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This summer I had great adventures in Toronto and Calgary!
Sometimes the journey is very challenging. I am lucky to have a very supportive team of family and friends. Do you need some encouragement? I love these cartoons from Liz & Mollie–and this Ahavnu prayer about recognizing our accomplishments from Stephen Wise Temple High Holy Day Worship.
Thank you to Princess Cruises for including me in the premier party for the REAL LOVE BOATreality TV show on the Discovery Princess. I loved living onboard and traveling around the globe with you!
Thank you to Rabbi Yoshi and Stephen Wise Temple for the honor of lighting the Shabbat Candles for my birthday!
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Kupershtein endured extreme hunger, inhumane conditions and constant psychological torment. Yet even in those depths, he fought daily to preserve his humanity.
Kudrow’s connection to comedy runs deeper than her Hollywood career. As the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, she grew up in a family where humor wasn’t just entertainment — it was a way to cope.
While the documentary succeeds in showing the band’s power and chemistry, and is full of energy, one is left wondering what would have happened if Slovak lived.
The war against two stubborn enemies, such as Iran and Hezbollah, has an interesting lesson to teach on obstacles created by regimes that are polar opposites.
There is something deeply cyclical about Judaism and our holidays. We return to the same story—the same words, the same questions—but we are not the same people telling it. And that changes everything.
Emma’s diary represents testimony of an America, and an American Jewish community, torn asunder during America’s strenuous effort to manifest its founding ideal of the equality of all people who were created in the image of God.
On Yom HaShoah, we speak of six million who were murdered. But I also remember the nine million who lived. Nine million Jews who got up every morning, took their children to school, and strove every day to survive, because they believed in life.
Gratitude is greatly emphasized in much of Jewish observance, from blessings before and after meals, the celebration of holidays such as Passover, a festival that celebrates liberation from slavery, and in the psalms.
The seder table itself is a model of radical welcome: we are told explicitly to invite the stranger, to make room for those who ask questions and for those who do not yet know how to ask.
The playground in Jerusalem didn’t stop antisemitism, and renovating playgrounds in New York City is not likely to stop it there, either — because antisemitism in America today is not rooted in a lack of slides or swings.
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Happy Birthday: Niver’s News: Oct 2022
Lisa Ellen Niver
Oct News 2022 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
This is 55.
Happy Birthday! As you celebrate another voyage around the sun, we hope today is as wonderful and extraordinary as you are. Wishing you a memorable day and that your life is filled with love, harmony and good health during the coming year. Enjoy the adventure and stay amazing!
Thank you for your birthday wishes and for your ongoing and amazing support for my writing and videos! PLEASE comment, like and subscribe to my YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@lisaniver I hope to get to 2M views by Dec 31st! Thanks for helping make my birthday wish come true!!
This summer I had great adventures in Toronto and Calgary!
Read or watch what we did in my article: “Explore Toronto with CityPASS and me!” Click here for all of the videos. Would you walk around the OUTSIDE of the CN TOWER in the RAIN? I DID!
Looking for a LUXURY STAY in Toronto? Read my article:
Luxury Toronto: Fairmont Royal York, Shangri-La Toronto and Four Seasons Toronto
I will be speaking on a Penn Travel panel Nov 7, 2022. Click here for details!
Thank you to the Jewish Journal for having me in PRINT 24 times in 5782 (Sept 2021-Sept 2022! See the latest ones: Click here
Thank you to Princess Cruises for including me in the premier party for the REAL LOVE BOAT reality TV show on the Discovery Princess. I loved living onboard and traveling around the globe with you!
Thank you to Rabbi Yoshi and Stephen Wise Temple for the honor of lighting the Shabbat Candles for my birthday!
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: 1,685,000 views)
Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 3,690 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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