Carol Novis grew up in Winnipeg, Canada and studied English Literature at the University of Manitoba. She subsequently lived in Ottawa, London, England, Cape Town, South Africa and from 1976, Israel.
She has worked as a writer and editor for many publications, including The Jerusalem Post, Boston Globe, Winnipeg Free Press and Cape Times.
She began writing fiction in recent years, and has contributed to “Israel Short Stories” . She also wrote the children’s book “The Adventures of Mary Fairy” and now, a cozy mystery, “Long in the Sleuth”, which was inspired by her mother and the Jewish retirement home she lived in.
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An admirable institution still thriving after 100 years
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inspires in Tel Aviv. The first college to initially insist on tuition only in Hebrew in its training teachers to be a mentor and supervisor helping students learn through discussion.
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The influence of the English speaking community is
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well-known. One exceptional and important sphere it has made its mark is in the field of education. The Anglo influence: The TALI School in Raanana is the brainchild of Hannah and David Schwartz. Carol Novis describes how their efforts and determination reached fruition.
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Carol Novis reviews Pamela Peled's novel "For the
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Love of God and Virgins" whose main focus is the second-time-around love story of two people whose similarities manage to overcome their differences.
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Born in Israel to parents of Yemenite origin Achinoam
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Nini grew up in America. From an early age music was a part of her life – first singing and composing in the school choir. Later she studied at the Rimon School of Music and her repertoire covers a great range of songs including blues, ballards ethnic and classical works. She has sung with and for many famous people, including the Pope at the Vatican. Now acclaimed internationally as a singer, composer and lyricist she will be singing for ESRA on October 17 at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center.
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Michael Saltman, emeritus professor from Haifa University,
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has devised a novel way of teaching English to children of the Ahmaddiya sect, in Kababir. "It is the pupils themselves who create the story," he explains. They discuss what characteristics they want the hero, heroine, and the villains to have. "If they cannot agree … we take a vote on the issue."
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“Joseph Bau’s House” conveys this renowned artist’s
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amazing story and reflects his creativity - movies, animation, paintings, graphics, literature and research of the Hebrew language – all spiced with humor and an optimistic view of life.
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Here is a chance to assist in the wonderful work that
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is being done by the newly established Community College of Tel Aviv University. It is the opportunity to make a positive contribution to the problem of refugees anxious to work and learn.
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Just one of the sacred texts tossed aside in a Cairo
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synagogue. Carol Novis describes the discovery of the Cairo Geniza. She is amazed by the living history at the the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at the Cambridge University Library
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“KeepOlim”, a group founded to help new olim in
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myriad ways, was founded by LiAmi Lawrence, an oleh himself. It now has over 40,000 members.
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Carol Novis finds this book absolutely fascinating
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and compulsively readable. She describes it as Fletcher's personal hike of discovery along the coastline from the Lebanon border to Gaza. Carol says it is not so much observation of Israel from the outside as much as a jumping-off point for exploring some of the big issues of the region.
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History, controversy, discussion, planning- so much
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has gone into producing the ESRA magazine over the 40 years of its existence, as recalled by one involved from the very beginning.
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A visit to the “ShUM” cities of Germany – Speyer,
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Worms and Mainz – which are full of medieval Jewish historical records.
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