by Adrian Wolff
This moving tribute to their mother sketches an active
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life involving a variety of interests, from music, art and travel, as well as stimulating evenings held at their home in Johannesburg. In 1987 she and her husband Jack, both keen Zionists, came to Israel, where they formed cultural groups, and carried on their interests "She left her children .. with a love of life…", write her sons.
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by Susan Schneider
A warm tribute to Maurice (Mo) Schneider who was a
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man brimming with humor, love, generosity and hospitality and is sorely missed by large and loving family and friends
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by Joseph (Joe) Morgenstern
Joe remembers his great friend and business partner
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Bernie Bar-Ner, very fondly. In early September 2016 Bernie passed away leaving Joe with happy memories of days gone by
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
The Al ha-Nissim prayer is examined here. It describes
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G-d as acting both as litigant and as judge. It examines Rabbi Soloveitchik's suggestion that we speak rather of G-d's role of litigant suing the enemy nations on our behalf. "He does not merely judge the nations; He brings them to court as the plaintiffs. … took on our cause and led us to this miraculous victory …" explains Rabbi Frimer
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by Buzzy Gordon
Buzzy lists his pick of recommended restaurants for
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brunch in the greater Tel-Aviv area. He says more and more restaurants are offering brunches, and from his mouth-watering descriptions there is much to choose from!
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
A lost town by the shores of Lake Kinneret is slowly
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revealing its important ‘secrets’ as archaeological excavations, which began seven years ago, continue. The town is Magdala, near Tiberias. An ESRA group visited the site where their guide was fellow ESRA member Mike Moss, who specializes in the archaeology and history of the town.
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by Helen Schary Motro
W. Eugene Smith, a pioneer of humanistic photojournalism,
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was one of the giants of 20th century photography. Tel Aviv Museum owns a large collection of Smith photographs. Forty of them spanning his long career are now on exhibit in a one-man show at the museum including the iconic shot The Walk to Paradise of two children walking hand in hand.
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by Baruch Tanaman
ESRA volunteers are all part of the ESRA family. Many,
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such as Branch Chairs, work especially hard, year after year and deserve a big kol hakavod. This year, a particular effort was made to improve communication between branches and promote communication, most successfully.
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by Lynette Karp
Lynette describes how the English-speaking cancer support
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group was formed and and how it has helped er to cope with a stressful situation. As she says `Sharing is caring' and the support group has been most successful in living up to this maxim.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Lydia describes her visit to The Lower East Side Tenement
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Museum in New York, on Orchard Street. It vividly presents the poverty and struggle to survive of so many immigrants to the USA in the early twentieth century. This is achieved by using personal stories as the medium to speak to the visitors and to preserve history.
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by Donald Silverberg
Nordic Pole Walking has achieved remarkable success
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among some 200 ESRA members in Israel, who have joined walking groups or walk individually. It demonstrably eases pain in shoulders, necks, backs and legs and improves posture.
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