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By fredi Bleeker Franks, 5/23/2017
There were so many details to work out - work budgets, social plans for my husband, flights and hotel for graduations, two weddings to plan for - that I really did not have time to think about my upcoming trip. Even at the airport waiting to board I did not have time to focus on my itinerary. Finally, I boarded the plane, stepped over the gentleman who chose not to move out of the way for me as I claimed the seat next to him, and buckled my seat belt. Then, the flight attendant gave the usual pre-flight instructions. Oh wait! He was speaking Hebrew! And then it became real. I started to... Read More
8/08/2016
By Liz McOsker Women's Journey to Israel -WRJ 2017 will be my fifth trip to Israel. My first was with my daughter’s twelfth grade Hebrew class on their spring break trip. It was her third time, so let’s not kid ourselves about which one of us was the chaperone. My next two were congregational trips. My most recent trip was in March 2015 with other WRJ leaders to check in with our movement partners and YES Fund grantees, to visit progressive communities around the country and oh, by the way, to see some historic sites. I will never forget the first time I stood on top of Masada, looking east... Read More
7/25/2016
By: Denise Levine I’ve been dreaming about going to Israel for as long as I have been active in synagogue/sisterhood life. My daughter went on her first trip to Israel as a junior in high school where she participated in NFTY’s Eisendrath International Exchange. While she was there, they offered a parents’ pilgrimage but having a younger child a month away from Bar Mitzvah kept me home while my husband attended. My son went on his first trip to Israel with his URJ Crane Lake Camp friends on the summer NFTY in Israel trip. So, I’m the only one in my family of four that has never been to... Read More
By Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, 4/14/2016
This week we are thrilled to share reports from London, UK where 20 Jewish women leaders are meeting for the first WRJ Wilkenfeld International Women's Leadership Seminar. Read about day one. “Leadership is your values in action.” This quote from Dr. Madelyn Katz set the tone for another very busy day. You’d think we’ve been here a week, but it was only day two. At breakfast this morning, Seminar participants were scattered in pairs and fours all over the restaurant, connected in animated conversations, bonding after only a few hours together yesterday. We began the morning... Read More
4/13/2016
by Rabbi Marla J. Feldman and Amanda Feldman This week we are thrilled to share reports from London, UK where 20 Jewish women leaders are meeting for the first WRJ Wilkenfeld International Women's Leadership Seminar. History was made today as Reform Jewish women from all over the world came together for the inaugural WRJ Wilkenfeld International Women's Leadership Seminar. Some traveled from halfway across the globe while others came from a mere tube ride away, each with her own leadership journey yet sharing a common vision of the world strengthened by progressive Jewish values. The... Read More
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