by Pnina Moed Kass
Don't argue about trivialities or tempt fate - it has
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a habit of teaching you a lesson - that is the essence of this little tale.
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by Harry Hiller
Dr Baram shared his most interesting vast knowledge
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of the history of Israel with a large and appreciative audience at a recent ESRA meeting in Haifa
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by Barbara Abraham
Internet research has shed light on the amazing story
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of Rachel Cohen of India who became a famous actress from the 30s, renamed Ramola Devi. Her son Sam Abraham, with whom she had little contact, came to Israel where he married Barbara Abraham, who wrote this article.
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by Wendy Blumfield
Wendy vividly describes her adventures during her visit
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to Israel as a teenager in 1959 – an event that changed her forever - and in 1962 when she volunteered in a Nahal camp called Almagor near the Kinneret. Israel never left her heart and in 1974 she made aliyah with her family.
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by Brian Fink
Israel's own ‘King of Swing’, Glaswegian Harvey
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Benson and Pzazz Band together with Gilda Hami, paid a repeat visit to the lower Galilee recently when they performed at Karmiel municipal auditorium to the swinging enjoyment of all!
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by Brenda Delano
The holiday celebrations of Bnei Israel of India are
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introduced – through food and film – to ESRA Rishon. Nissim Moses – who has done much research on the subject – reveals that the history of Bnei Israel in India begins with 14 survivors of a shipwreck of a tribe from centre- north Israel (Haifa area), and that DNA research has confirmed this genetic connection.
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by Brenda Katten
Gil Shohat, the eminent conductor, composer and pianist
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generously performed in aid of ESRA’s Hand-in-Hand Pantry Fund for the 11th time, to an audience of some 200. The event was a huge success making it possible to dispense 50 parcels to 50 needy families and this Pesach 100 parcels were dispatched to 100 families.
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by Alan Caplan
Alan shows how "while the trump suit is generally declarer’s
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main offensive weapon, careful and timeous play of your trump holding in defense may well expose the chink in his armor."
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by Judi Argaman
An enlightening and heartwarming project introduced
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by Esra to the children of the Heftzibah Nursery School in Netanya to prepare the students for their entrance to first grade and the privilege of formal learning.
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by Cecily Hanson
ESRA members visited the exhibition Maybe, Maybe Not,
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with works by the distinguished Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in the Israel Museum. His fascinating art can be interpreted as a call to be informed and vigilant members of civic society.
The tour also included other exhibitions in the museum
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by Susan Lurie
Susan reports on a visit by ESRA Rehovot to the Babylonian
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Jewish Heritage Center which illustrates the resplendent 2,500 years of Iraqi Jewry, from 586 BCE with the destruction of the first temple and exile to Babylon, to 1952 with the airlift of the community to Israel.
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by Beverley and Leslie Artman
How do you relate a history scanning nearly 4,000 years
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or more in the space of a day? Tour guide Stephen Kliner achieved this on an ESRA Netanya day out to the Jezreel Valley and Lower Galilee. The tour included the Via Maris, Megiddo, Ma’ayan Harod, Beit Alpha, Belvoir and Kfar Kama.
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