by Jason Alster
'Everyone has a story to tell. This is my story." A
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review by Mike Porter of Jason Alster's book Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home.
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by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer
The story unfolds through a series of letters between
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the Guernsey Island inhabitants and journalist Juliet Ashton. Through those letters she learns how the population coped with living under German occupation.
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by Zipporah Porath
The story of Col. David (Mickey) Marcus, the American
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officer who was recruited in 1947 as military advisor to David Ben-Gurion and the underground Haganah forces, and who played a significant role in the success of the War of Independence as told by Zipporah Porath
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by Amiel Gurt
“Writers are borrowing from Shakespeare and the fastest
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growing genre of young borrowers is writers for young adults,” says Jane Sullivan.
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by Barbara Abraham
In the heart of the old city of Safed along Jerusalem
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Street, a wooden notice, "English Library", is attached to an old stone wall and the small arrow upon it points the way to one of the most remarkable English libraries to be found in Israel – in fact perhaps in numerous places across the world. The library is the beloved creation of Edith Geiger
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by Shirley Gamaroff
Alec Sadowsky, an accountant, accepted the things he
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could not change, and made the most of every day, in his private life, his work, and his volunteer work especially in Enosh. He braved his son’s illness and his own with courage and strength.
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by Gloria Deutsch
The Anglo community of Raanana and surrounding towns
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was shocked and deeply saddened by the news that Stuart Elgrod had lost his hard-fought battle for life.
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by Katherine (Kaila) Shabat
It was Holocaust survivor Riva Reich’s belief in
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Katherine Shabat’s ability to write that resulted in the poem “The Survivor From Stolpci”, Riva’s biography and acted as a catalyst in the development of Katherine’s prolific writing of poetry and prose.
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by Gert Goldstein
"Students Build a Community" project in Kfar Saba
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is nearing the completion of its first year. Patterned after the existing program in Netanya, the Kfar Saba project is sponsored by the Kfar Saba municipality, Beit Berl College and ESRA, with other smaller foundations also participating.
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by Meera Jacobson
Ministry of Defence Social Workers meet ESRA volunteers
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in Hefzibah. Meera Jacobson describes how we can learn from the people we help, and how they can learn from us; and about how the bottom line is to make a contribution in whatever field suits your capabilities.
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by Ilan Shachar
On vacation in a peaceful Galilee village, the writer
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is awakened by deafening music emanating from the neighbors. He tries to persuade them to reduce the volume, to no avail. He says that every society has rules of civilized behavior to ensure safeguarding the personal freedom of citizens, but what does one do when insensitivity gives way to blatant aggression.
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
Parashat Masei lists 41 encampments that the Jews had
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to wander through during their journey to the Land of Israel. Forty years were needed to cultivate a nation which would appreciate a homeland.
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This issue’s Tidbits discusses lettuces that are
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sprayed with insecticides, the importance of getting written confirmations on deals with communication companies, checking prices on alternative medicines, what time of day to try on shoes at shops, and how to remedy squeamishness
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