About the Author

LEONARD SAXE is Professor of Jewish Community Research and Social Policy at Brandeis University and co-author of "How Goodly are thy Tents": Summer Camps as Jewish Socializing Experiences (Brandeis, 2003). BARRY CHAZAN is Professor of Jewish Education at Spertus College and Professor of Education Emeritus at Hebrew University. He was the chief architect of Birthright Israel's educational curriculum.

Reviews

-[Saxe and Chazan] provide an informative insiders' account of how Birthright has become an agency that works with 30 different organizations to design and administer trips tailored to different types of young Jews (religious, secular, LGBT, environmentalist, etc.) from 56 countries.---Jewish Book Review

-[Ten Days of Birthright Israel] is pleasurable to read and highly recommended to those interested in a synthesis of the ambitious research into this impressive educational effort. It is to be hoped that this valuable evaluation will continue to track this program and its long-term sociological and pedagogical impact will be assessed.---American Jewish History

-Readers will come away feeling that those parts of this book that are devoted to portraits of the participants in all aspects of Birthright Israel and what happens to them are enlightening and worthy of attention. Those who are unfamiliar with the program will be enriched by reading about this bold effort to insure Jewish continuity.---Jerusalem Post

-The book is a success. . . . Recommended.---Choice

-The greatest strength of the book lies in its grounding of the program in an educational philosophy emphasizing multi-sensory experience, peer-group creation, and -doing things Jewish- as the means of internalizing educational messages and fostering community ties and individual growth. . . . Behind-the- scenes accounts of the structuring of the Birthright trip offer a broad and vividly rendered context of educational goals and Jewish communal politics.---Studies in Contemporary Jewry

[Saxe and Chazan] provide an informative insiders account of how Birthright has become an agency that works with 30 different organizations to design and administer trips tailored to different types of young Jews (religious, secular, LGBT, environmentalist, etc.) from 56 countries. Jewish Book Review"

[Ten Days of Birthright Israel] is pleasurable to read and highly recommended to those interested in a synthesis of the ambitious research into this impressive educational effort. It is to be hoped that this valuable evaluation will continue to track this program and its long-term sociological and pedagogical impact will be assessed. American Jewish History"

Readers will come away feeling that those parts of this book that are devoted to portraits of the participants in all aspects of Birthright Israel and what happens to them are enlightening and worthy of attention. Those who are unfamiliar with the program will be enriched by reading about this bold effort to insure Jewish continuity. Jerusalem Post"

The book is a success. . . . Recommended. Choice"

The greatest strength of the book lies in its grounding of the program in an educational philosophy emphasizing multi-sensory experience, peer-group creation, and doing things Jewish as the means of internalizing educational messages and fostering community ties and individual growth. . . . Behind-the- scenes accounts of the structuring of the Birthright trip offer a broad and vividly rendered context of educational goals and Jewish communal politics. Studies in Contemporary Jewry"