by Ilan Shachar
Reports of the horrors of the Holocaust were met with
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denial. How could such a thing be happening? Israeli composer, Lior Navok, after intensive research, wrote the third piece in the “Slavery Documents” series of the Cantata Singers. His music serves to commemorate the unbearable conflict between those needing help and those who turned the other cheek.
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by Nomi Sharan-Gazit
ENG (ESRA New Generation) in Rishon Le Zion have set
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out to reach every English speaker in Rishon between the ages of 25-50. They invite every young English speaker to join the slowly growing community of younger English speakers in Rishon and participate in many kinds of activities designed especially for them. Nomi Sharan-Gazitreports on some of these fun activities.
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by Alan Caplan
Hey, what have we here! Miss Marple vs. Robert Mitchum,
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Agatha Christie against Mickey Spillane. Other players include Lauren Bacall, Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe and, of course, Hercule Poirot. Thrilling matches, well described and annotated – but to truly appreciate all this you must know a game called bridge.
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by Michael Levinson
After 43 years as a teacher in America and abroad,
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Michael Levinson decided to retire and move to Israel. The Esra English Tutoring Program was a natural place for Michael to apply his skills and experience as he describes in this issue.
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by David Lawrence-Young
Writing historical novels for me boils down to combining
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my major loves of researching Shakespeare, historical events and the characters I describe while using my knowledge of English, a language I actively love. So says David Lawrence-Young who has written many accalimed historical novels, and tells of the trials of writing and publishing these books while living in Israel.
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by David Rhodes
David Rhodes tells the story of the Tishbi Winery established
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in 1985 in Binyamina by Jonathan Tishbi. This was the first break-off from the Carmel collective. Today it is the largest family-owned and operated winery in Israel.
David gives a detailed overview of products and best buys from their winery, visitors’ centre (serving meals, tasting and tours), restaurant and café.
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by Michael Lipiner
Michael higly recommends Wes Anderson’s newest film,
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The Grand Budapest Hotel. He feels it is perhaps his best and most interesting work filled with fascinating, likeable, and delightedly despicable characters played by the filmmaker’s usual regulars.
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Helpful consumer hints and good advice - this time
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including home catering services and supermarket tips.
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by Frankie Cronin
The hall was full to capacity at the inaugural meeting
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of ESRA's newest branch in the city of Haifa on June 15. Sam Frydman, Emeritus Professor at the Technion gave a fascinating talk and the goals and purposes of ESRA were explained to the guests.
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by Anthony Green, Jackie Klein
Anthony reports on ESRA Modiin’s Evening of British
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Music, which he says was a huge success. He lists contact details for ESRA Modiin’s Music Lovers’ Group
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by Dov Silverman
This story won third place in ESRAmagazine Short Story
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Competition. It tells the story of a mystical meeting in a synagogue in the Galilee, where the author talks to a wise old man with a worn parayer shawl that passed through many generations of his family.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
A warm tribute to Brenda Brett who initiated and coordinated
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of the successful Modi'in Let's Talk and English Story Hour Programs, and was a founding player of the Modiin Mahj Mavens. Brenda is moving from Modi'in to Netanya. Here there is also areport on how well the Let's Talk program works.
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by Jennia Ganit Chodorov
A regular ESRA feature, here is the latest compilation
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of readers' humorous contributions of jokes and reminiscences to bring smiles to readers' faces.
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by Nechama Namal
A report on the second annual MahJ-a-Thon, a Mah Jongg
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contest held under the auspices of ESRA Modiin.
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by Sandra Broza
ESRA Magazines list of personal announcements including,
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new homes, get well wishes and family occasions and condolences
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