Shelly Sanders

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Dec 3, 2016, 6:17 PM

How Israel Changed Me

At the airport, before we got on the plane, I talked to the women I'd be travelling with, through the Jewish Women's Renaissance Project, about the itinerary, specifically, the day we were supposed to dance at the Kotel. I...

Nov 15, 2016, 10:31 AM

ALEH: Tikkun Olam in Action

A 13-year-old Israeli boy (I’ll call him Max), tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide after being cyberbullied, relies on a breathing tube to live now, and is back in diapers. He will spend the rest of his life at a...

Nov 14, 2016, 7:25 AM

Why I Believe Israel Belongs to Jews

Why Jews Belong in Israel It is manifestly right that the scattered Jews should have a national center and a national home and be reunited, and where else but in Palestine, with which for 3,000 years they have been intimately...

Nov 10, 2016, 9:55 AM

Finding peace in Tel Aviv

This morning, as the U.S. election came to a shocking conclusion, I sat down in Independence Hall in Tel Aviv. It’s a former art museum, was home to the first mayor of Tel Aviv and, most importantly, is where...

Nov 8, 2016, 7:21 PM

#Tiberius #ItStartsWithWomen

After a twelve-hour flight, without screens or outlets, we arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, joining a growing swarm of Jewish women, ready for the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP. Some were so excited, they started dancing...

Oct 31, 2016, 6:16 PM

Seven Days Until Israel

In seven days, I will arrive in Israel, along with hundreds of Jewish mothers from all over the world. It’s a Momentum Trip, organized by the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, which has...

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About Me

Shelly Sanders is the Canadian author of the award winning Rachel Trilogy (Second Story Press), inspired by her grandmother's escape from a Russian pogrom. She is a Jewish Book Council Author, and has toured Canada and the U.S. with her books. Shelly was also a journalist for 20 years, with articles in the Toronto Star, Maclean's magazine, Canadian Living, and Reader's Digest. She is represented by Amy Tipton, Signature Lit, and is currently working on a novel about Rumbula, where some of her ancestors were killed.