Ruth Shaffer

Ruth, a former Committee member, is a thirteen-year resident of Ashdod. She hails from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Back in Rhode Island Ruth was active in the local HADASSAH. She served as president of her chapter and as vice-president of the Western New England region.
Her Zionism was inspired by years of summer camp with the Young Judeah, from age ten to eighteen.
She began her aliyah at an absorption center in Tel Aviv, and later worked for the Ormat Company in Yavnah.
She is a dedicated volunteer with Yad Sarah in Ashdod. Now retired, Ruth is socially busy around town and around the Central Area, and contributes ideas, support and time to our ESCA programs.