by Ilan Shachar
Many of our present day coins have images of antiquities
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that were also used on ancient coins. The oldest coins ever found date back to the sixth century BCE and the earliest found in Israel are from the time of the Hasmoneans 4 centuries later. Why were coins struck – as tokens of payment for services given. As a show of wealth or maybe as the sign of a ruling party’s authority. IIan Shachar gives us a very potted history of ancient coins and also explains some of the symbols on our present day coins and their relevance to Chanukah and Chanukah gelt.
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by Susan de la Fuente
Susan de la Fuente writes about an ESRA hike to the
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Ashdod area in Israel’s southern lowlands where the early spring flowers were in bloom. The area has many biblical connections, archeological sites and geographical features .The focus of the tiull was Tel Tsafit the ancient biblical Philistine city, where David overcame Goliath
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by Mervyn Medicks
Beautiful descriptive images of a stormy sea, illustrating
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the deeper meaning represented by this poem
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by Meira Applebaum
A recent trip to the Ramat Hanadiv gardens planted
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as a tribute to the Rothschild’s takes us through some of the special areas of the gardens and stimulates our interest in the ongoing pleasure of revisiting this interesting horticultural treasure.
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by Nina Zuck
ESRA’s Netanya Sewing Centers were lucky enough to
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find Avraham Nussbacher and for the past 12 years he has volunteered several times a week in each of the centers. He uses the expertise he gained in his business in the USA, to maintain and repair the sewing machines donated to the ESRA projects. He truly represents the Spirit of ESRA.
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by Lisa Brink
When entertaining check if any of your guests are vegetarian
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and offer them something tasty to eat . Lisa Brink gives us an interesting recipe for a flavor packed vegetarian burger
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by Pnina Moed Kass
This book is highly recommended by Pnina Moed Kass,
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It is light to carry and compact, and the printing and layout easily read. With charts and maps it also offers historical facts and information about modern events.
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by Meera Jacobson
A “love letter” about a beloved Nanny. Meera Jacobson
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remembers her childhood in South Africa and her relationship to a special person.
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by Adele Rubin
Jack Cohen, today a resident of Netanya and a VIP of
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AACI, describes in his autobiographical novel, Amanuensis, growing up in the east end of London. But Adele Rubin thinks it would have been interesting to learn more of how Jack succeeded in spite of the difficulties and his career as an adult.
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by Hertzel Katz
Hertzel Katz spells out the legalities of "Living Wills",
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or how to die with dignity. He also gives information about Amutat Lilach which is the leading organization dealing with this subject in Israel.
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by Debbie Sassen, Felicia M. Seaton
In part II of their widowhood article, Felicia Seaton
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and Debbie Sassen give information on the legal aspects of widowhood – estates, what to do first, access to money if there is or isn’t a will, whether to appoint an executor, rabbinical court ties abroad, and relevant websites such as the Ministry of Justice.
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by Carl Hoffman
Disturbing, yet fascinating novel based in Jerusalem
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Carl Hoffman reviews “Wherever you Go” by Joan Leegant
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by Norman A. Rubin
How has our society been able to change so much, and
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bureaucracy overtake so many things? Through Mr. Common Sense, Norman Rubin reminds us how our standards have changed and how so many ways of behaviour have deteriorated and become the accepted norm.
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