Alumni in the News
Mazal Tov Jamie Lynn Sigler!
Congratulations are in order to Israel Outdoors alumna Jamie Lynn Sigler and her fiance, former minor league baseball player Cutter Dykstra (yup, Lenny’s son), on the birth of baby boy Beau. Jamie took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors in January of 2008 and we look forward to her son following…
Read MoreMuseum Catering Captain Inspired by Birthright
The following article was written by Joan Elovitz Kazan and originally posted by the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. Reprinted with the permission of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Alex Weiss is an alumn of Israel Outdoors group TL-25-461 in February of 2012. If you decide to celebrate a simcha, like a wedding or bar/bat mitzvah, at the…
Read MoreReporting Live From the Western Wall
Alumnus Nathan Serota filmed the following news segment about the Western Wall while in Israel with Israel Outdoors group TL-26-527 in the summer of 2012. Nathan made sure to share the limelight by including several interviews with his co-participants in this segment. Nathan is the former Associate Producer and current Assignment and Web Editor at…
Read MoreStudent Perspective on Israel Outdoors With CUNY Hillels
We’re in the news! Alumna Em Riveles shared her experiences on Israel Outdoors trip TL-27-59 with Queens College Hillel’s Tribe Magazine. While Em attended an Israel Outdoors trip with the City University of New York (CUNY) Hillels, the description of her experiences could be that of any participant in California, Missouri or Indiana. Read more!…
Read MoreNew York City…Meet Amit
We love highlighting our rockstar North American peer staff members whenever possible. In the case of Amit Shuker, one of our “veteran” staffers who has led over six Israel Outdoors Birthright trips, Rutgers University Business School took care of that for us when they put his smiling face on a billboard in NYC recently. Mazel…
Read MoreLost Luggage? No Problem!
We just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share this post from Levi Strauss & Co’s official corporate blog, featuring Israel Outdoors alumnus Will Roman and his unfortunate luggage fiasco. Disclaimer: while this certainly makes for a humorous post, we wish to point out that luggage issues and delays are extremely rare. 😀 We love…
Read MoreIsrael Outdoors Alumna on Upcoming Season of CBS’ “Survivor”
Roberta “RC” Saint-Amour, who survived (and enjoyed!) her Summer 2010 Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors, is about to make her television debut as a contestant on the CBS hit reality series “Survivor”. The show, entering its 25th season, will take place in the Philippines, and premieres on Wednesday, September 19th on CBS. Best of…
Read MoreIsrael Outdoors Participant Meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres
H/T to TL-26-524 participant Arielle Zuckerberg (where have I heard that name before?) who met with Israeli President Shimon Peres while on her Taglit-Birthright Israel trip with Israel Outdoors this summer. As if meeting the beloved President (and former Prime Minister) wasn’t cool enough, Arielle learned on her trip that her social media marketing company…
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