1,500 Birthright participants were stranded in Israel. Now they’re on a cruise to Cypress as Iran-Israel conflict unfolds
Approximately 1500 Birthright Israel participants board a cruise ship in Ashdod, Israel headed for Larnaca, Cyrpus. (Erez Uzir/Birthright Israel)
By Grace Gilson
June 17, 2025
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Their counselors stuck in Israel, US Jewish camps are putting out ‘Help Wanted’ signs
On the last Friday of the season at Camp Ramah Nyack in 2019, anyone spending the next year in Israel is called up and...
Israeli weapons display is walled off at Paris Air Show, in move Israelis decry
A security personnel works to hide a graffiti reading “Behind these walls are the best defense systems used by many countries. These systems are...
24 hours of war leaves Israel reeling, with bomb shelters full and flights canceled
Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Jerusalem, during a ballistic missile attack fired from Iran into Israel June 13, 2025. (Noam Revkin...
Security groups warn Jews abroad to remain vigilant following Israeli strike against Iran
A member of the New York Police Department patrols in front of the synagogue Congregation Bais Yaakov Nechamia Dsatmar on October 13, 2023. (Photo...