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by Larry Butchins
This story took second place in the ESRAmagazine Short
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Story Competition. It is the story of mother and daughter Sylvia Bernstein and Gail Belkin victims of the suicide bomber who hit Dizengoff Center on Purim, March 1966
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by Michael Lipiner
Michael Lipiner highly recommends Steve McQueen’s
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third film, 12 Years A Slave (2013), which he feels is the definitive film about slavery in America.
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by Ilan Shachar
Ilan Shachar describes his visit to a holy site on
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top of a mountain in Rajasthan, India. It is the evening of Yom Kippur and he is moved by the understanding of what must be a very basic human desire to seek forgiveness for sins and feel close to heaven.
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by Carol Novis
Just one of the sacred texts tossed aside in a Cairo
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synagogue. Carol Novis describes the discovery of the Cairo Geniza. She is amazed by the living history at the the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at the Cambridge University Library
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by Pamela Peled
The brochure of El Halev, Israel's only martial arts
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center run by women, trumpets its motto in big, bold letters: THE POWER WITHIN YOU. And one minute with Yudit Sidikman, CEO and senior instructor of the outfit, is enough to see why. Sidikman is power personified and she can teach you the tools to defend yourself in any threatening situation.
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by Robin Froumin
A brief but fascinating history of the early days of
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the Israel Railway system. Robin Froumin maps the slow start from the time when the first train from Jaffa arrived in Jerusalem in August 1892, the days of the famous Rakevet Ha’emek (The Valley Railway), and the laying of the coastal line from Tel-Aviv to Haifa.
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by Brenda Katten
ESRA's Chairperson reports on the launching of the
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new ESRA branches and the outstanding success of the "Broadway Hits" event.
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by Carl Hoffman
Whilst nursing a broken leg, Carl Hoffman was killing
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time by watching old TV shows – when he recalled a ‘haunting’ visit many years ago to a remote hill tribe on an island in the Philippines . . .
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by Patricia (Patti) Golan
Israel's veteran English-speaking musical theater company,
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The Light Opera Group of the Negev (LOGON), becomes more somber this upcoming season with its staging of the musical drama, Man of La Mancha.
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by Max Strous
Max Stous, a former mayor of Sandton, was privileged
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to meet Nelson Mandela on several occasions. In spite of Mandelas ties to the PLO and other Arab institutions, he had a unique relationship with the Jewish community in SA. Many of the professional people who attended him – doctors and lawers - were Jewish, he spoke at Jewish gatherings and referred to Rabbi Harris as his personal Rabbi. Max also had the pleasure of sitting next to Mr Mandela at a Jewish wedding and explaining what was going on under the chuppa.
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by Merle Guttmann
One of the less well-known attributes of Nelson Mandela
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was his great love of children. A newspaper clipping recalls an unforgettable moment in February 1990.
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