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by Lydia Aisenberg
Students on the Birthright-Plus program learned about
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three communities: Kibbutz Metzer, the neighboring Arab village of Meiser and the Palestinian village of Kafin, and about the delicate balancing act between them on both sides of the Green Line.
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by Janine Levy
Chef Schwartz gives her best tip (don’t forget the
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salt) and explains her kitchen philosophy, which has made her famous in the food world.
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by Merle Guttmann
The standard of entries for the Short Story competition
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was so high, our panel of judges had a hard time picking the winning 12. Merle lists the winners and provides a brief biography of each one. They are:Patricia Carmel, Racheli Fuld, Gaby Fulda Ilan Hirschowitz, Sue Krisman, Susan Lowinger, Marion Lupu, Richelle Shem-Tov, Jackie Shulman, Dov Silverman, Yonatan Sredni and Jessica Strauss.
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by Shari Mendes
The Lemonade Fund is helping Israeli breast cancer
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patients from all segments of society. Shari Mendes tells stories of grant recipients of various cultures, religions, ages and gender, who have been helped with emergency financial relief during treatment.
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by Marion Stone
Marion's experiences reflect Israel's once thriving
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fashion industry. She tells of her
visit to a textile company owned by the Samaritan high priest in Shechem, and of a
serendipitous meeting with the head of ATA which catapulted her into the center of
Israel's textile industry until its demise in the 1980s.
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by Renee Singer
Timing is Everything tells the rather remarkable story
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of Susanna Kaufmann, a
native-Dane Israeli, who began studies to be a dental technician. Encouraged by one of her teachers she changed career path to watchmaking where her fine motor skills, mathematics, and patience have rewarded her decision.
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by Sharyn Weizman
The story, less heard nowadays, of two close childhood
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friends raised as orphans in a Slovakian convent during WW2, their separation after the war when they went to Israel, and then further afield. Their fortuitous meeting after some 40 years is one of the miracles of this generation of our people.
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by Herb Hahn
Sherwood Schwartz was the creator of two U. S. television
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hits – Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch. Herb Hahn wrote to him requesting help for Ethiopian Jews in Israel, and he responded generously.
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by Brenda Katten
In 1979, our Honorary President and Editor, Merle Guttmann,
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founded ESRA,which now boasts branches from Nahariya to Eilat, In 2019, ESRA’s flagship project “Students build a Community” will be celebrating its bar mitzvah year and marking ESRA’s 40th birthday. To celebrate, ESRA is putting together an event with top lecturers and musical entertainment.
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by Carol Novis
As a result of a creative initiative, some asylum seekers
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have found safe and secure homes in kibbutzim. Eighteen Eritrean and Somali families, mainly single mothers and children, have been adopted by kibbutz members, and the aim is to house many more.
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by Pamela Peled
The reality of a very special community of mentally
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impaired residents whose home is on Kibbutz Kishorit,a place that is the realization of a dream for its founders affording assistance, education, independence and self respect for its members.
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by Marion Stone
Whether or not cannabis should be sold over the counter
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in Israel remains controversial. In his talk, Clifton Flack explained about early research into cannabis, beginning some sixty years ago and involving the work of today's top Israeli researchers, who are developing products and leading the world in this field.
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by Ann Bar-Dov
A true story in which Ann Bar-Dov tells us of the disastrous
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situation she and her husband were facing after buying an apartment in the 1970s. It seems they were left without any money when suddenly decontrol took place and the value of the lira increased by 50%.
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