For our last night in Israel, we had a special dinner (just the Fabulous Fifteen) at a delicious Italian restaurant called Picolini. It...

Today we visited Har Herzl (Mt. Herzl), the cemetery of Israeli soldiers and the leaders of the Jewish People. This is always a powerful...

What a fabulous closing banquet for our incredible trip with JWRP!! The Director of JWRP in Israel started by remembering the Pittsburgh...

What an amazing experience we had this morning. An early morning journey through the desert brought us past the Dead Sea and finally to...

After 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:...

We began this long day with a moving acknowledgment by Adrienne Gold about the tragedy in Pittsburgh, my hometown. Adrienne encouraged us...

Shabbat: 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...

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem! Our Shabbat started with a terrific concert and sing-along led by a trio of young women - a vocalist...

This morning both JWRP trips in Israel joined together at the YMCA to hear two speakers. It was amazing to see 500 women together for...

We started our day with a spectacular Prima King’s breakfast buffet then we began our descent into the Judean desert while noshing on a...

Memorial building at Yad Vashem We spent the first part of the afternoon visiting Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. This...

Inside Independence Hall in Tel Aviv. In this room we enjoyed a wonderful speaker and video giving us a vivid understanding of how Tel...

This afternoon was filled with many memorable experiences and some fun activities!! Please enjoy the below pictures with captions: Free...

Tonight was the opening evening of the JWRP Israel experience. We loved meeting new friends from Calabasas, Memphis and Israel. We met...

Today the Milwaukee JWRP group, together with a delegation from Milwaukee Jewish Federation attended the GA: The General Assembly of the...

We all safely landed in Eretz Israel, thank goodness! We were met at the hotel by Hannah Rosenthal (CEO of Milwaukee Jewish Federation),...

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...

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...

Last night all fifteen members of our group gathered for the last time before we leave for Israel. There was so much positive energy in...

On October 22, fifteen Milwaukee women will be traveling to Israel on a Jewish Women's Renaissance Project Trip. The trip is designed for...