by Lydia Aisenberg
Lydia Aisenberg writes about a visit to Western Negev
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Black Arrows memorial site. The site is a dedication to the paratroopers who lost their lives while defending Israel during the period of reprisals when armed Arab marauders constantly attacked the border settlements and villages in that area. Today, impressive rocks representing each of those raids stand in this spot. Well worth a visit.
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by Claire Curetti
Most of us would agree that we need to take more care
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of our planet Earth by living eco-friendly lives but how many of us just pay lip service to this? Not so Amiad Lapidot from Moshav Kerem Maharal who believes in living a life with sustainability. Claire Curetti, who visited his home and center for ecology, gives us a fascinating view of how one can really live using the free services of nature.
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by Deborah (Debby) Lieberman
Up to now, schools in Israel have either belonged to
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the religious or secular school systems. Now a new initiative has been started. The Yachad Experimental Elementary School in Modiin is a school community incorporating both secular and religious pupils from different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds which will be one of the flagship schools of a new “third stream” educational program in starting in Israel.
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by Jonathan Kahan
Jonathan Kahan describes his impressions of Israel
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in both an emotional and perceptive way. We all live in our own “bubble” and these bubbles never seem to cross. One day he goes for a swim in the sea where he has an historical epiphany. He imagines all the great historical characters who ever passed this land – from Abraham to Ben Gurion – meeting and interacting in a peaceful and constructive way. If only it had happened like that!
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by Pamela Peled
Giving to charity is part of our heritage and in Israel
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there is no shortage of worthwhile organizations that need our help; but donating money over the phone and knowing that part of that money doesn’t go to the right place, has put many people off making donations. Now one can donate over the internet and know that ALL your money will go to the worthy cause. Read Pamela Peled’s report on a new way of donating money which is both easy and goes directly to the right places.
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by Barbara Blum
“Shostakovich, a non-Jew would describe the Jews
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as 'the most persecuted and defenseless people of Europe' and judge a fellow man by his attitude towards Jews, as he himself had no place in his heart for anti-Semitism.”
“Shostakovich's works are a supreme example of a man's courage and determination to express his innermost thoughts and feelings in the face of unimaginable terror and its consequences.”
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by Steve Kramer
The Nalaga’at Center is a unique organisation in
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Jaffa Port. The Theater is home to a deaf blind acting ensemble and the two restaurants there are staffed by deaf and blind people. Steve Kramer went to see their show “Not by Bread Alone” where very few of the actors can speak but with the help of subtitles and sign language have an amazing ability to convey their thoughts and actions to the audience. The actors are very professional and many of them are both blind and deaf, touch is their most common form of communication.
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by Norman A. Rubin
Built entirely with donations from Muslim believers,
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the Hejaz Railway – known as the Railway of Peace - was built between 1901 and 1908. It covered over 1,000 km from Damascus to the Medina region. Sadly only a very small part of the remarkable engineering achievement still exists. Norman Rubin brings it to life in this article about an exhibition held to commemorate its 100th anniversary.
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by Frank Elliot Kahn
Frank Kahn has practiced law in Israel and the Unites
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States for many years,. Here he explains the latest laws of the Israeli Tax Authority to encourage new immigrants, and Israelis living overseas to return to Israel.
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by Liam Schwartz
Often American citizens who now live in Israel relocate
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to the United States. Liam Schwartz, who is a USA immigration lawyer, explains what has to be done to obtain an immigrant visa for an Israeli spouse who might want to work in the USA
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by Roy Runds
Roy Runds was born in Australia where he grew up feeling
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safe in a country that suffered very little anti-Semitism. But now with the great number of Arabs and Muslims living in the country he fears for the safety of the Jews there and feels that there is only one safe place to live and that is here in Israel.
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by Miriam Frankel
The late Ed Pachtman was an ESRA volunteer for many
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years. He came to Israel from Perth, Western Australia where he and his wife were amongst the founders of the Carmel School.
Miriam Frankel, their daughter, was one of the 50 people who met to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the school.
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by Judy Shapiro
It is amazing that so many people who came to live
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in Israel find contemporaries from their former lives who now also live here. Judy Shapiro writes about the reunion of 15 ladies who had been students together at the Shulamith School for Girls in Brooklyn 50 years ago. Established nearly 100 years ago the school was the first Jewish day school for girls in North America.
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