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by Gloria Deutsch
Godfrey Gadabout is the doll knitted by Barbara Portner
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which ESRA is soon going to raffle or put up for auction. “Whatever we do with Godfrey, he’s sure to bring money into ESRA’s coffers, one way or another", says Chairperson Brenda Katten,
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by Annette Keen
The story of the the "Matriarch's" life and death embodies
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the history of so many Jewish American families who struggled to set themselves up in their new country and then achieved the American dream of wealth and success. But at what cost? And who will know how to say kaddish for them when they die?
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by Neomi Meshasha
From the moving speech Neomi Meshasha a volunteer with
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the ESRA Students Build a Neighborhood Project in Hefzibah, gave to the ‘Broadway Hits’ audience in Herzliya
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by Barbara Lyons
Geocaching is Treasure Hunting in the digital age.
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Using a GPS device and following a Compass, it’s a treasure hunt in which all the family can partake. New places are located and lots of historical and local information can be learnt - there are many locations of geocaches in Israel. Started in the USA 15 years ago, geocaching is an international pastime all over the world.
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by Barbara Abraham
Six years ago the Caesarea/Zichron ESRA group established
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a second hand bookshop in Or Akiva where they used a small area in a storeroom away from the center of the town. The shop has moved to bright new premises in the new Binyamina Shopping Mall. With good parking and a coffee shop nearby, it is attracting many new customers.
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by Zachary Taylor
The 1960s sci-fi movie Fantastic Voyage showed the
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fictional side of nano-technology. Today it’s a reality. Zachary Taylor reports on the advancing tiny fliers and swimmers at the Technion
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
Outstanding photos from our 173 photo competition,
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and details of the current competition - TRADITIONS
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by Yoel Sheridan
"I am a volunteer not like the others, they teach English
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to students, I teach their mothers." So says Yoel Sheridan, who sees an urgent need to help Ethiopian working mothers to learn basic English skills in order not only to help their children, but also to advance their own ambition to achieve higher education.
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by Brenda Katten
"How much has the Christian world really changed in
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its attitude to the Jews and Israel?" was the subject of a riveting talk given to an ESRA audience by Rabbi David Rosen, the International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and its Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding.
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by Sharon Levisohn, Susan Lurie
Shivta is a UNESCO World heritage site in southern
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Israel near the Egyptian border. On the spice route in Nabatean times, the city flourished for many centuries but was finally abandoned in the 9th century. The site was excavated in the 1930’s – churches and a mosque once existed, and fragments of frescoes and mosaic floors have been found. Remains also indicate that a thriving desert agriculture once flourished.
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by Susan de la Fuente
Lod, a city close to Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport,
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is slowly changing its image.
Home to many Ethiopian, Arab and low income families things are being changed for the better. Disused public buildings have been rebuilt for communal use, a pre-army facility and daycare centers have been established, as well as the revitalizing of poor areas. New areas are under construction attracting young, mainly religious, families into the town.
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by Shalom Brenner
Shalom Brener finds a solution to his aches and pains
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in Sandy Kessler's Buzz method of excersize. He interviewed Sandy about her method. Read the article to understand how it works...
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by Raymond Domnitz
ESRA had a 3-day trip to the north of Israel to see
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the migrating birds. At the Hula nature reserve they saw cranes, pelicans and flamingos as well as catfish and turtles in the lake. They also visited Metulla, two observation points, several memorials and other historical places. Two nights were spent at the very comfortable guesthouse at Kibbutz Hagoshrin.
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by Lynn Lochoff
Lynn Lochoff describes Beth Protea's exciting new project
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- "Protea HomeCare". She explains that at Beth Protea they decided to use their experience and knowledge, expertise and above all caring, to extend their services to embrace the English speakers of the Sharon area who wish to remain in their home environments.
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