This summer, some 40,000 young American Jews will go on Birthright — a free, 10-day trip to Israel that offers a connection to other young Jews and a place many of us have family and have grown up hearing so many stories about. The trip is often seen as a right of passage in our Jewish journey.
But we can no longer allow a free trip that hides the truth about the Occupation be synonymous with being a young Jewish person in America.
Donate now to support IfNotNow's efforts to transform Birthright and the American Jewish establishment's support for the Occupation into a call for freedom and dignity for all.
Your dollars will go directly to supporting our on-the-ground educational efforts and actions.
We know that Birthright — which desperately wants to be viewed as a simple, apolitical, free trip — is hiding the truth about Israel from us. We are smart enough to know that what is more important than what participants are shown is what we are not shown.
Our generation will no longer allow ourselves to be manipulated by right-wing donors like Trump supporter Sheldon Adelson and the radical Israeli government who tell us a story about Israel and Judaism that deliberately hides the Occupation. We demand the truth.