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SUMMARY:A Taste of Israeli Cuisine
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sisterhood and the Israel Committee\nJoin us in th
 e Activity Center on Wednesday March 22\, at 7:45 pm for "A Taste of Israe
 li Cuisine\," led by our Westchester Shlicha Shachar Liran-Hanan. Shachar 
 will provide the "back story" to certain popular Israeli foods such as Sha
 kshuka\, and will demonstrate how to make some of them. To RSVP please ema
 il Linda Alpert Karell at lalpertesq@gmail.com.\nAbout Shlicha Shachar Lir
 an-Hanan\nShachar Liran-Hanan is the new JAFI (Jewish Agency for Israel) S
 enior Shlicha (emissary) to Westchester. Just before coming to Westchester
 \, Shachar served as the Director of International Business Development at
  Shekulo Tov\, the leading vocational rehabilitation service provider in I
 srael\, building an international network of cross sectorial partners\, pr
 omoting global inclusion while maximizing their organizational social impa
 ct and developing new business models. Her journey into the Jewish world h
 ad started right after she finished her military duty. She started volunte
 ering for the Jewish agency\, first at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires\, and 
 later as a "Shlicha" for the Jewish community in Durban\, South Africa. Th
 is road led her to join StandWithUs\, an international Israel education or
 ganization\, and leading the StandWithUs fellowship program in Israel\, a 
 public diplomacy leadership program for students all across Israel.\n\nIn 
 2015\, post operation Protective Edge in Gaza\, Shachar was appointed as t
 he CEO of My Truth\, a grassroots\, non-profit organization comprised of I
 DF reserve soldiers who seek to share the moral dilemmas Israeli soldiers 
 face in their one of a kind battle field\, sharing their personal experien
 ces and presenting the ethical challenges IDF soldiers are facing worldwid
 e- on college campuses\, parliaments\, mainstream media\, social media and
  more.\n\nShachar is still an active officer in the IDF reserves\, trainin
 g soldiers and teaching them on the geo-political background of their comb
 at missions.\nShachar is a graduate of the Excel program MBA in social lea
 dership\, a joint program of Ben-Gurion University and the Mandel Foundati
 on. Shachar earned a B.A degree with a double major in Psychology and Educ
 ation\, also from Ben-Gurion University.\n\nShachar is married to Elroi\, 
 whom she met at Camp Ramah 12 years ago\, and they are proud parents to Ke
 rem (3)\, Lotem (1) and Mentch the dog (7).
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