by Hilary Meir
Jonathan Essakow, managing director and owner of a
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shipping company, has been awarded the status of Honorary Consul of Portugal in Israel. Born in South Africa, he came to live in Israel in 1976 with his parents and siblings.
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by Deborah (Debby) Lieberman
Murray and Marilyn Grant lived in Israel for more than
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30 years and were involved in many volunteer projects. Amongst them were Project Renewal, ESRA, helping Refuseniks and the Ethiopian community. They were founders and benefactors of the recently dedicated Jordon River Project, which is a vocational village in the Upper Galilee for seriously ill children. Sadly Murray passed away soon after the dedication.
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by Lola Katz
Babette Kaplan came to live in Israel in 1963. She
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taught English through drama which she had studied in her native South Africa. Later she studied for a doctorate and became an internationally recognized counselor. A protestor and demonstrator for many causes she also found time to volunteer in the local community and with ESRA.
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by Carl Hoffman
Jewish gangsters were a well known part of the American
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criminal scene in the first half of the twentieth century. Benny Fein was one of these New York mobsters. The terrible fire in March 1911 in a garment factory that killed over 100 young women caused him to rethink his life style – he became a fighter for better conditions for the workers.
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by Jerry Stevenson
Jerry Stevenson recalls his first visit to Arbanel
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Street to the home of Felix Shulman, the founder and director of the Abu Gosh Music Festival. A doctor and veterinarian surgeon by profession, he also had a very solid musical background. His home was the center for his professional work as well as his musical activities.
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by Bernice Lewak Zohn, Darylle Levenbach
Born in South Africa where she studied medicine specializing
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in psychiatry, Valerie Velkes went on to become an expert in family therapy. First in South Africa in the 1960’s, and then in Israel, she was a pioneer and teacher in this relatively new branch of therapy.
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by Linda Schlosberg
A loving daughter pays tribute to the memory of her
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late father, relating anecdotes of his life from his growing up in the East End of London, through the second world war, to his aliyah and active retirement in Raanana.
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by Barbara Abraham
Those Were the Days – life in Eilat as it once was,
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gives an overview of Eilat’s early days, written in memory of Dr. Reginald Morris. Dr. Morris and his dynamic wife, Fay, were early arrivals to Eilat in 1958 when it was still being hailed as ‘the wild west.’ The Morris’ contribution to the cultural, social and medical lives of visitors and residents is told by an appreciative friend, Barbara Abraham.
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by Paul Kohn
Former gymnast Agnes Keleti, a sprightly, energetic
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91 year old resident of Herzliya, treasures her many medals and awards including 5 gold medals won at 2 Olympic Games while representing Hungary in gymnastics.
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by Rolly King Kohansky
Frank Sinatra and the Jewish Connection: He did it
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His Way, reveals the talented, multi-faceted personality in a new light. Rolly King Kohansky reports on the evening, sponsored by ESRA, where
Barbara Blum spoke about Sinatra’s lifelong devotion to Israel and the Jewish people, a connection which many in the audience had been unaware.
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by Claire Rabin
Describes the `inner voices’, (subconscious criticism)
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that women experience which undermines their self esteem and affects their lives constantly. A very interesting explanation of an obvious difference in the genders.
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by Amy Avgar
Terming himself a psycho-physician interested in bridging
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the mind-body distinction of sickness this graduate of Cape Town University has dealt throughout his career at Hadassah hospital with the mind body connection to illness and continues to do so in his retirement, even authoring a case study book on this phenomena.
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