by Nina Zuck
For the last 14 years the Kfar Shmaryahu social group
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has been meeting once a week under the care and guidance of Noga Raz. Sadly she is now leaving the group, and was given a touching and tearful farewell by the groups members and their families.
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by Dudley Kessel
ESRA's annual golf competition was held at the Gaash
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Golf Club on Wednesday September 2. Eddy Hoffman and Shlomo Kessel won the tournament and a good time was had by all!
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by Inge David
"Our dear friend, Jean Levin, has just reached her
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100th birthday," writes Inge David. "You show us… how to make each day count and how to live life to the fullest". For example, Jean "makes quick work of her daily crossword puzzle", she is computer literate, an accomplished knitter, interested in archaeology, classical music, opera, and loves watching tennis!
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by Bess Hoffman
Ruth Rasnic, founder of shelters for battered women,
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is to give a talk to ESRA early next year on her experiences. All are welcome.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
In this book review, a thriller by Dan Sofer is described
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as combining mysticism and mayhem in Jerusalem with plenty of wit and a neat ending.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
The Pater, by Elliot Jager is an unusual memoir of
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a child abandoned by his father, his difficult life, and later his life as a husband but not a father. Pnina Moed Kass finds that the balance of intellectual and personal inquiry makes The Pater an intriguing read.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
The 240-year-old problem of making macroeconomics a
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true science at last has been solved, according to the author. Pnina says that this book is useful for teaching purposes because of its general terminology (with definitions).
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by Yael Meyer
ESRA day-trippers had a good time venturing behind
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scenes to see how Channel 2 brings us the news and ended with a visit to the Tower of David Museum, located in the medieval citadel near the Jaffa Gate, in the Old City of Jerusalem
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by Joan Weisman
It’s the end of the year party time ... and here
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is how the girls celebrate – in verse as they expressed it to Joan Weisman
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by David Rhodes
Our drinks expert David Rhodes turns his attention
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to wine’s perfect companion
. . . cheese. He visited the Jacobs Farm cheese dairy in Kfar Haroeh and describes some of the excellent cheeses that he tasted there.
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by Barbara Grant
A humorous description of the trials and tribulations
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of driving in Tel-Aviv at the height of the summer's heat and humidity.
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by Yael Meyer
The ESRA day-trippers headed north to seek out treats
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from the Lower Galilee. Their stops included an apiary, Kibbutz Beth-El where they produce confitures and other goodies, and the artist village of Ein Hod.
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by Herb Hahn
Was life in Don Draper’s "Mad Men" world really that
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mad? Herb recalls some of the humorous stories and experiences of working in the advertising business in New York
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by Susan Meyer
Susan Meyer explains how to take a good picture. and
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for a picture to be great, rather than good, it needs to be “made” and not “taken”. Photography, she says can be a very satisfying, enjoyable and even exciting pastime.
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