SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—As part of its Speaker Series, Jewish National Fund (JNF) will present Adele Raemer at the next JNFeature event on Tuesday, July 26 at 7 p.m. This complimentary event will be held at a private residence and the address will be provided upon RSVP.
Born and raised in the Bronx, Raemer, a former member of Young Judea Zionist Youth Movement, made aliyah in 1973. She has lived in Kibbutz Nirim on the border with the Gaza Strip since 1975, when she moved there as part of her IDF service. In recent years, Raemer has become the unofficial voice of Israelis living in the Western Negev’s border communities.
She gives talks about her region and offers tours of her border-lying kibbutz, helping visitors to understand the realities of living in the shadow of rockets and on the front lines every day. During Operation Pillar of Defense, Raemer became an unwitting war correspondent, being interviewed by various news media outlets. During Operation Protective Edge, she had the harrowing experience of escorting a reporter into a terror tunnel located near her home.
Raemer is a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, as well as a teacher trainer and counselor for the Israeli Ministry of Education. She blogs for The Times of Israel, and is the founder and moderator of the Facebook page “Life on the Border with Gaza” in which Raemer and her neighbors depict what life is really like in the Gaza envelope.
Her experiences about living on the border can be heard on her CNN iReports page.
Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Amy Hart, Director, San Diego at ahart@jnf.org or 858.824.9178 x988. To RSVP by July 22nd and for the address, please contact Stacey Lewis at slewis@jnf.org or 858-824-9178 x964.
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