Bagel Brunch: "You're no Gilgamesh - Taglit Birthright and the Structured Search for Identity"
Sunday July 18

Since 1999, Birthright-Israel has provided over 230,000 free 10-day trips to Israel for Jewish young adults. How do young Canadian Jews make sense of the trip? Judy Taylor will talk about the effects of the interplay of militarism, masculinity, recreation and religious practice participants are exposed to and how they make sense of this.

Judy is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Her research on social movements includes: campaigns to achieve reproductive rights in Ireland, U.S. feminist and civil rights activists working to create change from within governance, and women's social movement organizations in Canada.