Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies

Jewish Futures Project. L’Dor v’Dor: Birthright Israel's Impact Across Generations

Sasha Volodarsky, Graham Wright, Shahar Hecht, and Leonard Saxe

February 2025

Jewish Futures report cover

The Jewish Futures Project (JFP) has been following a panel of respondents who applied to go on a Birthright Israel trip between 2001 and 2009. The panel includes Birthright participants, and others who applied to the program but did not go. The findings from the JFP’s seventh wave document the stability of Birthright’s impact on many domains of Jewish life, including participants’ relationship to Israel and their Jewish religious and social engagement. A particular area of exploration is Birthright’s impact on choices participants make about the Jewish education and socialization of their children.

Data for the seventh wave of the study were collected through an online survey that took place between May 2023 and January 2024. A total of 2,218 panelists responded to the survey, representing an overall response rate (AAPOR RR2) of 40% (59% for Birthright participants and 31% for nonparticipants).