Testimonials

Risa's unconditional support and guidance throughout the wedding planning process was essential to me while living in another country and planning a wedding in Israel. I needed boots on the ground, an advocate, a professional who could speak both languages and someone who was compassionate. I didn't hesitate after consulting with Risa on the phone. We had an instant connection. I could tell she saw the big picture but was very detail oriented and quickly all my boxes were checked.

Working with Risa was a pleasure. She was extremely professional and respectful as she had to navigate many different perspectives, needs, wants, ideas, budgets and personalities while working with me, the bride, the groom, and the groom's parents. It was definitely a rollercoaster and I am grateful that Risa was by my side the entire ride. Risa is very passionate about her clients and her job. She has great interpersonal skills and helped me focus on what was truly important and meaningful.

Her vendor recommendations of photographer, livestream, and magnets were all outstanding and each captured the day perfectly. Having Risa at the event to oversee all logistics and details was liberating and I was truly able to be present and in the moment. Overall, Risa is competent, knowledgeable, professional and hard working, but more than that, she is very caring and gives her heart and soul to the event. If you are looking for a fabulous event planner, look no further. FAB Events Israel-Risa Shapiro is among the BEST.

“I had a fantastic experience working with Risa Shapiro and Fab Events to create a week of premieres around Israel for our film. Guns & Moses is a high impact thriller about Jewish security that comes at a dramatic moment in our shared history, and Risa was the perfect partner to help us build an emotional bridge between the American and Israeli Jewish communities.”

We were planning a complex wedding during corona times with many different wants, needs, different tastes etc. FAB Events Israel - Risa Shapiro Event Coordinator* turned out to be a planner who was able to hold all our requests - Risa was so dedicated to the planning she was able to handle the situation and focus on each persons dreams, Risa was always making sure we have our lists in place and in time, she came with us to all our meetings, Risa had ideas of florists, halls, bands and photographers. Thank you so much for going through this process with us!

I'm a recent Oleh (from NYC). When my children decided to visit from NYC and host a family gathering to celebrate my granddaughter’s bat mitzvah, I was thrilled. Then I was overwhelmed. How can I pull this off? A friend gave me the perfect suggestion: Use FAB Events Israel and Risa and be a guest at your family simcha!

Risa handled all the details. We got the perfect, hassle-free simcha. She arranged exactly what was wanted and in budget. She had all the right sources and connections and arranged the perfect event for our family. We felt like guests at our own simcha. I highly recommend her

Risa really has her finger on the pulse of event planning in Israel! I wanted something out of the box - and Risa delivered. Our wedding in Zippori was breathtaking, and Risa made it possible to actually enjoy it! Risa really knows how to keep vendors on track, and helped us communicate with our vendors right up until the final moments before the wedding.

Risa was easily accessible via email, on the phone and in person. She was a great help in locating professionals, providing us with a range of professionals to choose from. On our wedding day, Risa was instrumental in finding a new magnet photographer after our original photographer cancelled due to Coronavirus. She came to the hall earlier than planned to deal with multiple last minute changes due to Health Ministry regulations. We had a beautiful wedding thanks to Risa's efforts.

When I was first looking for an event planner I spoke to quite a few people but I always had the feeling that they were more interested in creating their vision of my event instead of my vision. Risa was the only person that really took the time to understand what I wanted. As our plans changed and changed again she was always accommodating and willing to find something else. She was always very cognizant of our budget and happy to think outside of the box to give us an event to remember that was also affordable. All of our guests had an amazing time and whenever someone came up to me to comment on the wonderful party and told all of them that 'it was all Risa,' I just told her what I wanted and showed up .

FAB Events Israel was my go to for my wedding planning experience.

Not only is Risa on top of every detail, but she is efficient in the way that she works. Her experience with people shines through as she truly advocates for her clients when working with vendors. She saved us a TON of financial expense and we keep getting compliments on how gorgeous, elegant and smoothly run our wedding was!

If you’re looking for someone to help plan your Simcha(whether you’re in the states or in Eretz Yisrael) I would recommend you look into FAB Events Israel Thank you, again, Risa for helping my dream wedding become a reality

Risa was fabulous! She helped put together a fabulously memorable Bar Mitzvah under very stressful conditions on very tight deadlines, stayed within budget, and did it all with finesse and aplomb! Absolutely recommend her!

Risa helped us create our perfect wedding in Israel, all coordinated from the UK. She connected us with key people and facilitated the process with care and consideration. We realised very quickly that we couldn’t have managed without a wedding planner. Our experience in Israel, was that the wedding venue had quite a relaxed approach to event management. Risa filled in the detail and was responsive and thoughtful to our needs.

My daughter's Bat Mitzva celebration was truly FABulous. Risa was very attentive to our style and budget and relieved the stress by guiding us to the perfect venue and truly excellent service providers - and all in record time! She's a pro and it was so great to team up with her so that we all fully enjoyed the special day! We never could have done it without Risa's expertise & FAB Events Israel.