by Lydia Aisenberg
Tony Benjamin and Ron Acker highlight the struggle
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to save the beauty of the area of Harish, near Wadi Ara, which is destined to become a metropolis to house thousands of ultra-orthodox families, displacing the mainly secular and mixed present community.
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by Fay Silverman
At its monthly meeting, ESRA Kfar Saba-Hod Hasharon
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chapter invited as their guest speaker, veterinarian Dr. Bernard Hurwitz who illustrated his talk with animals he brought with him – a raccoon, a coatimundi, a dwarf goat and a boa constrictor.
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by Aviva Zuller
Aviva Zuller went into culture shock upon arriving
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in Israel and discovering that re-cycling here isn’t what she experienced back in the USA. Having being totally involved in a most effective environmental watch group there, this self-proclaimed recycling queen went to work to change things here by helping “Adam Teva V’Din”.
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by Barbara Abraham
A joint multi-disciplinary project – Migrating Birds
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Know No Boundaries – is run in 300 schools in Israel, 30 in Jordan and 30 in the Palestinian Authority, shows how through cooperation and education, birds can serve to bring children together and progress towards common goals.
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Naomi Ariel gives us some more tips on how to conserve
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water. Just turning a tap on with a slow flow of water and not leaving the tap running when cleaning vegetables are two of the points she makes.
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by Judy Shapiro
Face-off with a cop. Judy Shapiro finds “a different
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mindset,” as she argues with a cop about a familiar road that was suddenly off limits. Tempers flared as she refused to accept this new law, but she learned something about herself as well.
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by Hilary Lavi
“Hiking in the Ashes of the Carmel” with Hilary
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Lavi, recounts her participation with a group who hiked to the destination of the mega-fire on Mount Carmel. They walked through the mosaic of black, ash, gray and green areas and discoverd some patches that had been miraculously untouched by the fire.
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by Michael Adler
Introducing the electric car, being produced at Better
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Place in Israel for our local use. A new world of technology and progress comes with this vehicle propelled by an interchangeable or rechargeable battery. A new, quiet motor car with few evil emissions.
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by Beverly Tow
Some birds seem to be almost human. Bev Tow gives
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us the dramatic story of caring for threatened new-born Plovers.
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by Glenis Bertfield
Ariel school, together with the Raanana municipality,
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wanted to encourage children to walk to school rather than travel in their parents’ pollution-emitting cars. Glenis Bertfield expalins how this works. Her slogan is "Encourage your children to walk to school - make a difference!"
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by Ilan Shachar
On vacation in a peaceful Galilee village, the writer
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is awakened by deafening music emanating from the neighbors. He tries to persuade them to reduce the volume, to no avail. He says that every society has rules of civilized behavior to ensure safeguarding the personal freedom of citizens, but what does one do when insensitivity gives way to blatant aggression.
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by Hertzel Katz
Invaluable tips on road safety and checking for common
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problems and suggestions of courtesy on the road to make driving a safer and less stressful experience.
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by Nachum Hirschel
Amazing facts related to the lowly invertebrate earthworm
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that makes it possible for human and plant life to exist on this earth.
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by Gloria Deutsch
Ecology and living a "greener" life and saving water
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are often in the news these days. Gloria Deutsch summarises some of the ideas that ESRA readers sent in to her.
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