This marks the first time that the organization has had to call off trips due to the security situation in Israel; CEO Gidi Mark says Birthright focusing on new volunteer project
The initiative will connect applicants from among Birthright's 850,000 alumni to kibbutzim and moshavim to harvest crops in the absence of thousands of foreign field workers.
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