-A new documentary focuses on American Jews who visit Israel, “the type of American Jew for whom support of Israel is not a foregone conclusion.� (The Jerusalem Post)
-A look at the very small but growing number of Reform Jews making aliyah. (Haaretz)
-A look at Liran Avisar Gazit, a former commander in the Israel Defense Force and the Jewish Agency for Israel’s first “shlichat aliyahâ€? to the Reform movement. (Jewish Exponent)
-A look at Israel gap year programs (for a year between high school and college), whose participants are increasingly non-Orthodox. (Jewish Journal)