Rabbi to Lead a Record 30th Birthright Trip to Israel

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dov-hillel-kleinRabbi Dov Hillel Klein will depart on Dec. 15 with 41 students for his 30th Birthright Israel trip – a record among Jewish campus professionals. For 28 years, he has served as executive director of the Tannenbaum Chabad on Campus center for students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and each trip, he says, feels like his first.

Since Birthright’s founding 13 years ago, Klein has brought more than 1,200 students and young adults to the Jewish state under the auspices of Taglit-Birthright Israel: Mayanot. For its campus-based trips, Mayanot partners with the Chabad on Campus International Foundation to bring thousands of students to Israel each year.

“I feel there is no better way to impact our young adults than by taking them to Israel,” he said. “Jewish continuity is a priority within the Jewish community today, and what better way to discuss and learn about one’s heritage, faith and roots than by experiencing all that Israel has to offer.”

When asked how he has been able to lead so many trips, the rabbi replied: “For me, each time I go to Israel is like going for the first time because I have the opportunity to see it through our participants’ eyes. The Birthright experience enables our students to laugh, learn and even cry as they come to understand what Israel means to the Jewish people and to them as individuals.”

“Rabbi Klein and Birthright have changed my life,” said Cassidy Artz, a senior at Northwestern. “My appreciation for being Jewish has never been so profound and important to me.” Read more.

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  1. Birthright has been a spark for many Jewish college students. Israel is still the best KIRUV TOOL outhere. Have success Rabbi Klein and bring more brothers and sisters back HOME!

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