by Barbara Abraham
Established over 20 years ago The Ministry to Israel
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believes that as Christians they have a duty to assist the Jews. They raise money in the United States and support potential immigrants in the Soviet Union as well as helping them when they arrive here in Israel. Barbara Abraham met a group from the Ministry who were touring Israel and spending some time here as volunteers.
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by Gert Guttmann
With an academic background in mining and biology
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and interests in ecology and nature conservation, Scottish born Sir Patrick Geddes was an interesting choice to head the planning of the new city of Tel Aviv in the 1920’s. His ideas were influenced by the British Garden City idea - wide parallel boulevards running in a north / south direction and roads running west to east bringing the sea breeze into the city. Gert Guttmann writes that his overall design included a central garden for each cluster of buildings - many of these gardens still exist and can be visited.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The came to Israel in the mid nineteenth century and
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settled in a number of areas.
The Sarona area is where they set up their agricultural colony near the center of present day Tel Aviv. Lydia Aisenberg writes about their historical background and how renovations have been taken place making the area a new tourist attraction.
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by Joseph (Joe) Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern, well known as a consultant and publisher,
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writes about his early life in Israel.
He came in 1963 from the USA and settled in Tel Aviv. His article gives an overview of the city in the 1960’s, a concentrated history from bible times, and anecdotes of his seventeen years as an army reservist.
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by R.M. Kiel
The ESRA Tel Aviv group had a full house for their
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very interesting and stimulating meeting to celebrate Tel Aviv’s 10th anniversary. R.M.Kiel was one of the people who read works that were published in the book Tel Aviv Short Stories. A lively discussion followed about the stories and about the differences between telling and writing a story.
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by Alice (Aliza) Marks
With the opening of ESRA’s Nearly New Shop in Netanya
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three people who were involved in its start discovered that they came from the same Jewish community in a suburb of Cape Town. Alice Marks was one of the three.
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by Beryl Ratzer
ESRA’s toy project was started by the late Motti
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Weiner. Betty Wolfe writes about how it has expanded and it now helps many projects including Migdal Ohr. This organization helps take care of homeless and needy children throughout Israel.
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by Naomi Meshasha
Naomi Meshasha, who is studying law, is one of the
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students working with ESRA in their Students Build a Neighborhood scheme. She is a role model, tutor and mentor for three 11-year old girls in this underprivileged area in Netanya.
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
Rabi Frimer looks at Tshuva as having two different
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obligations – one relates to our fellow Jews physical and emotional welfare whilst the second is concerned with their spiritual and religious well being.
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by William Kolbrener
People can be divided in to two groups - those who
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dwell on the past and those who look to the future. William Kolbrener opens his article with these words. He explains how T’shuva - repentance, can deal with our past actions and reconcile them with the future, how sins can become good deeds.
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