Adelson foundation gives $25 million to Taglit-birthright - Haaretz

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Adelson foundation gives $25 million to Taglit-birthright

By Shlomo Shamir and Amiram Barkat

NEW YORK − The Adelson family foundation on Tuesday announced a $25 million donation to the Taglit-birthright israel program, which funds free trips to Israel for young Jews from around the world.

The donation, which senior Jewish officials in NY described as one of the largest given to a Jewish education program, will finance trips for some 10,000 young adults.

According to Taglit, this will increase the number of Jews visiting Israel through birthright this year by 50 percent, to 30,000.

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Sheldon Adelson, one of the world's richest men, lavished praise on Taglit on Tuesday, saying it helps preserve the Jewish community against assimilation.

Adelson, who until recently gave relatively little to Israel, has donated $54 million in Israel over the last three months, including $25 million to Yad Vashem.

Since its launch in 2000, Taglit has brought about 100,000 Jews from 15 countries on 10-day trips to Israel.

The program is a joint venture between the Israeli government and a group of overseas Jewish donors.

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1.	may this be an example to others	08:05	\|	David G	07/02/07

2.	Great program except...	08:49	\|	SLAVO	07/02/07

3.	thank you!!	08:56	\|	ron	07/02/07

4.	What a waste	11:12	\|	Henry	07/02/07

5.	next time you loose in the venetian think of it as sedakah	11:18	\|	joe barnathan	07/02/07

6.	To Henry	12:41	\|	Sarah	07/02/07

7.	Thank You Mr. Adelson	13:27	\|	Dror	07/02/07

8.	New Zionists	15:41	\|	Clickfool	07/02/07

9.	Its a shame	17:58	\|	Palestinian-American	07/02/07