by Melvyn Sandler
An interesting address on the ongoing changing relationship
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between the UK and Israel including reference to the Brexit situation.
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by Janet Kiesari
Ad 120’s ESRA knitting group was started by Lorna
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Toube and Shirley Frenkel. No one imagined what it would do for the residents and would allow ESRA to distribute this year nearly 500 sweaters to various groups of needy children in Rishon
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by Marian Lebor
Every week Karen Maoz enjoys making hundreds of challot
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for charity (Shalva, the Israel association for people with disabilities). Even though she starts at 4 a.m. every Friday (using 2 ovens), she finds the process therapeutic. "And they're delicious" writes Marian Lebor, from her personal experience.
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by Eli Libenson
A Chicago friendship and a thriving Jewish community
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offer Eli a chance for a new beginning. And on the eve of Rosh Hashanah he reminds us that year after year that we do begin again.
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by Carolyne Davis
ESRA in Eilat was recently relaunched and members recently
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took a fascinating “Birth of Israel Tour,” stopping at David Ben-Gurion's desert home at Kibbutz Sde Boker, the Begin Heritage Center and Jerusalem.
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by Brenda Katten
ESRA will be holding its first ever fundraising event
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in London. The proceeds will be in support of ESRA’s flagship project “Students build a community”.
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by Shari Mendes
Seven years ago the author was diagnosed as having
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cancer. "In the beginning there is terror, an explosion of fear." She describes how, slowly, "hope takes hold .. life sparkles.. our eyes have been reopened." There is an amazing lesson here for us all.
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by Yael Meyer
A description of an ESRA day trip to Jerusalem to visit
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two incredible museums that bridge the founding stories of the State of Israel – Yad Vashem and the Herzl Museum.
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by Peta Singer
The ESRA Tiberias/Jordan Valley branch members have
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provided six electronic dictionaries to a boarding school in the Golan for children with learning or behavioral difficulties. Permitted for use in exams, these allow the students to cope with English translations
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by Herb Hahn
Fascinating story of Howard Schack, loyal American
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businessman and hidden undercover spy who acted on his love for Israel by working closely with the Mossad and was able to pass on useful information over the years.
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by Claire Rabin
A grandmother complains about the many and exhausting
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problems facing new Israelis in planning, and having, visits from their extended families overseas. Psychologist Claire gives some useful advice
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by Adele Rubin, Nina Zuck
The Ethiopian Sewing-Circles from Sderot and Netanya
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joined up "halfway" at the Bet Govrin caves for a most successful day's outing together. They also visited the Atachlit farm near Kiryat Gat which is set up as a village in Ethiopia, and well worth a visit.
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by Maia Aron
Maia explains the surprising link between her favorite
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Rosh Hashana prayer, Adam
and Eve, and Star Trek!
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by Steve Kramer
Perhaps the most outstanding event in Jerusalem every
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July is the Jerusalem Film Festival, organized by the Jerusalem Cinematheque. More than 150 films were presented at the last ten day festival.
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