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by Sara Groundland
It's strange how one feels they know their own city,
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but when seen through someone else's eyes, amazingly, it's quite different. Sara Groundland describes a guided walking tour through Jerusalem. Their group discovered parks and alleys unknown to them and enjoyed several hours of wandering and wondering, listening to their learned guide's recounting of historical events and amusing anecdotes. They had an interesting time and learnt many things about their beautiful city.
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by Steve Kramer
The hiking group sets off from the coastal plain and
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into the Carmel highlands inland from Zichron Yaakov, a particularly scenic route. The first stop is at Bat Shlomo east of Zichron, and a stop at the stone house and museum of the Shwartzman family, who for 4 generations have been farming in the original manner of their grandfathers. The group climbs Mount Horshan, which has a rather weak spring, Ein Tut. The hike eventually ends at Nahal Taninim, which presumably once had crocodiles.
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by Katherine (Kaila) Shabat
A poem describing the total destruction by Hamas rockets
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of a home in central Israel. Kaila Shabat depicts the despair of the family when they find that all their worldly possessions, all their memories and treasures, have been reduced to rubble.
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by Marsha Stein
The Nitzan Visitor’s Center tells the history of
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Gush Katif, the disputed area of the Gaza Strip that was taken in the Six-DayWar and vacated by the Sharon government in 2005. Marsha Stein takes a look at what happened to the settlers who left their homes.
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by Nancy Tamir
The Israel National Trail is 1000 kilometers long and
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runs from the Dan Nature Reserve in the north to Eilat in the south, without crossing the green line. It is enjoyed by hikers, cyclists and jeep travelers. Nancy Tamir recounts its history
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by Sivanne Weiss
An interesting tidbit of history in the form of a translation
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of the writer Dr. Yossi
Beilin's account published in 2013 about Hebrew becoming the dominant language in pre-State Israel. It includes a reference to EZRA, an organization set up in Europe in 1901, and a response by Dr. Avshalom Kor.
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by Pamela Peled
Pamela Peled discusses the response of the Creative
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Community for Peace (CCFP) to persistent pleas to entertainers to boycott Israel. She talks with CCFP’s director, Laura Melman, to learn how the organization attempts to make artists part of the solution.
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by David Smith
David Smith does ‘Service for Israel’ with Sar
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El every year. His latest stint
coincided with Typhoon Haiyan, which devasted the Philippines. Here’s his
report
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by Zipporah Porath
A warm tribute to the late Stanley Medicks, Chairman
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of the British, Scandinavian
and European Machal, at the inauguration of The Stanley Medicks Machal Room in the Michael Levin Center for Lone Soldiers in Tel Aviv. The event was attended by many who initiated the project together with Machal. The exhibit highlighting the heroic and inspiring history of volunteering by Jews and non-Jews from abroad, who rallied to the defense of the State of Israel will be on permanent display at the Tel Aviv Center
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by Jennifer Bell
Report on the positive address made by MK Isaac (Buji)
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Herzog in January when he was a guest speaker for ESRA. The challenges that Israel faces were discussed and included a lively questions and answers session resulting in a huge audience response. Mr. Herzog believes that ' Peace with the Palestinians is feasible and now is the time to be proactive and aim for an agreement.'
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by Sybil Levin
An amusing take on the quirky, sometimes annoying and
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often heart-warming incidents that Sybil has encountered and "could only happen in Israel".
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by Joseph (Joe) Morgenstern
Skills and experience were acceptable to prospective
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employers, but investing time and effort to train someone only to have him return to the U.S. was unacceptable. One employer was willing to take the chance after a poignant observation is made.
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by Morty Leibowitz
In a poem written more than 10 years ago, the poet
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describes a visit to the hospital ward for flu victims. Memories of the holocaust still overshadow life for these old and suffering survivors as they lie in their hospital beds.
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by Robin Froumin
A brief but fascinating history of the early days of
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the Israel Railway system. Robin Froumin maps the slow start from the time when the first train from Jaffa arrived in Jerusalem in August 1892, the days of the famous Rakevet Ha’emek (The Valley Railway), and the laying of the coastal line from Tel-Aviv to Haifa.
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by Sharon Levisohn, Susan Lurie
Shivta is a UNESCO World heritage site in southern
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Israel near the Egyptian border. On the spice route in Nabatean times, the city flourished for many centuries but was finally abandoned in the 9th century. The site was excavated in the 1930’s – churches and a mosque once existed, and fragments of frescoes and mosaic floors have been found. Remains also indicate that a thriving desert agriculture once flourished.
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