This is the ninth post in a series discussing love of Israel. Thank you Jamie Rodny! When was the first and last time you visited Israel? In 1999, when I was 16 years old, I went to Israel for a 2 month long trip with 118 Jewish teenagers from all over the Bay Area in Northern … Read more
Limor Schwartz, MSW, LCSW. Director of Clinical & Social Services, Raleigh-Cary Jewish Family Service This is the eigth post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. Thank you Limor Schwartz! What is your most memorable moment in Israel? My family still lives in Israel, so we visit annually. My favorite moments … Read more
Carin Savel, Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Federation of Raleigh-Cary This is the seventh post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. Thank you Carin Savel! What is your most memorable moment in Israel? Hearing my cousin Leeyah yelling my name at the airport when I arrived for the first time. We … Read more
This is the sixth post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. Thank you Natalie Ecanow! What is your most memorable moment in Israel? On my eighth-grade trip to Israel, my class davened the Kabbalat Shabbat service at the Kotel during our time in Jerusalem. Welcoming Shabbat through raucous song and … Read more
This is the fifth post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. Thank you Leora Fields! What is your most memorable moment in Israel? There are so many memorable moments in Israel! I am who I am because of the time I’ve spent in Israel. I can honestly say that I … Read more
This is the fourth post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. Thank you Susan Goldhaber! What is your most memorable moment in Israel? Going to Masada and Ein Gedi Nature Preserve with my family. We had the most amazing time and walking through the preserve to the waterfall at Ein … Read more
This is the third post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. Thank you Orna Drawas for participating! What is your most memorable moment in Israel? In Jerusalem one evening after dark, we happened to arrive at the Kotel as the IDF was holding their swearing-in ceremony. Hundreds of young men and … Read more
This is the second post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. What is your most memorable moment in Israel? Hands down this would be my first Shabbat in Jerusalem. Truly having a day of rest and then watching the city come alive after Havdallah was amazing. Walking down the street as the … Read more
This is the first post in a series featuring North Carolinians discussing their love of Israel. Special thanks to Orit Ramler Szulik for launching the I Love Israel series. What is your most memorable moment in Israel? Every moment in Israel is memorable! I always remember when I was 9 years old and the Entebbe Operation … Read more
