by Aliza Slatis-Weinberg
The Rehovot ESRA group had a most interesting tiyul
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in January visiting Nesher -
a tremendous cement plant ,followed by a tasty visit to Domaine Boutique Herzberg Kosher Winery.
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by Debbie Sinai
Debbie recalls her fascinating trip to Iceland in August,
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when the weather is much like our winter, but the landscape is quite lunar. In fact she says she felt like she was walking on the Moon
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by Mike Porter
A holiday on a mountaintop in Greece impresses Mike
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Porter. So does his fight with a gigantic centipede he finds sleeping under the blankets of his new "home". He and Ruti drive around Mani, walk through Sparta and ancient Mistras – with its more than 25 ancient churches, attendant nuns and a tribe of cats – and end the holiday with a boat trip through a series of underground caverns.
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by Yael Meyer
Yael describes a fascinating hike that included places
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of historical interest and natural beauty including Megiddo, Ramot Menashe, and ending with the Muhraqa
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by Eli Libenson
Enjoy a vicarious trip to the Scottish Highlands ,related
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with charm and humor and pure delight and joy.
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by Ros Ben Ezra
A recent ESRA Netanya trip led by Stephen Kliner included
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visits to the Khan Museum in Hadera, the train museum in Kfar Yehoshua and Merhavia, the first communal agricultural settlement, as well as to several interesting memorials.
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by Lucille Cohen
A visit to the Italian lakes revealed art, magnificent
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views, castles and even a link to Jewish history.
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by Suzanne Naimer
An interesting report on a successful half day tour
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from Modiin to a fascinating recreated Hasmonian village and a local long established plant nursery.
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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 Adrian Wolff
Adrian was one of the 33 ex-IDF officers who participated
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in the Israel Commission of Military History 8-day tour at World War I and II sites. He describes with historical details their visits to all the major battlefields in those terrible wars and was impressed by how professional and well organised the tour was.
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by Yael Meyer
A bus tour by ESRA day trippers, in which a variety
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of different cultures is explored: Bedouin, Jews, Black Hebrews, and the ancient culture of the Nabateans. All this in 2 days – wow!
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by Myra Olswang
Myra describes their visit to the fascinating Japanese
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island of Okinawa, the impressive Okinawa Institute of Technology and its connection with two South African Jewish scientists, one the Inaugural President and the other, the present President.
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by Mary Page
A memorable ESRA tour included visits to Magdala/Migdal,
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site of an archaeological dig with a 1st century synagogue and the Duc in Altem church, which has a full-size replica of a fishing boat common in the 1st century. The site provides evidence that Jesus travelled through the Galilee, meeting at local Jewish synagogues.
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by Marion Stone
The holy city of Pushkar is where the Stones spent
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their first Shabbat in India. Many Israeli backpackers come to Pushkar, and the Stones found signs in Hebrew, as well as the ever-faithful falafel. They celebrated Shabbat at Chabad House, where many different languages were spoken by the young guests – Jewish backpackers from all over of the world.
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by Mike Porter
The Polish cities were vibrant, the inhabitants polite
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and helpful, notes a startled Mike Porter, who confesses that originally he did not want to go to Poland. The two grandparents and three grandchildren visited Cracow, Warsaw and Zakopane (a holiday town in the hills). The city Mike liked most was Cracow. "The Jewish quarter where they stayed, is wonderful" he says.
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