Raisha  Silberman Weintraub passed away on Oct. 10, 2020 at her home in Kibbutz  Nir Eliyahu, Israel. Born in Harrisburg in 1941 she was the daughter of Edna and Ben Silberman.

Raisha was predeceased by her husband, Froika. Surviving are her beloved  children and in-law children- Amos and Adi, Dichla and Leo, Teilah and her 6 beautiful grandchildren all of Israel, her brother Henry and  sister-in-law Jackye formerly of Harrisburg, 2 nephews, and many cousins  and other close family members.

Raisha attended the Yeshiva Academy and William Penn High school. She graduated from Pitt and earned her Master’s degree in SW from Columbia University.

In 1970, Raisha made aliyah, met and married Froika Weintraub and was a member of Kibbutz Nir Eliyah for 50 years till her death. Besides her  responsibilities as an active kibbutz member, her career as a SW spanned  50 years of work with many of Israel’s diverse populations and many  years working with elderly Holocaust Survivors.

Throughout the 50 years since her aliyah, Raisha maintained her connection to the Harrisburg Jewish Community of her birth- visiting as often as she could and in constant contact with friends and family. Raisha’s kibbutz home was point central for those same friends, children of friends, and even grandchildren who visited Israel. A tour guide par excellence helping her guests to see Israel through her eyes producing future committed Zionists.

She was always mindful that it was Harrisburg and her family that gave her the love of Judaism and the need to support a State for the Jewish people.

Raisha touched many lives and will be sorely missed by them all. May her memory be for a blessing.