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he speaks to nearly 
380,000 followers 
around the world 
on Instagram every day, but 
on June 20, social media 
influencer, Israel advocate, 
and proud Jewish wife and 
mother Lizzy Savetsky was live 
and in-person at Hillel Day 
School in Farmington Hills for 
an inspiring “girls’ night out” 
presented by Aish HaTorah 
Detroit and Jewish Federation 
of Detroit. 
 More than 400 women 
filled the auditorium to hear 
from the powerhouse speaker 
I interviewed one-on-one on 
stage.
“Judaism is my North Star. 
It is everything in my life,
” 
Savetsky said. “We have faced 
struggles in every generation, 
and we have not backed down 
… I love knowing where I 
come from, what I’m made 
of and whose shoulders I’m 
standing on. That is the most 

empowering thing in the world.
”
Savetsky, who started her 
online journey as a fashion 
blogger more than a decade 
ago, was in Israel Oct. 7 for her 
3-year-old son’s upsherin (first 
haircut) with her husband, 
Dr. Ira Savetsky, a renowned 
plastic surgeon, and their three 
children. They hid with others 
in a bomb shelter when word 

began to spread that Hamas 
terrorists murdered more 
than 1,200 men, women and 
children, and took more than 
250 hostages, many still being 
held captive in Gaza. 
 Ever since, she has used her 
social media platform to dispel 
myths, call out world leaders, 
interview survivors and 
families of the hostages, face 

down protesters, and fearlessly 
defend against injustice and 
antisemitism. 
“I’m not out to change 
people’s minds. I think it’s 
more about exposing the 
insanity, the idiocy and the 
blatant hate,” she said. “We 
have seen in the past seven, 
eight-plus months, that we 
cannot count on anyone else to 
stand by us … I think we need 
to show the world the truth.”
Originally from Fort Worth, 
Texas, Lizzy and her family 
now live in New York City. She 
spoke candidly about raising 
her children in a social media 
world where she receives 
hundreds of death threats and 
hateful messages daily.
“I try to take the emotion 
out of it and say these are 
intimidation tactics. I think 
what they want is for me to 
be afraid and to stop posting, 
and I’m not going to give them 
what they want,” she said. 

More than 400 women pack Hillel Day School for an evening with Lizzy Savetsky.
Influencer for Israel

ROBIN SCHWARTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

OUR COMMUNITY

PHOTOS BY OLGA GAMBURG 

Robin Schwartz 
interviews 
Lizzy Savetsky.

Estie Tolwin, Stacey Block and Lisa Klein, all of Huntington Woods, 
pose for a photo with Lizzy Savetsky (second from left).