Is Birthright working?
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It has become as much a rite of passage as a bar or bat mitzvah: Birthright Israel, now in its 15th year, has sent more than 400,000 college-age North Americans on an all-expenses paid 10-day trip to Israel. A half-billion dollar venture jointly funded by private philanthopy, the Jewish Fe…