Free Trip to Israel

calmom
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:45:54 +0000

Well J Street claimed that there wasn’t any difference with AIPAC sponsoring a Birthright trip, which has occurred before without loss of tax exemption, so I don’t see any difference in terms of tax exemption

The difference i that J Street defined its trip in explicitly political terms, issuing a press release saying that it was for students with “progressive values” – whereas AIPAC defines its trip in neutral terms, saying it is for students who are interested in politics but without specifying any particular leaning. That’s a very big difference.

It’s not the identity of the sponsoring organization that would be at issue, it is the terms and nature of the trip they propose to sponsor.