Birthright numbers down
The recession means fewer Yale students of Jewish descent will have the chance to visit Israel free of charge.
The number of Yale students traveling to Israel this summer and next winter through the Taglit-Birthright Israel program will fall 50 percent due to continuing economic fallout. Rabbi Shua Rosenstein, co-founder of Chabad at Yale, said he expects the number of Yale students traveling on birthright trips to fall from 40 to 20 this year.
Founded in 2000, Birthright provides free, 10-day winter and summer trips to 18-to-26-year-old Jewish students from around the...
