Shalom Friends,
We're so happy you registered for Oranim's Free 10-Day trips as featured on our website www.IsraelFree.com! This past winter, Oranim operated 3 buses funded privately by myself and the other Israel partners in Oranim. We made an investment of $250,000 of private Israeli money to bring young adults to Israel like you. While we have every intention of continuing to offer Oranim's Free 10-Day trips in the future, we will not be able to offer trips this summer. Don't worry though - our future trips will allow participants up to the age of 32! We are just working to secure funding and will update you when more information is available.
Aside from our famous Free 10-Day trips, we continue to offer great experiences for those interested in coming to Israel from 1 week to 1 year. Oranim's got a summer, short or long term program that will work for everyone. Some of them are even FREE! Get more details about our summer or short term programs here. If you'd rather a longer stay, information about our long term programs are available here.
As you're aware, Oranim is not part of Taglit-Birthright Israel any longer. In the past 10 years, Oranim has brought 50,000 participants to Israel out of the total 220,000 on Taglit-Birthright Israel programs. Since our message about marrying Jewish, maintaining the Jewish family and promoting Aliyah were censored by Taglit-Birthright Israel, we made the ideological decision to not be part of the Taglit-Birthright Israel project any longer. You can read more about Oranim in the Press here.
If you wish to come to Israel this summer and participate on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip that has closely the same spirit and vision as Oranim has become famous for, we would be more than happy to make some recommendations for you. Just send an email to momo@israelfree.com or todd@israelfree.com and we'll be sure to set you in the right direction. Note - if you come this summer on Taglit-Birthright Israel, extend your stay on one of our many other programs!
On behalf of the entire Oranim family, we wish you well and look forward to seeing you in Israel!
Sincerely
Shlomo (Momo) Lifshitz
President, Oranim Educational Initiatives
