The National Council of Jewish Women's Mission to Israel October 10-16, 2013. For more information about NCJW's work to promote women's empowerment in Israel, please visit www.ncjw.org/israel.

1. Sights and Reflections from
The Road to Tomorrow:
Women Leading Change
NCJW Mission to Israel 2013
Photo: Susan Levine

2. Mission Co-Chairs Susan Levine (L) and Sharon Lipton (R) with
Scholar-in-Residence Dahlia Lithwick (C)

4. Enlightening Discussions in Jerusalem

5. Praying at the Western Wall
Photo: Daena Silverman

6. Stunning Landscapes
Photo: Daena Silverman

8. Enlightening Discussions

9. Michal Eden talked to us about the NCJW
Israel Granting Program Grantee,
Chosen, which goes into Israeli high
schools and universities to teach about
gay rights through personal stories.
Photo: Sophia Rosetti

10. Enlightening Discussions

12. Stunning Landscapes
Photo: Daena Silverman

13. “Whether Israeli
Jew or Israeli
Arab, gifted
student or small
businesswoman, this
NCJW mission
helped me to
connect with
and better
understand the
complexity of
an Israeli life.”
Photo: Sofia Rosetti

14. Camaraderie
Photo: Daena Silverman

15. “I benefited from
learning about our
advocacy efforts in
Israel and being part of
the process. Visiting
our projects and
learning from Israeli
leaders gave me a
unique insight into
Israeli life and political
process.”
Photo: Sophia Rosetti

16. The group had an insightful
conversation with Israel
Religious Action Center
Executive Director and
Women of the Wall founder
Anat Hoffman
Photo: Daena Silverman

18. Women’s Empowerment
Photo: Daena
Silberman
Anat Hoffman,

19. Visiting NCJW
Israel Granting
Program
Grantee
Turning the
Tables — a
rehabilitative
program for
trafficked
women in Israel
that trains them
in all aspects of
fashion design.

20. Exploring Tel Aviv

22. “Seeing Israel through the
eyes of NCJW gives a
perspective unlike most other
Israel trips or tours.”

23. “It is only because we are like-souled women
that we have the ability to do what we do.”

24. Evening Light Show at Migdal David, the Tower of David
Photo: Daena Silverman

25. I benefited from learning about our
advocacy efforts in Israel and being
part of the process. Visiting our
projects and learning from Israeli
leaders gave me a unique insight
into Israeli life and political process.

26. A visit to Yvel Jewelry, a
project of Yedid, where we
learned about their
employment-training
project with the EthiopianIsraeli community.

27. Visiting the Israel Museum, where we explored the life and architectural
legacy of King Herod the Great. The exhibit is the largest
archaeological exhibit in Israel's history.
Photo: Daena Silverman

28. We met with Palestinian women activists
through the One Voice organization.
Photo: Daena Silverman

29. “During our days
together, we, once
again, felt the
magnetic pull of the
indescribable
magic that is
Israel.”
Photo: Daena Silverman

30. “I always leave the mission with new friends. I love
traveling with my NCJW sisters.”
Photo: Sophia Rosetti