A Special Thank you!

(Front row, from right: Miri and Sheldon Adelson, philanthropists, Gidi Mark, CEO of Birthright, Rabbi Shlomo Gestetner, Dean of the Mayanot Institute, Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov, Executive Director of Mayanot, meeting with the Birthright Academic pilot trip ) Fortunately for Mayanot, we receive wonderful thank you letters, from past students and Birthright Israel participants on a regular basis, but this letter was extra special and we wanted to share it with you. As you are our supporters and help make all the magic happen, we hope you feel as inspired as we did! This beautiful letter came from a Washington University student who attended our Birthright Academic, pilot program, this past summer. To the entire Mayanot team, After finishing up my Birthright Academic paper, I wanted to share a few thoughts with you. Wow it's hard to believe that just over a month ago I was meeting 26 amazing people and 4 incredible staff members. Rather, it is more amaz