Six graduates of the birthright israel program were presented with the first annual Charlie Awards. The awards given Thursday were donated by Lynn Schusterman in honor of her late husband Charles, one of the founders of the birthright program, a project that has brought some 60,000 young Diaspora Jews on free trips to Israel.
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