by Lydia Aisenberg
The Israeli high-court ruling forcing the rerouting
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of the controversial security fence in the outer Jerusalem region will place the fence literally alongside the well-tended front and back gardens of Har Radar, now a flourishing Jewish community on the Green Line.
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by Carl Hoffman
This book presents a very knowledgeable, very literate
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religious support of the modern State of Israel, viewing Zionism as the Jewish people’s historical opportunity to create a living, breathing society according to Torah morals and ethics.
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by Dana Tiber
Dana Tiber writes a tribute to her departed grandmother
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whom she calls her kindred spirit and her conscience.
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by Adrian Wolff
Adrian Wolff pays tribute to his friend, a prominent
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figure in the Israeli cycling scene and a tireless worker for charity, who died tragically at the age of 52.
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by Marian Lebor
The second annual community sponsored walk in aid of
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the Benji Hillman Foundation took place in Raanana in May 2008. More than NIS 200,000 was raised for ‘Habayit shel Benji’, a home for lone soldiers to be built in Raanana in memory of British-born Major Benji Hillman who was killed in action in the second Lebanon war in July 2006.
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by Sara Groundland
The third annual ESRA bridge morning, held in the WIZO
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hall in Herzliya Pituach on May 22, 2008 was a great success.
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by Judy Shapiro
An invitation to ESRA’s special activities, which
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are held monthly at the clubhouse on Nachshon Street, and a review on the successful guest lecture by former ambassador to Ethiopia, Ariel Kerem, who addressed Ethiopian issues.
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by Zipporah Porath
Zipporah Porath’s letter describes Seder night in
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Jerusalem in 1948 with a Sephardic family in a city short of food and under siege.
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by David Kaplan
The journey of the EXODUS carrying Jews from Europe
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to Israel is well documented. This article includes memories of one of the passengers who was then 3 years old and interviews with witnesses who saw the ship in Haifa port.
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by Reuven Grozovski
The author relates the fascinating history of his family’s
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optical business, opened by his father in Jaffa in 1925, and its contribution to Israeli society.
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by Ilan Shachar
The author discusses the different connotations of
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a country turning 60 as opposed to a person’s 60th birthday.
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by Marcell Bar-On
A heart-rending description of the traumas involved
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in living and bringing up a family on Kibbutz Nir-Am which is situated on the Northwestern border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. “When the news reports bombs falling in ‘open areas’ it usually means they have fallen on Nir-Am.”
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by Gloria Scott
A visit of concerned citizens to Kibbutz Nir-Am and
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Sderot to support the many brave families living there.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The stroke of a pen on a map in 1949 created a village
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with a split personality. This village, half in Israel and half in Palestine has become the “Dizengoff Center of Wadi Ara’.
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by Barbara Abraham
Seven years after the Israeli retreat from Lebanon,
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some Tsadal refugees are still struggling to make a living in Kiryat Shmona.
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