It’s that time of year again - not only for the temperature to drop and for students to get ready for the new semester, but the time when students are coming back from their winter birthright israel trips. This free 10 day trip was described by every student I talked to as “life-changing” and the “best experience of my life.” When I came back to school after birthright freshman year I was on an “Israel high,” and it seems to be the same for all the students who went on it this year. You can see them sporting their IDF and Hebrew Coca-Cola shirts and accidentally saying “ken” instead of “yes.”