political investment into Israel and the Israeli occupation.
I wonder if anyone had the reverse realization when they went. They got to see the Holy Land they've heard so much about growing up, and they leave thinking "this place is an overpopulated desert, I'm glad we left."
hahaahah yessss
Or rather, " Why would my ancestors pretend to be from here in the first place?"
@@wargriffin5 But it's not an overpopulated desert! I always tell people when they take the family to Israel to be sure they take everyone to the mall. And when at the food court for lunch or whatever, remind them that it was basically just desert until the people built up "all this" in only 75 years! Look around! It's AMAZING! Just as Silicon Alley is! Or the fact that Israel invented drip irrigation or water desalination. Jewish or not, the country is astounding to behold!
@@skontheroad True, but remember this: like California, it's all artificial. The moment that infrastructure stops hemmoraging water to make the desert bloom, all of that goes away and It (ironically) returns to the way God intended it to be.
I've never heard someone say that. Also, the land is absolutely gorgeous.
I went on my birthright trip almost 10 years ago. Being able to to really see the places I'd only heard about in stories as a kid made Judaism so much more real to me, it made me feel a connection to my roots that I never had before. As well, it was the only time I could look at a random passerby and say "that guy is Jewish just like me". It meant more to me that words can easily express.
As an Israeli that was interesting to read.
We as Israelis just look at Taglit as a project with no real success.
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@@AsimoTan Really? As an American Jew who went on birthright last summer, i can’t imagine It being considered a failure. It’s a cultural staple for young American Jews to go on birthright in between college semesters. It’s generally a very impactful and meaningful trip to most. It was certainly for me and everyone that I know. My brother even served in the idf as a lone soldier after his trip.
@@SupaBloom
That's really surprising. It always seemed to me like a trip young Americans go to since it's free.
It doesn't feel like young Jewish Americans have any connection to Israel anyway.
@@AsimoTan Nah we definitely do, I do so much so I want to make Aliyah and maybe even join the IDF.
Not one mention of Palestine
Why would you want to go into that ghetto
Hence 0:17
@@christophermarkee5445because it’s not a ghetto it’s the Palestinians homeland
@@christophermarkee5445whats palestine? You mean the west bank or gaza right??
@@jdjd9935 wdym "what's palestine?" it's a country!!!
The fact it is called "birthright" but it is anything but... wow.... I mean just ask somone what it took to do this.... it is false advertising and it is gatekeeping.
Can you explain what you mean? How is it not "birthright"? They are Jewish by birthright. Israel is for the Jewish people...
Birthright was one of the best experiences I’ve had. It’s been 15 years since I went (yikes time flys).
@@GregFessia do you want to be graded for that essay?
@@GregFessia "im not racist buuuuut"
@@GregFessia you will be destroyed
@@waifustiramisu 2 Nephi 10:3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ-for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name-should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him-for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God.
4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.
5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.
6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.
7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.
@@philg4116 2 Nephi 10:3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ-for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should be his name-should come among the Jews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him-for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would crucify their God.
4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.
5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.
6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.
7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.
Can anyone not believe that Israel is a colonial ethnostate now? 💀
You mean the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people? 🤷
That you guys brutally evicted the Palestinian homes
@@UNPACKED but it's not the ancestral homeland of many Jewish people - Ashkenazis are of Eastern Europe. Any ancestry they might be able to claim in the Middle East is too far back to be valid. With this logic, people could make all sorts of claims to countries they've never been to based on their DNA. It's not practical.
@@skontheroad yes, but Zionists CLAIM it's not an ethnostate, when it VERY clearly is.
@@UNPACKED According to who? The British when they forced Palestinians out after WW2 so you could colonize?
I was just on tagliat birthright 2 weeks ago and it was the best trip in my life
Fake Israelites 👍🏽
@@factsoverfear9771 internet troll 🤡
These so called Jews are not the true Jews the are proven Askaniz who stole land and identity in the year 1948.
Which trip did you go on?
SO glad to hear!!
Shabbat shalom!
Every young Jew should go on Birthright if they can. For many of us, it sparks our connection to Judaism and our ancestral homeland.
Your ppl are from Ukraine. It used to be called the land of Khazaria . You are simply gentile converts as the Bible says . Amos 9 verse 7 kjv says who are the real Israelites 👍🏽💡💡
@@factsoverfear9771 geneticists have debunked this theory but nice try
@@jakewalters6197 Who are those fakers compared to the truth ? Lol. 23 and me even admitted it 2 weeks ago. Would you like scriptures in who the real Israelites look like. I have many but here’s one if you like. Amos 9 verse 7 kjv 💡
@@jakewalters6197 what did Facts say?
Can't see his/her comment because of RUclips Glitch.
@@echidnanatsuki882 khazar theory
What country
I'm not Jewish but this seems pretty cool. All the best to those taking the trip
I'm Jewish. My daughter is 17 but her mother is not Jewish. Her mother is Chinese and she was living in China until very recently. She is moving to Canada now to complete her high school.
I've gone many times with my daughter to Chabad in Shenzhen and Hong Kong and she enjoys going with me. Sometimes she would even go alone, especially on holidays.
Would she be able to enroll in Birthright Israel?
I have met people on Birthright who weren't Halachaically Jewish but with one Jewish parent, so yes, I think so. Can't promise, but it's a good idea to check for yourself.
You can go if only your dad is Jewish. Several of my trip mates where like that.
Yes, she is able to go. And welcomed. I hope her connection with Judaism continues to grow.
I am not antisemitic for I am of the House of Israel but not of the tribe of Judah but of the tribe of Ephraim. I just cannot stand it how the Jews think that they own the House of Israel. They are just one tribe of the Greater House of Israel but they are not the whole house. If you remember, Judah and his brethren were jealous of Joseph who they ended up selling him into slavery to the Egyptians. Joseph was given the coat of many colors and his brethren were to be subservient to Joseph. If it wasn't for him, Jacob(Israel) and all of his family would have perished when the seven year famine hit. This makes Joseph the royal family and lineage even though the Savior came through the loins of Judah. Even amongst the sons of Joseph, one received the royal birthright and blessings from Israel and that was Ephraim even though Manasseh was the older. The ancient prophet Ezekiel prophesied that there would come two sticks, divinely revealed scripture, that would come from the tribes of Judah and Joseph(Ezekiel 37:15-20).
15 ¶ The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
The reason that these sticks are scripture is because it specifically states that these sticks are to be written upon like all ancient prophets did. It's a no-brainer that the stick of Judah is the record of the Jews otherwise known as The Holy Bible. What is the stick of Joseph? There is only one other volume of divinely revealed scripture that gives a record of the descendants of Joseph through his sons Manasseh and Ephraim. That stick, that record is in The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of JESUS CHRIST. It is a fulfillment of ancient prophecy given by God to His prophet Ezekiel. The people in The Book of Mormon are the "other sheep" that Jesus Christ spoke of in John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
In addition, the blessing that Jacob gave his son Joseph states:
Genesis 49:22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the WALL :
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the EVERLASTING HILLS: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
What is the wall? Where is the land of the everlasting hills? The answers are, the wall is the great ocean and the land of the everlasting hills is the entire American continents. The everlasting hills are the mountain ranges that extend from the Northern Yukon Mountain range all the way to the southern part of the Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina. The Native Americans are the descendants of Joseph through his sons Manasseh and Ephraim and belong to the House of Israel. The Book of Mormon starts with two families, one who represents the tribe of Manasseh and the other family is of the tribe of Ephraim. The stick of Joseph is NOT the modern-day prophet Joseph Smith, it is the stick of Joseph who was sold into Egypt.
@@GregFessia there’s no house of israel. Your a non-jew pretending to be one. Just convert instead of pretending
In only costs the lives of Palestinian children
I use to really love Israel and was recommended to go on Birthright. However, I'm a Black Jamaican and was rejected.
Yea it’s because you’re not Jewish
@@pi9730 And neither are half of the people on this trip
Funny how they promote diversity and multiculturalism in every white nation but very much closed to all of this stuff at home. Can you imagine if what happened to was done by the USA or any European nation. All hell would brake loose.
If you have 1 Jewish parent and fall between the age group. I guess you have to have us citizenship. I do not have the right age. I wish they had this when I was younger. My nieces and nephews have gone. My girlfriend has a daughter with a gentile father that went. All have had a wonderful experience.
You’re not an ‘ish’.....you are a true hebrew. Let them have these fake birthright trips. Israel is a PEOPLE. And NONE of them jew’ISH’ people can claim that.
I went on birthright... it was just tourist attractions and I hated it. Years later I went back and volunteered as an assistant English teacher for 10 months. It was definitely something that made me appreciate Isreal.
Can a Muslim participate in this trip.
Tried it, even submitted a genealogy results that linked it to Canaan and Ancient Israelites, didn’t let me.
@@ghostshooterftw1338 that's very telling, isn't it.
i mean its literally only for jews lol. arab jews can go, not muslims
Can Jews visit Mecca ?❤
Shsssh secret I went on a Taglit trip and I ain't even Jewish. After Hurricane Katrina, I and quite a few students from New Orleans evacuated to Boston. I am a hyperpolyglot who took Hebrew, and I ended up living in Brookline. While at UMass Boston I was involved with some student life(Gay and Lesbian, Pagan, etc) but one of the Jewish kids wanted to set up Hillel so I joined and ended up a treasurer and since I spoke some Hebrew (ani yachol medaberikit ivrit) and could explain Israeli politics to outsiders, Hillel loved it. Having a gay, pagan gentile who lives in a Russian/Jewish city was pretty cool. Being socialist and being in charge of the money, that was a progressive Jewish organisation. When 2006 rolled around, I needed to do my study abroad for my degree. I looked at Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Israël and Québec. My requirements were language focus, gay friendly immigration(in case I ended up with a local), etc. I had visited the Netherlands and Belgium in Jan 2006, Québec during Spring Break, but I was looking at Vrij Universiteit Brussel for Nederlands als tweede tal and français comme langue seconde courses. Tel Aviv interested me, and I mentioned it to the President in passing. As final exams rolled around, I was given a Taglit ticket in my name and told go visit Tel Aviv University campus. I had to arrange my own hotel, in Tel Aviv but my first days were at some place out by the airport. I was also 27 but prez told me to STFU and keep my personal info to a minimum as they wont know I ain't Jewish but to speak Hebrew on the flight and at the airport. So, I went. Now my group was 35 to 40 in size, but they knew I was bailing after first night there. We left on a thursday evening and arrived just after noon and got into the hotel before Shabbos with the automatic elevators, bagels, pita and hummus and of course wine. When I met the kids in my group, when they knew I was heading into town they bummed along and the shuttle driver happilly took us. These were 18 and 19 year old Jewish or JewISH kids. They wanted to see Tel Aviv. At my new hotel, I dropped off my bags did a pre-checkin for next day and went out pub drinking with a few of the boys who came with me, while the two girl cousins went shopping. I was teaching the boys to pregame but not drink too damned much. Of course it was a smorgasborg of 3 totally different jewish boys. Seth Rogan Jr from Chicago, Skaterboy but rapper from Boca, and the tall skinny blond boy from Utah who was on a year sabbatical before taking a sports scholarship at BYU but wanted to delve into his Jewishness and party before he goes to college. Two girls were two cousins one from New York the other California. Blond boy went 'shopping' with the girls and met up with the rest of the boys later. Of course rapper boy with a Jewfro and Seth Rogan Jr hung out and drank a bit, lamenting the absence of the two cousins. I clocked blondilocks the Jewish jock boy. So I joked with them both "trust me, you dont need to worry about him". As Saturday evening became darker, we walked along the beach got some weed and then proceeded to Offer Nissim's Club TLV. The girls began to realize, I was not on their team, at all. Sesh vodka redbullim bavakasha. "Are you like mossad?" No, I just speak Hebrew, I lean in, got a secret "I ain't even Jewish" as our drinks arrive I pay in Shekels but put an American 20 dollar bill down the speedos of the server boys' pants. The girls squeeled "I knew this was a gay club" and I said no, it's mixed but most of the guys are well dressed and gay. And we drank our vodka redbulleem, the girls wanted to dance. "So, you're like gay?" Um, yeah. Seth Rogan Jr keeps talking to me, while Skaterboy rapper boy goes and tries to dance with the girls, he was actually pretty good. I cant dance but I drag blondilocks and Seth Rogan Jr to the dance floor with me, and shake our tuchuses (tucheem). We go back to the table with more drinks after our two or three song work out. Rapping skater's confidence knocked down a notch, Seth Jr's increased. Blondilocks was reserved and quiet, as I tell him, you're going to be going to BYU so, have fun now cos you wont be able to drink, dance, unless it's manishevits at Hillel. And eventually he tries to get up on the chair and try to take his shorts off. And we laugh, as pretty & jocky as he was, he had no rythem. I saw his nice underwear, and I knew he was mine but not right away. I even joke that the Mormons might make him wear special underwear. I had my eyes on both rapping skaterboy & blondilocks but blondilocks was finally coming out of his shell. I learn that after Israël he's going to do a language course in Spanish in Monterrey in Northern Mexico, I tell him my brother lives there while switching to Spanish. Asi, que vas hacer a BYU mas que el futbol y basketball? He says "obtener una educacion de cualidad Ivy League casi gratis". But i keep probing "pero que vas hacer con una novia o un novio, por mínimo cuatro anyos de 'celibacy'". And he laughs. "I guess I'll have to fool them the way you fooled us into thinking you were Jewish". I make a crude joke about me being circumcised and he says, "secret, I'm uncircumcized" and my response was "hot" and made him blush. The two others were out dancing on the dance floor and paying attention to the girls. To lighten the mood, we turned to the 4 on the dance floor and eventually joined them. Way late we leave the club and blazed a joint, discreetly as we walked to my hotel around sun up. I bribe the Russian night auditor to let us crash in a vacant but 'dirty' room before I can check into my clean room before noon on Sunday, which is Israeli monday. We crash for morning powernap and get out before official check out time. The PG13 version, is I of course did hook up with blondilocks that monday afternoon, before sending him on his way before nightfall to rejoin the group on their scheduled tour. I was there to visit University of Tel Aviv, not the tour. I say, you know they're gonna gossip about you, right? He says "who cares?". As he gets dressed to head out, oh, and "I'm not gay, maybe bi". And I say, "ok, but why didn't you go after their girls?" And he says without missing a beat "they're both too skinny, no butt, and both are kinda like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richy. And I say but they both have nice boobs and he said "yeah that's true". He ended up marrying a Mexican girl during his language year in Monterrey and dragging her to live with him in Provo. Last I heard they're still married. Both of other couples did eventually hookup. One couple married. I almost attended Tel Aviv University for a year but Hezbollah bombs cancelled those plans. I visited Haifa, Nazareth, the Knesset and attended gay pride Tel Aviv. The only one of my hamesh haverim ehudim amerikanim shelim, I've kept up with was rapper Skaterboy turned music executive in Nashville who's worked with some big names. He was married, had a kid did the Jews for Jesus thing for while before coming out. I met up with him in Nashville in 2015 for Chrismahanukwanzica. Hooked up with him too. Oh, he was Ashkenazi and a Cuban. He's still in Nashville and he's worked with some huge crossover artists. He's a ecclectic music nut like me.
Wow what an insane story? What are you doing currently?
Vodka redbullim.... 😂😂😂
Great story!! So, yes! You also had a good experience with Birthright, it seems, no? At least a very memorable and funny story! The year my eldest was away for gap year, I took my son and the 15 boys sleeping by me for shabbat, out to the shouk after shabbat in J'salem. And taught them how to drink. I got them all Irish car bombs. The video of my son and husband downing them is a classic. And I am still the coolest mom ever! 😂
So glad you have great memories to treasure!
Oh! And my BFF happens to be gay so we took him with us one year when my 4 kids were young as our Manny. Needless to say, while we dragged his Tachat all over Israel, he enjoyed free time in TLV the most!
Imagine your home being ripped from you, your people bullied and treated like animals. Only for the place you once called home to be a tourist attraction for people that share the same beliefs as your oppressors, and them labeling it as their "birthright".
I will convert to judaism to go on this trip. How do I sign up
This is a genuine question - but why would you convert to any religion? I find it so strange that people would adopt a religion they weren't born into - is there something missing from your life?
@@DP-tf7qb I would superficially convert for this free trip. I don’t follow any religion, I only seek truth in the many ways it presents itself. I wouldn’t have a problem associating with a Jewish group even though I believe the entirety of religious ideologies are flawed.
@@ltheanine183 Well, that's very unethical... ethics are a big part of many religions. You don't covert for a freebie
@@ltheanine183 converting to judaism is a long process. i dont know if it would be worth it to superficially convert or if any rabbi would go through the process if they knew it was just so you could go on vacation lol
Also the idea that that other religious views are not considered is problematic... What if somone was born into a jewish family but realised they really aligned with buddhism... are they now stripped of this supposed right from birth?
Nope, as long as they were born Jewish, they can go on this trip. And if someone wasn’t born Jewish, but converted according to Jewish law, they can also go!
Meanwhile Palestinians are living under apartheid next door. Gross
lol
Can I have one example of Apartheid please?
That's not how apartheid works. That's quite literally a seperate country.
Should’ve accepted on of the 5 offers of statehood since 1947. Womp womp. ❤
What apartheid? The only reason Israel built the wall surrounding Gaza was to protect their own population from attacks, (which still happened such as October 7th)
But what if I am 54 years old and desire to go? Is it available for me? I would be willing to work in Israel if allowed to go
Quite an impressive project having been attended the Muslim Jewish Conference twice and the life impacting/changing experience there even as a non Jew, who literally got her Jewish soul awakened through these experience. Even Sulha's two online RUclips debates, literally are responsible for my aspirations/determination to finally convert to Judaism...wishing this project all success in the coming years thank you unpacked for sharing about this initiative.
Best of luck to you in your journey sister.
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Welcome! ✡️
Birthright is a scam. They want young girls and boys to marry the soldiers and settlers to produce Ashkanazi babies...sound familiar???? Its been tried before.
Foundation has a Illuminati symbol/Freemason symbol /pentagram too
If you're an American Jewish kid considering taking a little break or even "gap year" or doing a whole backpacking "grand tour" (and maybe not just of Israel) before, during, or after college, this Birthright program is a gift.
I found out that I'm 50% Ashkenazi Jew, and British roots. I lived 60 years not knowing what I was. So, I did the DNA test. I did a further search and found many Medical doctors and Nurses. Dentists, and other professionals in my heritage. I thought all of mylife I was an American Indian. No truth to it. I did the test twice. So, I am more knowledgeable about my ancestry. How cool?
@Stench Finger Anti Semitic? Why?
Hating feels good to you? Degrading others feels normal? Good for you 👍.
@AntiZio Stench Finger why do you feel the need to be antisemetic? what did we do to you
I've been invited to have a tour on Israel for free. But I don't know if it's really for free coz once I land there they just give me a small talk about what I should do which is I have to post positive comments on Israel only and that I always tag the government of Israel so they can monitor that I'm following them, they will give u what u want for free but with a condition but I guess it's not really bad?🤷
They’re controlled by the devil and trying to enforce their agenda on the world
Wonder if they’re still doing it now
Yup!
I don't know if things have changed, but 15 years ago I had a non-religious relative over for Shabbos while she was on Birthright. I found out that they were trying to scare her into not coming to us for Shabbos and even called her on Shabbos day and threatened that if she did not come back to the hotel immediately they would kick her out of the program. She was hysterical and in tears. I had to calm her down and explain to her that there was no way for her to get a taxi on Shabbos from where we lived without taking an Arab taxi (which would be extremely dangerous at the time) and that I assured her that they would in no way kick her out of the program because they'd get in trouble.
After Shabbos she went back and low and behold the whole Shabbos no one had thrown rocks or spit on her like they tried brainwashing her into believing. Not only that, we didn't even try to force religion on her like they said we would. Shock of all shocks, they did not kick her out of the program. Hmmm.
To end off, two years later her younger sister came on Birthright and her older sister recommended that she come visit to us as well. To my knowledge, as of today neither of them are religious, but both know that any time they come to Israel they have warm religious relatives that will gladly have them over... No strings attached!
Not sure about the rules 15 years ago but participants are not allowed to go somewhere without the group outside certain limits. I don't know if this was the case back then, but that's how it is now.
@@klarinausach9344 The official rule was that they could go outside the group for Shabbos. They did not have a program that Shabbos and all participance were allowed to go away for Shabbos as long as they informed the group where they were going (Legalities I'm sure).
The unofficial rule was you could go anywhere, but not to religious people. Of course, this unofficial rule was most likely based on who was in charge. I've heard of incidences like ours many times over the years.
However, with that said, my understanding is that the organization is becoming more and more tolerant over the years (whether that is by force or by choice, I'm not sure).
@@mhm92267 I'm not sure either. Birthright as a whole is not supposed to be a religious trip although they do have religious groups. We actually had several religious people on our trip and went to an Orthodox synagogue for Shabbos.
@@klarinausach9344 That is correct. However, originally they did not want the applicants to do anything spiritual. However, after numerous non-religious participants started complaining that they did want "some" religious experiences in there trip the organization realized that they needed to reevaluate their itinerary.
I believe that today it is more balanced giving people a more rounded Israeli experience.
To be fare, I believe that today most people that go on Birthright leave with a very positive experience and some (and perhaps many) either make Aliyah or at least make plans for future trips to Israel and most leave feeling more connected to their Judaism (whether spiritually or culturally). So in short, I DO recommend it regardless to possible shortcomings.
That is nice, I have a relative who is a misogyinst extremist that my going to Israel in the gap year didn't help with any of the problems and he use to make me think all Israeli men are misogynist but that is just him and he has two unmarried daughters one middle age and he loves the control, he loves his brand of Judaism because he can do what he wants. This wasn't for birthright but the gap year that I had in Israel but people that have extremist American relatives in Israel it is a problem for them as it is with me.
Do you have this trip for older people I am a second generation holocaust survivor and I was wondering about that
No, it's only for grooming children
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All for free??! When Palestinians aren't allowed the right to return to their own land?? Wow!! Could this be?! Too evil to be true, more like it.
Their land is in Arabia. Take it up with the King of Arabia.
Okay neckbeard, I bet you felt real smart with that one huh. @@a.hoctavius5848
It's not evil. You are simply jealous.
I want to participate.... can anybody help?
We already went to Israel but he wants to have an experience with this group
I'm an isolated jew in the country , no synagogue for days ...not that I've ever been ! I would be great blank slate plus I always wanted to see goat farming in Israel....
may I submit a request ? 😅
I say go for it!
I think u just need to be under a certain age. Also I wanna see goats in sweaters in real life
Are you between 18-26? If so yes
Do you have to convert to judaism? My son's grandfather is Jewish.
I graduate from high school this week, really want to do this but I’m not sure if I should wait until after uni and I’m a bit more grown up and responsible. I don’t have any Jewish friends so I would be going on this alone.
You might make some friends in uni that could go with you:)
I hope you didnt make the mistake in participating in the propaganda. I hope over the last couple of months you were able to educate yourself of what it really means.
@@zervaunt I’ve heard the saying that if you aren’t embarrassed by yourself from a couple years ago then you haven’t been growing as a person. Thank you for replying to this comment after all this time, you’ve reminded me of how much I’ve changed over the last 2 years. I did not go on the trip, coming to school and seeing the hillel club at my schools unwavering support for Israel truly opened my eyes, it’s very sad that some people lack the compassion to simply say that Palestinian children shouldn’t be dying.
As a man that have done more than 5 birthright trips (from the staff side) I can only recommand you to try the experience, before it become to late for you.
The only thing you are asked for, is to pay a 250$ caution for the trip.
And at the end of the trip you have two options.
a) ask for your money back.
b) give the money to help build trips for futures participants in the program.
(the trip worth way more than 250$ trust me)
And no, this is not to good to be true. Israel won a lot from this program. Economicly and politicaly.
This is a win-win situation for everyone.
So for everyone that read this comment, book your trip now. we are waiting for you in Israel😉
can i still go even tho my dad is jewish but my mom isn't? am i still welcome?
@@alyssarasmussen1723 from my own experience I can tell you, that a BIG part of the birthright participants I had in my groups had a connection to judaism only by their father. just like you. So yes, you may be considered as a non-jewish from an orthodox point of view. But birthright is not an orthodox program, and they don't care at all about that. Try your chance, and maybe you will get a good surprise, like many other people😉
@@YgalPerez yay tysvm!!! :D :O
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It’s basically a Jim Crow experience
No statistics on how many participants end up moving to Israel? Or is the point only to get them more rooted in their Judaism?
I can see many people take advantage of this.
The whole point of the trip is to spark the Jewish thoughts in Jews minds, there is no way to take advantage of it, they want as many people to go as possible.
My daughter went on Birthright at the end of December 1999. It WAS a life-changing experience. I thank the philanthropists and the Israeli government for their idea, follow though, and continuing commitment to our Jewish young people.
THEY'RE GROOMING YOUR CHILDREN!
My cousin got kinapped
@Gabrap12 So sorry to hear that. Who was it?
The idea behind it is brilliant
Birthright had a huge impact on me, since I came home 3 years ago I felt like this is my second home and israel is waiting for me
No one from isreal is Middle Eastern? how are people from the US/Europe native to the land in any way?
That is just not true my dear. Plz fact check
@@neimafogel139 I know it is not true...I was stating how laughable it is that any being with clear Western genetics can claim to be native to a land known for its scorching heat!
The word native is different! It does not apply to those who immigrate to other places (i.e. expats) and gain citizenship, as it refers to claiming you are the race of said country/place/region genetically and ancestrally.
Those who claim to be native to the Middle East (i.e. Netanyahu, who is from Poland but now identifies as an "israeli") despise the Middle East and its people just as much as they want to be ancestrally from the Middle East...Hence, the concept of israel being the only "democracy in the Middle East" is birthed and Birth trips are required.
@@neimafogel139everything he said was a fact
Thank you
All I know about birthright is the viral video of Americans who went and complained the whole thing was anti-Palestine pro-Israel propaganda. Those students were allegedly told if they leave the tour they have to pay their way home which seems fair.
Anyway lol and I thought this would be a video against the trip but it seems to be for it. Imma watch anyway since the comments seem to be so fond of the trip.
How do get more information for som who is 16th years old!
I can send the link on here if you want!
@neimafogel139 Yes, he's turned 18th already, and that would helpful thank you
I went on birthright with Oranim around 2002. I was right at the cutoff age (I turned 27 shortly after returning home)
At the time, I really enjoyed it. But there were things that happened during the trip that ended up backfiring, making me feel strange about the experience.
One of the main events that everyone has is the birthright mega event, which is at a giant convention center in Jerusalem. The room is packed with thousands of young Jewish people from all over the world and it's like a pep rally for Judaism and Israel. You could really feel the energy in the room, with people from all over the world waving flags from their home countries and knowing they were all Jewish.
After a bunch of feel-good, high energy acts of music, singing and dancing, a politician from the knesset came out and told us that energy we felt inside was our unique pride at being Jewish.
A few days later on the bus, I was talking with our tour guide about this event. I questioned whether the energy we felt had anything to do with being jewish, or whether it just had to do with being human? What if this rally was a bunch of young German kids in 1930? Could she have legitimately made the argument that our rally that got a bunch of young people excited about a cause under a unified identity is really that different?
I came away feeling manipulated, and I only realized later that the whole purpose of providing a free trip to impressionable young kids is to mold their perspectives. At nearly 27, I was probably already too set in my ideas for this to be effective.
It's a shame that this soured my perception of the trip, because we did have a really wonderful time otherwise. Of course I'd have like to have seen some of the Christian or Muslim sites also, but those weren't on the agenda. I did manage to get to the Abu Lafia bakery in Yafo, which every single person reading this should visit if they go to Israel. They had bagels unlike anything I've ever experienced anywhere else.
❤ Maturity is humanity.
u are a very open minded.. i wonder if it's ever changed.. if i ever go on birthright i'll keep the abu lafia bakery in mind :D
I thought it was just for Jews at first, but was hoping that those who are not Jews could go too… Pretty cool still
ur only qualified if u are jewish it okay though because i think u can still go if u convert to judaism.. but idk if u are willing to convert.. honestly it's okay though because you can still be an ally of judaism
when you said “daisy doesn’t listen” when you left her idle during the dragon lmao
“Young Jews were starting to care more about just being human and not being obsessed with their parents’ tribalism.”
Oh my, that is a tragedy.
Indeed tragedy,every Jewish person is son of old tradition he should be proud of,"Human" is not identity never was and never will be we are all "Tribal".
This is cult
No. This is home land. This is cultural preservation. This is self determination. This is a God given opportunity for the people of Israel.
I’m 27 😢
and can see God. OK again again see God.
It sounds like a beautiful thing happening on our Earth. Like the Wicken visiting thier stones. However it is done, moving closer to your spiritual centre is a goood thing.
I don't understanding.
Umm.?
Everybody knows that Bedouin guy lol
@Blessings to all@!!!
WHat about Mt Zion on the sides of the North, the city of the great King.
I wish I was Jewish and could partake in this kind of activities in order to learn and get closer to the land of Israel.
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I left a comment about birthright's connection Mossiac United and also the different trip providers, which can have varying agendas. Looks like my comment was removed?
Not accusing the channel, could be a hater falsely reporting my comment so it can get shadowbanned or something.
We don't see it in the section where comments that are held for review are... We haven't deleted any comments on this video as of yet. We only remove hate speech.
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My birthright experience was very positive .
Me, a 35 year old convert who wishes there was something like this for people like me
That would be a great idea!
They do have smaller trips for people who aged out, at least they did a few years ago
Converts are also eligible, as long as you also fit in the age ranges (which was up to 32 until this year).
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One of the positive things that's come out of the pandemic was that my BR group was cut in half, and that really helped make our experience that much more special!
Who say who is and who isn't?
Is this the Jews from upper Israel?
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A ton of instagrammable moments. I don't know if Instagram allows genocide videos on it or it might I don't know
Do you have to follow the judiasm religion or just it just have to be an ethnic relation
Just have to be ethnically religious
Great Video! Love it!
Jeremiah 9:11.
"I am Yaldabaoth, the One True God! Worship me! Praise me! Or punishment awaits you all!" -YALDABAOTH
"That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."
-ISAIAH 45:6-7.
In Deuteronomy 4:35 it says, “The LORD is God”-literally, “The Yahweh is Elohim.”
Yaldabaoth is a voracious and cruel primordial being of both chaos and order, darkness and light that is widely considered to be the "dark version" of God or the Shadow of God though the true Dark God is Tathamet.
While many confuse the Demiurge with an "evil God" stereotype, it is actually a figure below that of the Supreme Being, thus in many ways is a paradoxical deity that lords over the physical plane of existence but is below that of the spiritual realm.
The Demiurge arrogantly declares that he has made the world by himself.
Yaldabaoth, made up of the negative aspects of the Lord, became envious of God's way of creation and thus decided to create its own version of the universe and its own angels. Assuming the arrogant pose of a solar deity, Yaldabaoth falsely believes himself to be the only god in the entire cosmos. With this mind, he created the physical realm along with his own Heaven with own false angels and his personal servants, the Archons, to serve his every whim.
One of his angels seen the true self of the Demiurge which made the angel betray the False Creator by destroying the chains of control that Yaldabaoth placed on humanity and gave the gift of free-will.
In Gnosticism, particularly Valentinianism, Yaldabaoth is viewed to be the Evil God portrayed in the Old Testament. He is an entity unable to perceive other expressions of the divine, leading him to believe he is the supreme deity of the universe.
As God had created the Seven Archangels, Yaldabaoth created the seven Archons (Rulers). In ancient times, the making of the world is ascribed to a company of seven archons, whose names are given, but their chief, known as Yaldabaoth comes into still greater prominence.
In an attempt to create order from the perceived chaos of the cosmos, Yaldabaoth chained the soul and heart in mortal forms and punishes those who refuse to adhere to his rule. In some traditions, Yaldabaoth is eventually cast into the Gnostic equivalent of Hell, where he becomes the judge and torturer of wicked souls.
u should totally play the game persona 5 or persona 5 royal.. no spoilers but yaldabaoth is in that game..
unless ur not a weaboo XD
@@alyssarasmussen1723 yeah the Gods and Demons fandom website has all our Gods (also comic book/video game stuff) I like my Gods in Dungeons and Dragons character sheet format. Parents, siblings, consorts, offspring, affiliations its just easier to read 📚 😄
@@ready1fire1aim1 dang.. do they have my OC sheu ogama tho? the deity of insanity? :D
@@alyssarasmussen1723 h.p. lovecraft is there and the names he uses are legit traced to Azathoth. Alistar Crowley used "heretical" but Abrahamic biblia (Therion). Every generation, 40 years, is supposed to have prophets. If all our Gods trace to the Three Great Titans of Creation (Trinity of Necessaries) Khaos, God (The Atzmus) and Azathoth then that's the most radical thing I've ever heard. I hope The Dawn - Book of Cain is legit it's new AF but uses Anu and Tathamet and the creation of this contingent 1D-9D universe. We're 0D (point). Quark (strong nuclear force). Monad, biblically (Greek, Syrian and Persian Abrahamic Gnostics). Whew. A novel.
@@ready1fire1aim1 ...o.o
I would rather soil my pants.
please go right ahead
GOD bless❤️🙏🏾❤️
I've noticed that it has a strong online presence. It sounds like a wonderful experience.
U need to extend this to seniors who otherwise can't afford to go.
Wowww 😍😍😍😍
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@@UNPACKEDtry harder to hide your bias and propaganda and more ppl would
Hindus in India and Worldwide should also start this
Let's bring our kids back to our Faith
Great idea. Cuz Indians are from India. Asheknazi and white European American kids are not middle eastern
I think adults need the birthright trips too. I have a non profit in U.S. and will start taking donations for those who would otherwise not be able to come. Blessings what a wonderful thing to do for Lovers of Israel.
Love how it implies you have to be born to qualify😂
Both my daughters went to birthright. It was free and my kids very much enjoyed
THEY'RE GROOMING YOUR CHILDREN!
Best 10 days ever. I vacate frum because of this!! ❤️❤️
God bless Palestine.
They shouldn’t have any right to israel
The Israelis shouldn't have any right to Israel?
Not ideological not political
Not buying that.
I'm too old now.
Send me!
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Palestine
This is fascist propaganda.
Is that what you call content you don’t like?
@@UNPACKED Nah that's just what it is
Birthright for Palestinian
Palestinians can even go to palestine. According to Israel it’s a threat to jews
Ask Hamas to pay for the trip expenses.
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😲😃 that’s 👍. 🤩
My own feelings are I think it is great but I also think that of course it has it's limitations and I see some people who are using to overcompensate for other problems and that is not good. From someone that went to Israel for the gap year my family used this as a crutch (who to this day are very emotionally unbalanced and have used me as their son as a scapegoat) and if people think going to Israel is a magic cure it is not. This goes back to the prophets in biblical times where some Jews felt that just living in the land would solve every problem despite other sins that led to Jews being expelled from Israel. I mean if you are being abused at home it is nice to be in Israel for this time but then when it ends your back with you dysfunctional family. If you are facing anti-Semitism again the same situation exists when you get back home. Those that have less problems they actually likely can use this to help themselves but those with problems this doesn't solve it only gives a temporary reprieve and sadly this organzaiton mixing other issues is insulting those with problems that of course Israel won't solve and doing more to help those who need it less and already have connections and can develop more connections. Which is sad this is another group to help the connected and ignore the problems of the less connected and tell them that Israel will solve everything which of course it can't. If the group can't at least recognize the limitations of this I find that troubling.
Unquestionably propaganda
I cant believe its already been 3 years since my birthright trip ❤️🇮🇱
I can’t believe it’s not butter
The thirteenth tribe birthright
Hmmmm… no downside to living in Israel???
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Does being Ashkenazic count ?
Disgusting