by Esther Eliad
In Singapore "I landed in the future" writes an amazed
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Ester Eliad. "A melting pot of cultures in a picture-perfect setting". This from a city which, in 1965, was still part of the third world. A third of the size of Israel, it had one port city, a backward economy, and was a country of refugees. Today it is one of the four leading economic centers of Asia.
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by Glenis and Lawrence Bertfield
The ESRA National Quiz Night was held in November,
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with nearly 500 people at 24 different locations. These ranged from Nahariya down to Eilat who wonthe contest.. Funds collected will go to ESRA's social club for young adults with cerebral palsy. The club meets at the Weil Center free of charge, with the compliments of the Kfar Shmaryahu Local Council.
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by Marion Stone
ESRA Modiin hosted two speakers, Mark Simon and Joe
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Serkin, who volunteer for search and rescue organizations here and abroad. They both gave insights to what is involved and the amount of work that is done for people who find themselves in vulnerable situations, often through no fault of their own.
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by Janine Levy
Making the most of fruit bought in season with the
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added bonus of a few delectable recipes.
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by Ira Grinberg
ESRA Rehovot inaugurated the new season by hosting
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Larry and Mindy who presented an entertaining musical evening of songs and anecdotes
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by Mike Porter
Forced to have a 6-day holiday out of Taiwan Mike and
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Ruti Porter walked around
Kowloon and Hong Kong instead. They also visit another island (Macao) which, is known as the world's greatest gambling centre! "We didn't plan it this way, but it worked out okay", says a satisfied Mike.
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by Herb Hahn
A look at a few of the author's favorite klezmer musical
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artists of today and enlightening us with the origins of this unique art.
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by Gila Silverman
What does it mean for a woman to say Kaddish in a minyan?
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Gila Silverman discusses the high and low points of her efforts to say Kaddish for her late mother.
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by Adele Rubin
When asked to set up an ESRA committee in Sderot, Adele
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was surprised to discover quite a few English-speaking local people who are all contributing to the community.
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by Roy Runds
This poem talks of the transition from winter, in which
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the world becomes "an icy wilderness" yet holds the future of the coming spring in the "deep buried seeds". The description of winter crescendos in a "devil's orgy" as buds begin to "crinkle in the breeze".
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by Pnina Moed Kass
Pnina feels she owes a debt of gratitude to Amos Oz
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who wrote with such "guts and grace... in the turmoil of this political place"
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