Carol Novis grew up in Winnipeg, Canada and studied English Literature at the University of Manitoba. She subsequently lived in Ottawa, London, England, Cape Town, South Africa and from 1976, Israel.
She has worked as a writer and editor for many publications, including The Jerusalem Post, Boston Globe, Winnipeg Free Press and Cape Times.
She began writing fiction in recent years, and has contributed to “Israel Short Stories” . She also wrote the children’s book “The Adventures of Mary Fairy” and now, a cozy mystery, “Long in the Sleuth”, which was inspired by her mother and the Jewish retirement home she lived in.
by Carol Novis
A harrowing event experienced by the family of a schizophrenic
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young man, David’s Story, is written by Jill Sadowsky, and reviewed here by Carol Novis. Ms. Sadowksy describes the feelings of grief, fear,
guilt and bewilderment suffered by the family having to deal with this terrible disorder as they try to cure, and ultimately have to live with this complex mental illness.
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Innovative and enterprising filmmaker, David Deutsch
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produces family videos for any occasion. He writes the script, films the action and provides an individualized, amusing momento to be treasured forever.
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Volunteers welcome book lovers to ESRA bookshops in
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Raanana, Modiin and Zichron Yaakov, where for as little as NIS 5, readers can choose from best sellers and thousands of other books for sale.
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Boutique hotels are a new phenomenon in Tel Aviv. Boutique
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hotels tend to be on the smallish side with an emphasis on intimacy and personal service. They each have a unique character and personality, aspire to being hip and trendy and are usually fairly luxurious. They aim to attract a young clientele with above average incomes.
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Writers, editors and other volunteers of ESRAmagazine
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were treated to a tour of Givat Haviva, the Center for Shared Society, and to towns and sites in the area by Lydia Aisenberg, a magazine writer who is also employed by the International Department of Givat Haviva.
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In this book Jonathan Danilowitz details incidents
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in his life in a very honest and intimate way. Most famous for his action against El Al, the ground breaking case that helped established civil rights for homosexuals.
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Elaine Benton has led an active life although she has
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suffered from Gauchers disease since she was a child. Four years ago she developed Parkinsons and is losing the ability to do many things. She has an amazingly strong spirit. She has just written a book of poems and is communicating daily with afflicted people all over the world.
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Rebecca Rahmany is CEO of GanglySister, a firm which
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produces videos and digital comic books to promote the idea that girls can aim to be anything they want to be, including (and especially) entrepreneurs and scientists. She and her partner have invented two endearing comic book characters, Purple and Nine.
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Carol Novis reviews this publication by Efrat Libfroind.
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Impressive in size and production, the recipes are often challenging and intricate - but those easily tested by the reviewer were both tasty and well presented, whilst others rather daunting but nevertheless original and inspiring.
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ESRA salutes Gloria Deutsch who has just retired from
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serving on the ESRAmagazine committee and writing and editing for the magazine in her own inimitable way, after 25 years.
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King George Street is one of Tel Aviv’s bustling
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shopping streets, with a flavor of its own, and has been since 1935. Carol Novis walks us down the street telling us about its history, culture and shopping.
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A visit to a workshop by Avital Sebag on healthy and
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tasty food preparation, attended by grandparents, parents and children.
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Changing careers in mature life is the subject of this
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article which details how a writer became a hairdresser, an interior designer became a bridal guru and a journalist became a novelist.
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Glass with Class
The Litvak gallery recently opened
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right behind the Tel Aviv Museum of Art with a wonderful glass exhibition of the work of 23 international artists. This superb exhibition is a fine example of the creative and inventive nature of glass as art and should not be missed.
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TIKVOT is an amuta (NPO) that helps victims of terror
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through the medium of sport. Founded by Mervin (Rocky) Muravitz, an immigrant from Durban, and three of his friends, the organization is run by volunteers. They organize and pay for victims of all ages to participate in the sport of their choosing. Swimming and horse riding are well known therapeutic sports but they have also funded snowboarding, kite surfing, skiing and special biking as well as other activities.
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