The omission and erasure of Palestinian perspectives and narratives on Birthright trips creates a political environment that allows home demolitions, settlement expansion, and other destructive policies of occupation to continue unchallenged.
So we're modeling what an educational trip that embraces multiple perspectives and voices can and should look like. J Street U is organizing and leading its own trip for American Jewish college students to Israel and the Palestinian territory this summer.
Application Release: 3/18
Application Deadline: 4/18
Notification of Acceptance: 5/1
Trip Dates: 7/1-7/10
The omission and erasure of Palestinian perspectives and narratives on Birthright trips creates a political environment that allows home demolitions, settlement expansion, and other destructive policies of occupation to continue unchallenged.
So we're modeling what an educational trip that embraces multiple perspectives and voices can and should look like. J Street U is organizing and leading its own trip for American Jewish college students to Israel and the Palestinian territory this summer.
Application Release: 3/18
Application Deadline: 4/18
Notification of Acceptance: 5/1
Trip Dates: 7/1-7/10