(JTA) Russia’s Eurostars program for young Jews from the former Soviet Union takes hundreds of Jewish men and women aged 18-28 on fully subsidized trips each spring to Europe.
The trip features a visit to the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland along with different destinations every year. to earn the free ticket, participants must attend 85 percent of a yearlong program studying Torah and Jewish traditions. The program was launched in 2012 by the country’s branch of the Chabad hasidic movement.