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• "It is only a few days since my return from Israel on the Birthright Israel 2000 program and I am already looking forward to going back. The trip slogan, "the experience is priceless" really is true. I left for Israel a tourist and returned a pilgram."
  -- Mike Ickowitz, junior, Communications, January 21, 2000

• "It was great to be around so many Jews, because on campus I'm not."
  -- Alex Berens, Senior, DMIS major
  

• Israel was one of if not the best time of my life. The land there has some kind of historical and spiritual feeling that I have never seemed to feel here. It is so cool going to a country and be in the majority. I am thinking about going to summer school in Israel. This trip was difinitely one of the greatest gifts that anyone has ever given. I think that you have to actually go to Israel to understand what I mean about the land. My favorite spots were Safat and the Western Wall. Very meaningful!
  -- Jonathan "JT" Nebb, junior, Communications

• The biggest impact that I felt in israel wasn't the historical sites or just being in the Holy Land. It was the fact that I shared the experience with so many other Jewish students, especially the ones that I got to know. It is exciting to now have multiple Jewish friends and to be able to share our Israel experience together and to make to memories together. I already enjoy spending free time with new friends that I have made as a result of this trip. It means more because of what I have when I got home. I fully expect to return in a few years.
  -- Pete Bobolia, junior, Public Administation