AugustNews 2022 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
I hope that this summer you have been able to get outside and recharge. I am grateful for all of the good things that have happened in August. Thank you Afluencer! I am honored to be your #3 Travel Influencer of 2022.
Thank you to the Jewish Journal for including me in print 23 times since Sept 2021–when they started in print again!
Thank you to PennClubLA for three incredible events this summer!
The annual summer PennClubLA and the Wharton Alumni Club of Southern California party was held at the wonderful Mulholland Tennis Club!
The Penn Women Summer Networking 2022 hosted by The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women was SWEET! Thanks to Susan Sarich, Founder and CEO, SusieCakes and Brooke Jaffe, VP of Public Affairs and Strategy Penske Media
AND we touched the FUTURE on a PennClubLA alumni tour at SpaceX!
What is my favorite SUMMER CELEBRATION? The Hollywood Bowl! I went THREE TIMES to see:
Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” with my parents in his Hollywood Bowl debut with Los Angeles Philharmonic and Conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
John Fogerty-who was INCREDIBLE and even performed with his entire family including his dog!
I loved returning to the Pantages Theater for Moulin Rouge! Thank you to Lisa Block for going with me!
I love when Rabbi Naomi Levy and the Nashuva Band celebrate Summer Shabbat at Santa Monica Beach!
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over 1.6 million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,648,000 views)
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 3,640 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Chaplains are called to be present. We hold, we witness, we support others in accessing their spiritual resources, and we accompany. We honor the grief, loss, and love by seeing and hearing them when it is unbearable.
An outcry over my support for Israel in my Jewish Journal columns forced me to withdraw from my commencement address at Georgetown Law School. Here is the speech I was going to give.
In a sold-out event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization) hosted its annual Mother’s Day Luncheon.
He became the first senior adviser to Democratic Majority for Israel PAC, helping elect pro-Israel politicians to Congress and winning more than 80% of races.
The challenge is how we can reinvent rabbinical training so that it’s not clinging to models that no longer work, is sustainable, and addresses the needs of today and tomorrow’s Jewish community.
It’s not just a momentous occasion for the congregation but is significant for the larger Palisades community as well, as it helps restore a sense of faith that the community will reemerge stronger than ever.
The story centers on Esther Perez (portrayed by Leïla Bekhti), a Moroccan-Jewish immigrant and devoted mother of six. When her newborn son Roland is diagnosed with a clubfoot and given a bleak prognosis, Esther refuses to accept limits placed on his future.
In the introduction to the book about the U.S. community I wrote about a decade and a half ago, a little story about Foxman appeared, which I thought was appropriate as a farewell to this man and to an era.
Perhaps this also signals a belated reckoning for other false-flag NGOs claiming to promote human rights. The damage from terror-supporting propaganda will take many years to reverse, but at least further abuse can finally be prevented.
#3 Travel Influencer: Niver’s News: Aug 2022
Lisa Ellen Niver
August News 2022 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
I hope that this summer you have been able to get outside and recharge. I am grateful for all of the good things that have happened in August. Thank you Afluencer! I am honored to be your #3 Travel Influencer of 2022.
Thank you to the Jewish Journal for including me in print 23 times since Sept 2021–when they started in print again!
Thank you to PennClubLA for three incredible events this summer!
The annual summer PennClubLA and the Wharton Alumni Club of Southern California party was held at the wonderful Mulholland Tennis Club!
The Penn Women Summer Networking 2022 hosted by The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women was SWEET! Thanks to Susan Sarich, Founder and CEO, SusieCakes and Brooke Jaffe, VP of Public Affairs and Strategy Penske Media
AND we touched the FUTURE on a PennClubLA alumni tour at SpaceX!
What is my favorite SUMMER CELEBRATION? The Hollywood Bowl! I went THREE TIMES to see:
Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” with my parents in his Hollywood Bowl debut with Los Angeles Philharmonic and Conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
John Fogerty-who was INCREDIBLE and even performed with his entire family including his dog!
We also saw BACK TO THE FUTURE!
I loved returning to the Pantages Theater for Moulin Rouge! Thank you to Lisa Block for going with me!
I love when Rabbi Naomi Levy and the Nashuva Band celebrate Summer Shabbat at Santa Monica Beach!
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over 1.6 million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,648,000 views)
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 3,640 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe! For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Find me on social media with over 150,000 followers. Please follow on TikTok: @LisaNiver, Twitter at @LisaNiver, Instagram @LisaNiver and on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and at LisaNiver.com.
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