by Cecily Hanson
ESRA members visited the exhibition Maybe, Maybe Not,
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with works by the distinguished Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in the Israel Museum. His fascinating art can be interpreted as a call to be informed and vigilant members of civic society.
The tour also included other exhibitions in the museum
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by Susan Lurie
Susan reports on a visit by ESRA Rehovot to the Babylonian
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Jewish Heritage Center which illustrates the resplendent 2,500 years of Iraqi Jewry, from 586 BCE with the destruction of the first temple and exile to Babylon, to 1952 with the airlift of the community to Israel.
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by Beverley and Leslie Artman
How do you relate a history scanning nearly 4,000 years
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or more in the space of a day? Tour guide Stephen Kliner achieved this on an ESRA Netanya day out to the Jezreel Valley and Lower Galilee. The tour included the Via Maris, Megiddo, Ma’ayan Harod, Beit Alpha, Belvoir and Kfar Kama.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
In honor of the occasion of Israel's 70th anniversay
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guests were asked to say a few words of how they got to be living in Israel. Here are their stories:
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by Eli Libenson
A men’s gift shop gave Eli Libenson the opportunity
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to take a tongue-in- cheek look at what was on offer, and why none of the items were for him.
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by Jonathan Davis
VP for External Relations and Head of the Recanati
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International School reports on
the extensive educational changes taking place at IDC Herzliya. The institution has
recently been approved to bestow doctoral degrees, putting it on the path to becoming Israel's first private university.
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by Brian Fink
ESRA Karmiel branch raises money for the benefit of
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local young people. Recently, the branch provided Thai kick-boxing equipment for girls in a Beyit Cham. They were then invited to view it and meet the staff.
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by Stephen Kliner
The Barn Dance evening held by ESRA Netanya proved
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to be a great success and was led by Cyrelle Sofer of Jacob's Ladder fame. Over fifty people were put through their paces for two hours and some energetic souls continued dancing.
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by Emil Murad
Emil describes the meeting with Abrashka, a veteran
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Kibbutz member who visits the cemetery, and remembers all the dead. His belief was “We the living … they the heroes!"
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by Pamela Levene
A recent ESRA hike in the Golan, in spite of being
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physically challenging, was enjoyable and memorable. It included views of spring flowers, Syrian bunkers, and a monument erected by the Turks in commemoration of two unfortunate pilots who crashed there in 1914.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
Announcing ESRAmagazine’s 2018 photo contest for
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kids. There are two age ranges for entrants: under 13s and those aged 13 to 18, and prizes for the first 2 in each age bracket.
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by Judy Rinot
It is wise to consider appointing a trusted person
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to make decisions on our behalf if we become incapable of making decisions for ourselves. A recent amendment to the Legal Capacity & Guardianship Law (1962), introduced the “Enduring Power of Attorney” (EPA) to do this.
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by Mike Porter
Baku is a city with some of the most amazing buildings
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in the world. A museum building which looks like a gigantic folded carpet, another which is a figure 8 lying on its side, glass towers more than 30 storeys high. And then, in the middle, an old city with its high, beautifully-shaped stone wall all around. But the most amazing thing were the people, writes a "star-struck" Mike Porter.
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by Nitzan Krivine
Nitzan's take on her modern lemon tart which she adapted
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to a numbers (70 of course!) meringue and fruit tart!
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by Adele Hunter
On a recent guided tour to the Jerusalem area, ESRA
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members visited and learned about the Jerusalem Municipality Buildings, the organic farm Tur Sinai and the Knesset.
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