Through The Equalizer (Sha’ar Shivion), children from Jewish, Arab, Druze, Bedouin, religious and secular communities meet through soccer – not only to compete, but also to build friendships and break down barriers that often keep their communities apart.
Honored by your SUPPORT: Niver’s News: Jan 2022
Lisa Ellen Niver
Jan News 2022 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
Thank you for all of your support! I am a two-time finalist for the 14th annual 2021 National Arts and Entertainment Journalism (NAEJ) Awards! I will keep you posted when the WINNERs are announced!
Please see this link — https://lisaniver.com/awards/ –– over the last six years I have won five times and been a finalist nineteen times for a variety of broadcast, print and digital categories! Want to read more of my writing? Click here for all of my stories in 2021.
I now have more than 300 videos on Tiktok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and YouTube Short Video! Please comment, like and share on your favorite platform!
From Nov 17, 2021 to Jan 24, 2022 (10 weeks), I had over 400,000 new views! I am going for 1 million. I appreciate all of your support.
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Lisa’s TOP TEN Short Form Videos In Jan 2022 After 8 Weeks On TikTok
Where Can You PARTY with PIXELS?
New On Tiktok For The Holidays: My Top 10 Most Viewed–Over 50 & Playing With AR Filters!
Thank you to Princess Cruises for including me in the December 2021 Captain’s Circle magazine!
Thank you to Julie, Alessio, Marco and Eva for our adventures with the Gibbons:
Thank you to the Fortezze’s for our hikes:
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Since the Jewish Journal resumed print publication in Fall 2021, I have been in the Blog Bytes section fourteen times! Click here to see the two print sections from Sept 2021. I will be posting the other months in future newsletters.
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