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New York (JTA)
group of Jewish philan-
thropists, educators and Israel-
program administrators wants
to revolutionize the Israel expe-
rience — starting in America.
A report soon to be issued by the
Youth and Education Task Force of
Israel Experience, Inc. is calling on
North American Jews "to once and for
[all] do what has never been done in
American Jewish life: to develop a total,
coordinated, and comprehensive effort
to make the Israel experience an integral
part of the life of every young Jew.
"As a matter of principle," said
Brandeis University's president and the
task force's chairman, Jehuda Reinharz,
quoting the report's recommendations,
"no Jewish education should be consid-
ered complete without an Israel experi-
ence."
The idea that spending time in Israel
strengthens Jewish identity has been
well-established, yet only 15 percent of
North American Jews make the trip.
Israel Experience, Inc. — a consor-
tium of the UJA-Federations of North
America, the Jewish Agency for Israel
and the Charles R. Bronfman
Foundation — was launched two years
ago to at least double participation in
Israel-based programs through market-
ing campaigns. Since then it has wit-
nessed an increase of 50 percent enroll-
ment in such programs, primarily
among high school students.
Earlier this year, Michael Steinhardt,
a leading Jewish philanthropist, intro-
duced plans for Birthright Israel, an
ambitious international initiative to
enable every Diaspora Jew to spend time
in Israel.
What the task force report recom-
mends, however, is not only a systematic
approach for promoting Israel-based
programs, but a community-wide "cul-
tural change" in the way North
American Jews regard Israel.
"It's a question of mind set and of
understanding that Israel is an impor-
tant part, a necessary part of the Jewish
identity," Reinharz said.
Reinharz was joined in developing
the report by Avram Infeld, director of
the Birthright Israel project, Marlene
Post, the president of Hadassah, and
Cindy Chazen, the executive director of
the Jewish Federation of Greater
Hartford, Conn., as well as Jewish edu-
cators and professors from Israel and
America.

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