by Sara Rabani
Sara Rabani describes a visit to Mevo'ot Yericho on
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the West Bank. She says there is a peace you can't find in the city
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by Inge David
A visit to the Safari Park was the last get-together
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for this season of our group of young people with disabilities, which has been meeting regularly at Beit Weil in Kfar Shmaryahu for 16 years since 2000 under the auspices of ESRA volunteers. A good time was had by all!
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by Igal Cohanim
At the Neot Shaked Community Center in Netanya, there
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is a special project for underprivileged children that introduces them to computers and teaches them how to understand and operate them. ESRA has provided all the computers, and the funds for running and maintaining them
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by Robert Bachmann
Working with a group of exceptionally well behaved
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children immersed in a world
of music and receptive to interesting teaching methods has been most rewarding
for this Esra volunteer English tutor
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
Yom Kippur is an awesome festival of self reflection
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on past errors and the
ongoing obligation to rise to the challenge of fulfilling one's destiny.
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by Ray Vicker
Many Americans volunteered to help out in Israel’s
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times of need. These moving vignettes include stories of American soldiers in Sinai seeking English language newspapers; a hitchhiking soldier who asks his driver to call his parents in Brooklyn; and an American auto salesman in Israel who organized the requisition of cars for the army;
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Naomi offers a wise warning about the value of small
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print when you think you’re buying a new item; news of a new government regulation mandating the free removal of large electrical items following installation of the new; and a savvy tip on how to manage your bank charges.
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by Mike Altman
A recent fascinating ESRA trip included visits to the
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historical Kinneret Cemetary, a date factory, Magdala, a Mekorot water project and an overnight stay at the Dona Gracia House hotel and museum in Tiberias. Dona Gracia, who was born in 1510, was a colorful Jewish businesswoman and philanthropist who started a Jewish settlement in Tiberias for trade and learning.
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by Barbara Abraham
Barbara skillfully describes the development of tourism
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in Eilat during the 1960s, and the Sinai, following the 1967 war. Development was spearheaded by Arkia,
originally Israel's inland airline, with the construction of runway and other tourist facilities at Sharem-el- Sheikh and the Monastery of Santa Katerina. A fascinating thumbnail of the period.
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by Brian Fink
Another successful ESRA trip included visits to two
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of the three branches of government: the Knesset and the Supreme Court. Participants were given a comprehensive overview of the history and workings of Israel’s Parliament and the day finished with a visit to the First Station which had once been the Jerusalem terminus of the Ottoman-era Jaffa-Jerusalem railway line.
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by Tsafra Saar-Leshem
A new ESRA employee attends the Students Build a Community
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ceremony, and is moved by the songs, music and dance, and the personal stories which reflect the deep bond between the students and their "kids".
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by Pnina Moed Kass
Pnina reviews Journalist Lydia Aisenberg’s book,
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Pride and Prejudice in Wadi Ara, November 2010, which describes the tide of events that overwhelmed Jewish and Arab Israelis and Palestinians from 1998 to June 2014. She says the author’s choice of a specific geographical area to illustrate a century of problems makes for a gripping narrative and highly recommends the book.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
Archangel is a story about the international spies
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of the 1960s - 90s that shocked the intelligence establishments. This intense covert operation is a spy travel-journal-on-steroids!
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