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by Judy Shapiro
Judy describes this book as a piercing autobiography
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of a brother and sister. He is a giant and she is a dwarf. She feels that the story succeeds as an emotionally captivating story that is absorbing and profound both for adults and for children
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by Mimi Tanaman
When Mike discovered late in life that he had been
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adopted, it left him feeling betrayed and lost. Dedicating himself to the task of uncovering the facts of his birth, he came up against devastating rejection, horrific and long-hidden family secrets, and a Jewish heritage. In fact, Mike discovered far more than he had bargained for, and it changed his life…
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by Annice Grinberg
Recently ESRA Rehovot met in the Malia Hall and took
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a nostalgic trip to the 1940s songs with the audience joining in. The performers, Grant Crankshaw and Daniella Roman, South Africans, who made aliyah 19 years ago, founded Desert Road Productions, to bring English music and drama to Israel
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by Cynthia Barmor
ESRA Modiin did a major rethink of their English tutoring
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project and by cooperating with the education department and the municipality created a valuable progam for helping high school students with their English studies.
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Naomi Ariel tells about a delicious compote she ate
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once.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
We are proud that Glenis and Lawrence Bertfield have
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been nominated by Raanana Municipality as Volunteers of the Month. Among their accomplishments was organizing a ‘walking bus’ to Ariel School in Raanana. Glenis is ESRA’s Central Region Coordinator and heads the ESRA’s Befrienders group. She also organizes events to raise funds for ESRA’S community projects. Lawrence is acting chair of ESRA’s fundraising committee and second-hand shops and organizes ESRA’s mid-week hikes each month.
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by Sima Rolnick
Rachel, who views life through the eyes of a breast
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cancer survivor, has worked with her husband, Gili on creating a multi-faceted therapeutic compound on Moshav Nir Zvi. They believe that true therapy should include many different paths to the soul of the patient and so they have built an ecological, holistic farm which offers healing and growth through nature, animals, music and art. The farm is surrounded by open nature, peace and birdsong.
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by Lucille Cohen
A couple who made aliyah last year opened an "haute
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cuisine" restaurant in Raanana. Anette and Gilbert Bensaid lived in Paris, where Gilbert worked in restaurants. In their Raanana restaurant Gilbert has blended in his mother's Moroccan home cooking. Anette is the business side of the restaurant.
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by Nechama Namal
This year was Modi'in's third MahJ-A-Thon (Mah Jongg)
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tournament. The 4th annual tournament will be held in May, 2016, writes Nechama Namal, who is both coordinator and group leader. The tournaments raise money for the Modi'in day-care centre for children at risk.
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by Nina Zuck
Recently our ESRA Neot Shaked Dance Group gave a most
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successful demonstration and show for their parents. Nina reports on the successful event
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