Barbara Abraham was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her studies include: Cours de Civilisation Francais, Sorbonne Paris; Queens University Belfast - B.A; Dundee University - Creative Writing course. She came to live in Israel in 1958. From 1959 – 1967 she was resident in Eilat and commenced her working career at the first Queen of Sheba Hotel. From 1964 – 1980 she worked for Arkia Airlines, first in Eilat and from 1967 in Tel Aviv, eventually becoming Head of Tourist Department. From 1980 – 2000 she lived in Scotland with her life partner. Enjoying the composition of essays, Barbara attended a Creative Writing Course, joined the Angus Writers Group and later became a member of the Scottish Writers Association. She began publishing articles and short stories in Scotland in local press and also in the Jewish Chronicle. In 2000 after returning to Israel she joined the Editorial Board of ESRA MAGAZINE and has also written for Metro Magazine of The Jerusalem Post.
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“This is my regiment; This is my home; Fighters,
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men and women; Dressed in green uniform.”
These are the words sung by the members of MAGAV, the border police at their passing our ceremony. In her article, “TO BE A FREE NATION,” Barbara Abraham expresses her pride as she watches her 18-year old grand daughter, a new cadet, march by and raise her voice in song.
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Barbara Abraham describes the delight of her enthusiastic
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young audience during story-telling time in Kiryat Shmona when Pnina Moed Kass, the acclaimed author of the popular children’s series “Berale”, told about these books.
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An enlightening interview with internationally recognized
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realistic-expressive artist Alex Levine who sees his paintings as following the Jewish tradition of passing on cultural and religious identities.
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"Sex = Communication" was the name of a sculpture
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exhibition held in the gallery at Kibbutz Machanaim where three artists exhibited their works: sculptors David Fine and Yigal Meron and painter Tooley Bowman.
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Review of Kibbutz Shamir whose specialty is honey production;
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a tour of Givat Oren Winery and a visit to Oforia – Israel's first reserve of the Nature and Parks Authority. Delicious recipes are also featured.
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Since 1996 Arab women in the western Galilee have been
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working at the Sindyanna project. Established by Israeli and Arab activists, the organization commercially produces olive oil from their own organic plantations. Their visitors’ center also sells soaps, honey, syrups and baskets that they weave. Their produce is also sold abroad through World Fair Trade Association.
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A fascinating, educational and historical account,
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encompassing the Pardes Hanna–Karkur area which now houses 32,000 residents and includes the origin of the lush eucalyptus trees, planted a hundred years ago in order to dry out the swamps and eliminate malaria. Land was first purchased here in 1912 by the London Achuza Society and today the town is a flourishing center.
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Read about some of the valuable and interesting work
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carried out by Shavei Israel in this article about the Kaifeng Jews of China who have returned to their ancestral home of Israel.
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How did a documentary film called “Israel in color”
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come to be made? Read Barbara Abraham’s account of a meeting with documentary film maker Avishai Kfir, and his own discovery of film footage of the early days of the State of Israel made by Fred Monosson. Monosson, with one of the first home movie cameras, filmed the Jewish /Israeli story from 1945 – 1969. These highlights have now been incorporated into Kfir’s own documentary.
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Those Were the Days – life in Eilat as it once was,
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gives an overview of Eilat’s early days, written in memory of Dr. Reginald Morris. Dr. Morris and his dynamic wife, Fay, were early arrivals to Eilat in 1958 when it was still being hailed as ‘the wild west.’ The Morris’ contribution to the cultural, social and medical lives of visitors and residents is told by an appreciative friend, Barbara Abraham.
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Israel Pathways, a MASA program, offers a one year
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stay in Israel, working in community projects and studying about Israel in a bid to counteract the negative image created by world media.
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Freddie Krivine believed that investing in tennis facilities
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for the Arab sector and introducing it to the challenges and pleasures of the game could help to bring Jewish and Arab youth together. His vision has been fulfilled by the Freddie Krivine foundation set up by his daughter, Jane.
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