Randy Wolfe, left, with Aharon Botzer, co-founder of Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot. <\/i>(photo from Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot)<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/i>Reuven (Randy) Wolfe of Winnipeg recently returned to Tzfat, Israel, to reconnect with the founders of Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot and with the place where his Jewish journey began.<\/p>\n
Wolfe first arrived in Tzfat in 1981, as a young participant in Livnot\u2019s third-ever program. Now, 44 years later, he and his wife, Beverly Werbuk, walked once again through the same stone alleyways, into the same historic buildings and back into the same spirit that once transformed Wolfe\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember everything,\u201d he shared. \u201cThe formula still works: no show, no pretending, just truth, action, open hearts and good people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since that formative experience, Wolfe has built a full life in Canada \u2013 family, community and career \u2013 yet the spark that was lit in Tzfat has never faded.<\/p>\n
\u201cComing back to Livnot,\u201d he said, \u201cfelt like coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more than four decades, Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot, founded by Aharon and Miriam Botzer, has guided thousands of young Jews from around the world to connect with their roots through hands-on volunteering, learning and community, including the rebuilding of homes along Israel\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe walls may have changed,\u201d Reuven smiled, \u201cbut the spirit \u2013 that same spirit \u2013 is still alive. It continues to build the Jewish people, in Israel and throughout the diaspora.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Courtesy Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Randy Wolfe, left, with Aharon Botzer, co-founder of Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot. (photo from Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot) Reuven (Randy) Wolfe of Winnipeg recently returned to Tzfat, Israel, to reconnect with the founders of Livnot U\u2019Lehibanot and with the place where his Jewish journey began. Wolfe first arrived in Tzfat in 1981, as a young participant in Livnot\u2019s third-ever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4329,5],"tags":[4330,218,24508,24509],"class_list":["post-48057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel","category-national","tag-israel","tag-judaism","tag-livnot-ulehibanot","tag-randy-wolfe"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}