Marcus Foundation grants $60 million to teen Israel travel program RootOne

The Marcus Foundation will announce a $60 million grant today to RootOne, the Israel teen travel program it created in 2020 with a $20 million seed gift, Simon Amiel, RootOne’s executive director, told eJewishPhilanthropy. The funding will support a plan to grow participation in the program, which subsidizes the cost of a trip to Israel…