National Women’s Day 9 August 2024 WIZO Women Always Step Up! Friday, the 9th of August is National Women’s Day!  A day that celebrates us as the strong, kind and caring women that we are!   All of you play an integral role in supporting our phenomenal Women’s...

Yom Hazikaron / Yom Ha’atzmaut 2024 Last week we commemorated Yom Hashoah. We remembered and honoured the six million Jewish people that perished in the Holocaust and recognised the accomplishments of the survivors.  The Holocaust is a catastrophe that we will never...

27 January 2024 International Holocaust Remembrance Day The carnage of October 7th is equated to a modern-day Holocaust and compared to 9/11.  The heartless murders, rapes and tortures that occurred in Israel by Hamas, who had the sole intent of murdering and...

CHANUKAH This Hanuka we need the light now more than ever!  Hanuka begins tonight, Thursday evening, 7 December exactly two months after that horrific Saturday that shattered so many lives and changed Israel forever.   On Hanuka we celebrate the rededication of the...

Sukkot 2023 We have just surpassed Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and now the Jewish Holidays shall culminate with the celebration of Sukkot.  Sukkot commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people after they escaped slavery in Egypt and thereafter spent 40 years...

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur During Rosh Hashana we celebrate the creation of the world and this is a time to recreate ourselves within our smaller world. It is a time to recognise our faults and repent for our sins.  We then enter the most serious hours of Yom Kippur,...

National Women’s Day / Month  9 August 2023 The Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) is the largest women’s Zionist organisation and consequently Women’s Day and Women’s month is extra special and important to us!   Women's Day, celebrated annually on the...

Mandela Day 18 July 2023 Mandela Day is an annual celebration on the 18th of July to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former President. It is a call to action for individuals, communities and organisations to take the time to reflect on...

Youth Day 16 June 2023 The Israeli youth are the future of the State of Israel!  What they do today will shape their future and in turn the land of Israel.  So, it is up to us, at the Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO), to ensure that those children...

Shavuot 2023 Shavuot starts at sundown on Thursday 25 May.  It commemorates the date when Hashem gave the Torah and the ten commandments to Moses and the Israelite nation at Mount Sinai after they left Egypt 3,300 years ago.  Shavuot is the culmination and eager...