Birthright

A free 10-day trip to Israel for young Diaspora Jews ages 18-26. Over 400,000 Jews have been to Israel on Birthright.

Chabad

an outreach-oriented branch of Hasidic Judaism that follows the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Chabad has thousands of branches around the world, including at many college campuses.

chanichim

campers; members of youth movement, as in Hashomer Hatzair

disciples (in a classroom)

gaga

A version of dodgeball played in a hexagonal or octagonal "pit," sometimes referred to as "Israeli dodgeball." Gaga is common in Jewish summer camps, schools, and community gatherings and has spread to non-Jewish settings as well.

gebrokts

(2) People who hold by the stringency against eating wetted matzah.

(1) Matzah that is mixed with liquid during cooking; avoided by scrupulously observant because of the possibility that unbaked flour in the matzah could be exposed to the liquid and thereby become chametz, forbidden during Passover.

get

a writ or deed of divorce

geza

n. good lineage, adj. having good lineage. people from the right families that go back generations within a given Orthodox community

Knesset

Israel's parliament

madrich

youth counselor or supervisor

Mishneh Torah

a 12th-century code of religious law in fourteen parts written by Moses Maimonides