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The prize was awarded to Gitty Glazer by the City of
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Ramat Hasharon for her volunteer work with in the community.. Gitty came on Aliyah from Montreal in 1964 and since retiring as a teacher of English has been active with many volunteer projects as well as being Chairperson of ESRA Ramat Hasharon..
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by Barbara Blum
Barbara Blum gives us the background to Mascagni’s
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two best know operas, Cavalleria Rusticano and L’Amico Fritz. It is interesting to learn that 50 years after the opera’s were written Mascagni – who was Italian born – joined the Fascist party and changed the identities of his characters to fit his new political ideas.
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by Rebecca Kopans
The Yale Whiffenpoofs started over 100 years ago.
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This group of 14 regular Yale students devote a year to be part of this very prestigious group of Capella singers who travel the world giving concerts.
This article by Rebecca Kopans tells us about the history of the Whiffs and that they were due to visit Israel again in the summer of 2009.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
An Art Gallery and a Museum sit side by side in Kibbutz
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Ein Harod in the Jezreel valley. The Mishkan LeOmanut is a leading Art centre with exhibition halls, a library and a unique collection of traditional Jewish art and Judaica. As well as being a research and study centre. The foresight of art lover and kibbutz pioneer Chaim Atar, the centre was established in the 1920’s. The Beit Sturman museum has a permanent exhibition of archaeology and natural history of the area.
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by Meir Schory
Sima Kagan is a professional agricultural researcher.
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For many years she has been studying which plants need little or even no water, and will survive in this climate. Sima believes that plants tend to be overwatered and certainly in public places better use should be made of plants that are known to need little irrigation.
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by Marian Lebor
What can be done to repel mosquitoes. Marion Lebor
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gives us some excellent ideas on how to deal with these little insects.
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by Tom Langford
More advice from Tom Langford on how to take good photos.
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Don’t expect the camera to do it all – always compose the picture before you take a snap. Another tip is to have your camera on hand and take pictures of unusual combinations of items as you see them.
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by David Rhodes
Although Israeli wines have made dramatic improvement
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in the past two decades they still lack an Israeli identity – so says David Rhodes in his regular wine article.
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by Lisa Brink
Our regular cookery expert Lisa Brink gives us a recipe
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for delicious nutty granola ice-cream.
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by Randy Tischler
Divorce can be a drawn out expensive and very stressful
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time for everyone involved. Collaborative divorce – developed in the USA in the 1980’s, involves a team of experts who guide the couple through the procedure.
Therapists, mediators, financial experts, psychologists and specially trained lawyers are some of the people who work together, supporting both parties to come to a fair agreement and cutting out unnecessary costs and the need for court battles.
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by Ilan Shachar
Why worry about things that we have no control over
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and cannot change? Ilan Shachar – a regular contributor to our columns has some interesting ideas giving us food for thought.
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by Steve Kramer
Esra’s hike in the Judean Hills started near Abu
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Gosh and ended by the Kennedy Memorial in the Aminadav Forest outside Jerusalem. Passing through kibbutz Tsuba - the site of an old Arab village the hike included some climbing and walking along a river bed. Many events have taken place in this area – from biblical times to more recent history. Steve Kramer describes the vegetation and natural features, an ancient irrigation system and some present day farming carried out a according to the rules of ancient agriculture.
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by Adele Rubin
A resident of Ramat Hasharon for many years, Hazel
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Camron came from South Africa She became an inspector of English in schools for the ministry of Education where she was highly respected. When she retired she gave her time to ESRA becoming vice chairperson of the organization and chairman of the Ramat Hasharon Branch.
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by Janine Bloch
Professor of Applied Chemistry at the Hebrew University
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Jerry Esterson came from New York in 1975. After moving to Raanana he became involved with ESRA, designing and setting up its original web site. A warm and dignified family man he was also interested in Genealogy
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