Shifra is a Holocaust Educator who teaches Holocaust Studies classes in Israel, works as a guide and educator at Yad Vashem and leads Jewish Heritage Trips to Poland with JRoots. She has a JD from Columbia University and practiced trademark law for close to ten years before making Aliyah in 2003 with her family. She has an MA in Holocaust Studies from Haifa University and is currently studying for her MA in Bar Ilan's Shaindy Rudoff Creative Writing Program.