Stoking the Fire

“Every woman has a fire within her, something she wants to share with the world. And when she makes that happen, she’ll feel happy and fulfilled.” Dana Gabbai’s eyes flash with passion as she says this. Dana is a life coach, and she also runs one of Temech’s networking groups. This one has an interesting […]
Early Nurturance

Some seeds have become towering trees. Others are small saplings, the first buds appearing on their slender boughs. Odelia Zilcha describes the seeds Temech helped her nurture — and what’s emerging. Twelve years ago, Odelia graduated nursing school, and got a job in the cardiac surgery ward at Shaare Zedek. She got married, had a […]
No Longer Alone

During the long, lonely years when Tzivia Hendelsman was a young divorcée, she had no idea that her challenges were planting the seeds of what would become her life’s mission. Tzivia had a brief, untenable marriage, then divorced. It took over a decade of dating and disappointments before she remarried. “I learned a lot during […]
Arrows and Smiles

“When I launched Kivun, my branding business, thirteen years ago, I didn’t have a single friend or relative who was a business owner,” says Perry Aush. “I felt so alone.” A few years later, she saw an ad for Temech’s third annual conference. “I eagerly attended — and found dozens of women just like me. […]
Meet Our Seeds

“Fruit of Her Future” was the slogan of our recent fundraising campaign. It took place on Tu B’Shvat, an obvious connection to trees and growth, but the link goes far deeper. At Temech, we sometimes feel like farmers, sowing seeds of potential, watering them, then watching them burst out of the ground. They begin as […]