by Talya Dahan Dunleavy
Talya tells us how she became the proud owner of a
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beautifully-carved Chinese walnut. Her description of this "beloved" object tells us something of the depths of her feelings, and she adds: "Someday I might write a book about my walnut"
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Lydia describes the Holocaust memorial by Zeev Ben-Zvi
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on Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek. It memorializes particularly the children who were murdered during the Holocaust. The Chanukiah crafted by Aviram Paz who lives on the kibbutz, also incorporates the horror of the Holocaust and honors the survivors of the Nazis.
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by Judy Shapiro
On Zion Square Jerusalem, stands an electric piano
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which by passers are invited to play on resulting in some magical hours of pleasure and unity for those who introduced this trial run and all who enjoy this experimental `happening' in Jerusalem.
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by Yael Meyer
A description of an ESRA day trip to Jerusalem to visit
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two incredible museums that bridge the founding stories of the State of Israel – Yad Vashem and the Herzl Museum.
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by Steve Kramer
Perhaps the most outstanding event in Jerusalem every
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July is the Jerusalem Film Festival, organized by the Jerusalem Cinematheque. More than 150 films were presented at the last ten day festival.
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by Lydia Weitzman
The 3rd Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish
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Art, titled 'Watershed' showcases the work of nearly 200 professional artists – Israeli and international – in tens of diverse exhibitions around the city, will take place from October 1 to November 16.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
A selection of the beautiful art work by Rona Harris
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reflecting scenes in Jerusalem after the Six-Day War.
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by Marion Stone
The documentary film "Torn" tells the story of Yaacov
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Wecksler, who found out at age 35 that he was Jewish. Yaacov, who had become a Catholic priest at age 17, today works at the archives department of Yad Vashem, but to date has not been granted full Israeli citizenship.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
A comprehensive museum in PardesHanna-Karkur reflects
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the interesting history of this area with many old artifacts of days of yore and comprehensive and most interesting information.
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by Beth Sarafraz
Beth writes about a documentary film by an Israeli
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filmmaker who accompanies her mother back to the former Soviet Union to retrace the story of her part in the battle for the right to live as Jews and to leave. It is a hair-raising tale of desperation, chutzpah, courage, faith, and suffering.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Lydia reports on the fascinating and extraordinary
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Pollock’s Toy Museum in London which dates back to the 1850s and is packed full of wonderful vintage toys.
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by Jennia Ganit Chodorov
An interview with Sahar Lev-Shomer, the co-star of
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Billy Elliot, who Jennia says provides us with a very promising acting career to follow
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by Lucille Cohen
Reading the ESRA magazine, set Vera Wallerstein, scion
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of a musical family from
Prague, on an astounding journey discovering the history and. sometimes tragic, fate of her gifted family, moving through Theresienstadt, Munich and Berlin, to England, Italy, the United States, South Africa, Rhodesia and Israel.
On her return from London Vera went back to lecturing at Shenkar College. The Joint Distribution Committee granted her the "Eshet Lapidot" award for women who have excelled in their field to work on a project with a community of her choice. Vera chose to work with released female prisoners. Her project, "Making a Bag"', took place over the summer in Shenkar's Textile Design Department, assisted by a few teachers.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The Israel Tourism Exhibition recently held in Tel
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Aviv presented countries from
around the world. Particularly interesting were the Japanese and Portuguese stands which highlighted Jewish aspects of their countries
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