by Carol Novis
A visit to the “ShUM” cities of Germany – Speyer,
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Worms and Mainz – which are full of medieval Jewish historical records.
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by Baruch Tanaman
Baruch reminds us of the part ESRA has played in the
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strengthening of communities in Israel. He gives a round-up of recent ESRA activities and some things to look forward to in the next few months, and also mentions the importance of being paid-up members of ESRA
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by Judith Edelman-Green
Rabbi Judith Edelman-Green and her daughter Shira recently
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volunteered with the Abayudaya Ugandan Jewish community. Judith was involved with pastoral care and empowering women, and Shira made a film.
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by Irving Spitz
We are guided away from the recognised and popular
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scenic holiday beaches to the historical remnants of the interesting past and the quaint country villages of a Cyprus that holiday tourists don't usually seek.
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by Carol Lipman
There can be no greater mitzvah than saving a life
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.Becoming a living kidney donor is an opportunity to do that. Legally and Halachically acceptable this is a real consideration.
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by Carol Lipman
Carol gives explicit explanations of how to go about
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the process of donating a kidney in Israel. She lists the organisations that deal with the physical and bureaucratic aspects and discusses the emotional stresses of both the donors and the recipients. She detials the experiences of a couple who each donated a kidney very successfully
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by Zipporah Porath
Bless her memory and bless her mess. This is the tribute
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the author bestows on her mother whose habit of collecting everything of interest throughout her life was the catalyst that promoted Zipporah Porath's first internationally popular book!
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by Jeri Hahn-Markowitz
Jeri recently returned from a two-week trip to Mongolia
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with a group of lifelong friends who have been part of her journey from Spring Valley, New York to her life in Israel. Her trip to Mongolia, she says, will remain indelibly impressed in her memories as a special, exotic and wonderful experience.
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by Brenda Katten
ESRA supports the “Masa Journey to Identity” program
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that enables Ethiopian Israeli teenagers, aged between 15 and 16, to have the opportunity of visiting Ethiopia, to explore their roots and to learn more about their heritage. The first journey took place in December 2016.
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by David Rhodes
David Rhodes, California trained sommelier, pleads
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for tourist support for boutique wineries throughout Israel who have to compete with the `big' wineries who easily leverage their clout to get custom.
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by Elana Mohnblatt
Keren Mohnblatt Nahum generously decided to become
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a surrogate mother, to help a friend who was unable to have a child on her own.
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by Pamela Peled
Adi Koll enlisted fellow law-students to teach introductory
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courses to those who were unable to gain entrance to Hebrew University. The result was “Universita Ba’Am, ” an access for all program. Pamela describes this amazing venture, originally for young people at risk, and now has been expanded to include older adults. It has 2,400 participants.
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