by Baruch Tanaman
In his message, Baruch commented on ESRA’s exciting
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new website, our Volunteer award winners, and the ESRA family. “While many in the world seem to be concentrating on death and destruction,” he said, “we are spending our time on projects that help improve the lives of others.”
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by Adele Hunter
The first MRI and CT PET Scanner was inaugurated in
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Ziv Hospital, Zefat, allowing local patients who previously needed to travel to Haifa or central Israel to receive this service. This is thanks to the generosity of David Klein, who donated the scanner in memory of his father, Yona Ben Shlomo Zalman z”l, who was murdered by the Nazis.
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by Werner Bachmann
Having fled Germany in 1933 to Denmark, Werner Bachman
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recounts, from a very
personal perspective, the incredible bravery and humanity shown by the Danes in
smuggling their Jewish citizens into Sweden during WW2. He also puts the record
straight on legends that have grown up around some of the events.
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by Mimi Tanaman
ESRA is growing, developing and flourishing – and
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growth often means change. At the AGM, hosted by the Rishon Lezion branch, Chairman Baruch Tanaman mentioned new branches opening and expanding, bequests received that enable projects such as Students Build a Community, and the establishment of UK friends of ESRA. More inter-branch and national events were suggested and elections held.
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by Marsha Stein
The inspiring story of the SodaStream factory relocated
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to Rahat, and the success of this multinational Israeli business in creating far-reaching peace and harmony in its workplace .
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by Bill Strubbe
A fascinating story of how Nadav Shadmi, one of 400
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volunteers of Milbat, creates and invents devices - often made from old and discarded material - to help handicapped people to perform what we would consider the simplest of tasks.
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by Carol Novis
The ESRA shop in Kfar Saba is a storehouse of second-hand
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treasures at bargain prices, as many regulars have discovered. The team of volunteers, headed by Maurice Singer, has found that working there is also a lot of fun.
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by Derso Belateh
Derso, a student of Mechanical Engineering, explains
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how he mentors students as part of ESRA’s Students Build a Community Project. One example is the “I Care” program, “showing the kids that we care about our surroundings, and should do something good for it." He appreciates ESRA's part in giving so much extra enrichment to the students and kids from all backgrounds.
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by Mimi Tanaman
At ESRA’s biennial Volunteer Awards event, Baruch
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said "Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless". 14 members received awards in acknowledgment of their contributions and the ESRA President's Award was presented to Adele and Mike Rubin. The ESRA Chairman's Award was presented to Ed and Betty Wolfe.
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by Marion Stone
What a fascinating trip Marian had to Dharamshala in
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the lower Himalayas! Read about her visit to the Chabad house that can be reached only via a long foot path, to the Tibetans settled temporarily (for 60 years) in the mountain villages, and to the unusual hotel in the town of Mcleodganj
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by Terry Morris
Check out the new ESRA organization website at http://www.esra.org.il.
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You can find all the information you need from social and cultural events, to projects both educational and welfare to volunteering opportunities and much much more...
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
The world, as seen through the eyes of the younger
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generation. See the wonderful winning entries in the ESRA 2018 Photo Contest
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