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Nov 7, 2017, 1:41 PM

How To Make The Great Challah Bake: A Recipe for Community

For the last two years Tel Aviv's Shabbat Project proceedings have gathered thousands of young people for a shot at at "Keeping It Together". In a recent interview featured in Huffpost with it's founder South Africa's Chief Rabbi Dr....

Jul 28, 2017, 11:44 AM

Jewish Woodstock Gathers Top Rockers to Perform for Peace

As tensions increase in the Middle East, and political turmoil in America continues to divide the nation, the next generation of culturally conscious artists gather minutes from Woodstock to sing for peace, love and.. Shabbos. In the summer of '69, civil unrest, the women's movement and the Vietnam War galvanized a...

Mar 31, 2017, 7:14 AM

Women in Tel Aviv hear the call and transform Temple Walls

On Purim, as I hung clown masks on the gates of the Temple in Tel Aviv, an Israeli woman from the neighbourhood snarled as she used our passageway, " It's disgusting back there. People throw garbage when they pass...

Mar 15, 2017, 3:37 AM

Post Purim inspiration – how a little help can still go a long way

Some of the obligations for Purim (besides getting drunk or listening to the megilla reading) is to give charity to the poor, and food baskets to friends. Some people in Tel Aviv even have a tradition to go...

Mar 3, 2017, 5:08 PM

Tel Aviv ladies raise spirits in Adar with make up and mixology

As part of the mind, body & soul learning series for ladies in Tel Aviv, girls gathered together Rosh Chodesh Adar 2017 for a splash of Torah with a twist of mixed drinks. Cocktail explorer Laure Montall, from Har Chevron,...

Feb 2, 2017, 2:57 AM

Tel Aviv ladies get into the kitchen as heat rises in America

Rosh Chodesh Shevat is a reinvigorating time for Jews around the globe as the biblical birthday of trees. Dishes with the seven species of Israel are traditionally prepared to elicit the extra blessings from the Holy Land believed to...

Dec 31, 2016, 11:38 PM

Modern Day Maccabees Fight UN Resolution with Learning

Chanukah and Christmas traditionally fall around the same time each year, and the holiday season is often used as a chance to bring people from around the world together in peace. The last time the first night of Chanukah...

Nov 21, 2016, 2:54 PM

Carlebach Concert as eclectic as his music

Finishing a week long series celebrations of the life and music of Rav Shlomo Carelbach zt"l was a massive memorial concert at Binyanei Ha'Uma in Jerusalem on Saturday, November 19, 2016. Carlebach, whose unorthodox approach to orthodox Judiasim made him one of the most...

Nov 16, 2016, 3:11 AM

Shabbat Project Tel Aviv Tops List of Biggest Shabbat Dinners of 2016

Ever go to a Shabbat Dinner of 1,000 Jews, where the hosts asked you to please drink every last drop of wine, since the level of kedusha was at its highest from being made in Israel during shmita (sabbatical...

Nov 6, 2016, 2:23 PM

Lori Palatnik Talks Torah, Politics, the Cubs, and the Shabbat Project Tel Aviv

Lori Palatnik, world renowned speaker and founder of the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, kicked off the Official 2016 Shabbat Project Celebrations Wednesday November 2 in of all places...Tel Aviv. The event was hosted by Hineni Tel Aviv and the...

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About Me

Shira, a feisty little Zionist from New York, miraculously made aliyah and lives to tell the tale. At the age of 4, her Israeli gannet Mrs. Taylor wrote on her evaluation report, "left alone Shira will rule the world." She grew up to be a social activist, singer, writer, teacher, and mitzvah girl. She advocates for aliyah and empowers hundreds of olim weekly by hosting in Tel Aviv. Shira is the reigning "Shabbas Queen" in the Guinness World Records Largest Shabbat Dinner.