On May 1, 2005, a delegation of ten women from the Karmiel-Misgav region departed for Poland on a journey in search of their roots. The group was a delegation sent on behalf of the Partnership 2000 Women's Forum and the United Jewish Federation Of Pittsburgh.

The delegation journeyed through Poland for eight days and met up with friends, a delegation of women from the Pittsburgh Jewish Community for a joint journey to Warsaw, Treblinka, Madjanek, Lublin, Birkenau, Auschwitz and Krakow. Together they walked in the "March of the Living" and marked the 60 years since the end of Nazi terror throughout Europe.

At the end of their journey, the women of both communities returned to Israel for a celebration marking the tenth anniversary of Partnership 2000, which was held at Karmiel's Civic Center on Monday, May 9, 2005.

 
The idea of a joint journey was initiated by the Joint Karmiel-Misgav and Pittsburgh Women's Forum. In Israel, the project was coordinated by Nirit Michaeli and in Pittsburgh by Tsippy Gur. The Israeli women underwent an intense and well-organized orientation program, which included a historian and clinical psychologist, visits to the Ghetto Fighters' House at Kibbutz Lochmei Haghetto'ot and Yad v' Shem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem and held videoconferences with their Pittsburgh counterparts.

Bringing continuity to this first time project is one of the objectives of the Women's Forum. Continued program development after each delegation returned to their home communities was a part of the project's preparation process, whether as a support group for second generation Holocaust survivors or other community objectives related to the area of information and community caring as well as instituting a training program for future groups prior to their departure to Poland. The "Journey after Our Roots" is one of many projects sponsored by the Women's forum which has set as an objective to operate on two levels:

The first is developing and strengthening relations with the Pittsburgh community through projects such as the Hila Walk, a joint recipe book, and reciprocal visits. The second is conducting community welfare activities for the region such as the second hand store "Mashumashu", which provides services for needy individuals in the community or the Hila Center in the Tardion Industrial Park for the purpose of providing care, help, and support from within the community to women afflicted with cancer. The "English Coffee House" was created to help women improve their English language skills in order to improve communications with our partners in Pittsburgh.

On Sunday, June 12, 2005, the Women's Forum will sponsor the Hila Walk in the Segev Forest near the Misgav Regional Council. The walk is intended for the whole family and its purpose is to increase awareness of the need for early detection of breast cancer.