by June Levy
The Bnei Israel Indian Community is widespread in Israel,
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and efforts are being made to unite these Jews from India and support The Indian Jewish Heritage Center. A meeting where two female Indian Jewish authors – one an Israeli resident and the other on a visit from India were the main speakers is summarized here by June Levy.
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by Enat Meir
Movements that cause pain can be modified – this
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is the thought behind Feldenkrais. It organizes body movements in the most effective and efficient way, helping to improve mobility, flexibility and restore energy.
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by Anthony Collins
Many people are living good quality lives thanks to
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traditional prescribed medication. Others may have conditions to which there is no real medical answer. These might include insomnia, anxiety, mild depression, generalized aches and pains or recurrent colds. If no further help can be offered, Homeopathy might well be an answer.
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by Elaine Benton
Born with Gauchers disease and diagnosed with Parkinson’s
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in her forties Elaine Benton finds writing poetry very therapeutic. She was invited to be the guest speaker at the First International Congress of Narrative Medicine and Rare Diseases in Rome. Her talk was very well received by the participants, most of whom were international professors and academics.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Lydia Aisenberg vividly recalls the Yom Kippur War
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when she was living on a kibbutz with her husband and toddler son. She remembers how her husband and the kibbutz members reacted to the news of the war, within hours the men went off to fight and a new routine descended on the kibbutz.
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by Annette Keen
Annette Keen recalls an incident when she was 8 years
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old, on Yom Kippur 1952. Her father was a survivor from a displaced persons camp in Germany and she and her family were living in a rural community in the USA. Her father was the Cantor and he was unusually quiet and thoughtful as they set out for the Kol Nidre service. Finally he told her that he had been thinking about the past and was praying for forgiveness for leaving his father behind.
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by Cynthia Barmor, Jackie Klein
ESRA Modiin raises funds to support their afternoon
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center for children at risk. The secondhand bookshop brings in a good regular income, lectures and an evening held with other branches also boosted their funds. Many volunteer activities are also run with great support from the community.
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by Helen Bar-Lev
Brought up in New York, Helen Bar Lev lived at the
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absorption center in Ramle when she came to live in Israel in 1973. People of many backgrounds lived there, bringing with them the culture of the lands they came from. With this background, the Yom Kippur War and the death of her brother made her feel truly Israeli and absorbed her very quickly into this country.
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by Lynette Karp
Ageing is a challenge, but to experience it with humor
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and with your spouse of over years 70 years makes it a privilege to experience. Moe Bergmann accepts that changes have to be faced, but with his sharp wit and wisdom, he can still laugh at the idiosyncrasies of being old.
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by Fonda Dubb
Colin Porter, a native South African and specialist
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in guiding tours in Israel’s deserts, shows Fonda the beauty and secret places of the Eilat Mountains.
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Why do large supermarkets not have a small café area
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where shoppers could rest and check over their shopping lists? Does every Kupat Cholim have an emergency medical service – Naomi tells us how to contact the Maccabi service and how delighted she was with it. The Ministry of Interior issues a card that can be used for discounts for Senior Citizens – women over 62 and men over 67. City taxes can be reduced, bus and train fares halved and some banks offer special discounts.
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