Jessica James was a participant on a KESHER Taglit-Birthright Israel trip in January 2011. She is currently a student at the University of Minnesota, and is an alumna of NFTY’s Northern Region and the URJ Kutz Camp. In a recent interview originally posted on the Youth and College Israel Programs Blog, she talks about the lasting experience she had on her Birthright trip. Why did you choose to participate in a KESHER Birthright trip? The URJ has been and continues to be behind every great Jewish experience in my life. My home synagogue, Bet Shalom in Minnetonka, MN, is affiliated [...]