Nancy Lipoff

Nancy Lipoff Presented by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

My husband, Norman, and I went to Israel for the first time in 1968, right after the Six-Day War. We went on a trip sponsored by Hadassah with my parents and aunt. My aunt had been very involved with Hadassah so much so that Golda Meir spoke at a program she had hosted in her living room in 1939. When Norman and I arrived in Israel, it was love at first sight. The experience changed our lives forever.

Nancy Lipoff

In 1970 we moved to Miami. Gloria Scharlin, my sister Helyne Treister’s best friend, invited me to a Greater Miami Jewish Federation Women’s Division meeting. She said I would meet a lot of nice women, which was an understatement. My involvement in the Federation quickly became a passion. After serving as president of GMJF Women’s Division, I began to get involved nationally – first, on the board of United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Women’s Division, and then with Women’s

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