The Reading List: Birthright Participant Dies on Trip

Birthright participant dies on last night of tripMichael Kellogg, age 24, dies on the final day of his Taglit-Birthright Israel trip. [JPost]

Meanwhile, as the Tea Party election commences, Israel starts its own version of the uber-populist, rightist group. [JPost]

In more right-wing Israeli foibles, students plan to party on the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. [YNet]

In Jerusalem, student protests continue over the state’s yeshiva stipends. [JPost]

In lighter news, a blogger discovers a Hebrew-English-Spanish “Vocabulario” (or dictionary) from 1773 for students who want to learn “God’s word” in the original. [On the Main Line]

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