Tzipi Altman-Shafer and Laurie BiskowitzDec 20, 20181 minSHOFAR Initiative Featured in EJewish PhilanthropyLearn more about Milwaukee Jewish Federation's SHOFAR (Safeguarding Healthy Families and Relationships) Initiative. It focuses on child...
Tzipi Altman-ShaferOct 30, 20183 minDay 9: Our Final Dinner TogetherFor our last night in Israel, we had a special dinner (just the Fabulous Fifteen) at a delicious Italian restaurant called Picolini. It...
Tzipi Altman-Shafer and Laurie BiskowitzOct 30, 20182 minDay 9: Har Herzl and Final SessionsToday we visited Har Herzl (Mt. Herzl), the cemetery of Israeli soldiers and the leaders of the Jewish People. This is always a powerful...
Wendy CohenOct 29, 20182 minDay 8 - BanquetWhat a fabulous closing banquet for our incredible trip with JWRP!! The Director of JWRP in Israel started by remembering the Pittsburgh...
Donna KleinerOct 29, 20182 minDay 8: MasadaWhat an amazing experience we had this morning. An early morning journey through the desert brought us past the Dead Sea and finally to...
Yael SteinOct 29, 20181 minDay 8: The Dead SeaAfter a delicious lunch at Masada, along with some time to shop in the Ahava company store, we made our way to the lowest place on Earth:...
Joan KazanOct 29, 20182 minDay 7: Shalom Bayit & A Visit to TzfatWe began this long day with a moving acknowledgment by Adrienne Gold about the tragedy in Pittsburgh, my hometown. Adrienne encouraged us...
Flo LaguardiaOct 28, 20182 minDay 6: Shabbat in JerusalemShabbat: An Island in Time It has been a surreal week being in Israel for the first time at that. You read about the country, say the...
Lori SalinskyOct 27, 20181 minDay 5 - Erev ShabbatShabbat Shalom from Jerusalem! Our Shabbat started with a terrific concert and sing-along led by a trio of young women - a vocalist...
Tzipi Altman-ShaferOct 26, 20182 minDay 5 - In JerusalemThis morning both JWRP trips in Israel joined together at the YMCA to hear two speakers. It was amazing to see 500 women together for...
Becca GurlanickOct 26, 20182 minDay 4, Morning in the Judean DesertWe started our day with a spectacular Prima King’s breakfast buffet then we began our descent into the Judean desert while noshing on a...
Julie SchnollOct 25, 20182 minDay 4, Afternoon in the Old City of JerusalemMemorial building at Yad Vashem We spent the first part of the afternoon visiting Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. This...
Dana MargolisOct 25, 20181 minDay 3, Morning in Tel Aviv, JWRP Core Value: Azut D’kedusha – Courage!Inside Independence Hall in Tel Aviv. In this room we enjoyed a wonderful speaker and video giving us a vivid understanding of how Tel...
Robin Arenzon and Jen KolskyOct 23, 20182 minDay 2 Part 2: JWRP Begins with a Party!Tonight was the opening evening of the JWRP Israel experience. We loved meeting new friends from Calabasas, Memphis and Israel. We met...
Tziporah Altman-ShaferOct 23, 20183 minDay 2 Part 1: At the GAToday the Milwaukee JWRP group, together with a delegation from Milwaukee Jewish Federation attended the GA: The General Assembly of the...
Diane BolandOct 22, 20182 minDay OneWe all safely landed in Eretz Israel, thank goodness! We were met at the hotel by Hannah Rosenthal (CEO of Milwaukee Jewish Federation),...
Tziporah Altman-ShaferOct 21, 20181 minOn The Road . . .People are on the road. Some of us are already in Israel. Some of us are on airplanes. Can't wait to all be together tomorrow! We are so...
Joan KazanOct 21, 20181 minAll My Bags Are Packed & I’m Ready To Go...Thrilled to be one of 15 women representing MIlwaukee on the JWRP trip to Israel. I’ll be blogging about the experience & here are a few...
Tziporah Altman-ShaferOct 10, 20181 minPre-Trip MeetingLast night all fifteen members of our group gathered for the last time before we leave for Israel. There was so much positive energy in...
Tziporah Altman-ShaferOct 8, 20181 minJWRP MOMentum Trip to IsraelOn October 22, fifteen Milwaukee women will be traveling to Israel on a Jewish Women's Renaissance Project Trip. The trip is designed for...