Nine years ago, Traci Szymanski participated in a Birthright Israel (Taglit) trip that would forever change her perspective on the Jewish state. "I grew up always saying I was half and half, or nothing," she told Tazpit News Agency. "My mom is Jewish and my dad is Catholic, and until I visited Israel with Taglit, I was never exactly certain how to describe my identity."Her first trip to Israel on the 10-day Birthright program as a ...