by Diana Lerner
Diana Lerner recalls her childhood journey from Hungary
more ...
to New York in 1929 with her mother and siblings. The new world was good to her family, but Israel, which she first visited in 1956, was eventually to be her home.
Close
|
|
by Mark Elliott Shapiro
Mark Shapiro wrote this philosophical poem while riding
more ...
on the train between Beit Shemesh and Tel Aviv. Memories of his past come back to him and he considers how riding backwards on a train Is the way we mortlas live.
Close
|
|
|
by ESRA MAGAZINE
ESRA's Recipe Calendar for 2015/16 has been published
more ...
and distributed to all ESRA members. One can order the calendar and ESRA will post it to any address in the world. The price per calendar is just NIS 35 (which includes postage in Israel) and NIS 45 (including postage abroad).
Close
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-1435210897.jpg)
by Pamela Peled
Dolly Parton, born to a poor farming family in Tennessee,
more ...
started a project of gift books for children at risk. One of her donors, Harold Grinspoon, began his own project, the "Pajama Library" in both US and Israel. Today Israeli children in Arab and Jewish schools get books through The "Pajama Library" which is now active worldwide. And it all began with Dolly Parton.
Close
|
by Liz Trakeniski
A heartfelt recall of the bravery, determination and
more ...
the integrity of the former Soviet Union refuseniks. An amazing historical period of modern Jewish times.
Close
|
 (400x374)-1435046799.jpg)
by Helen Schary Motro
The amazing story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese
more ...
vice-consul in Kaunas, Lithuania (formerly known as Kovno) who after the Russian invasion of Lithuania in 1940 issued blank visas for Jewish refugees. It is estimated that between 6,000 and 10,000 people were directly saved by Sugihara visas.
Close
|
-1435131607.jpg)
by Eli Libenson
“I’m In Heaven” when I find an old-fashioned
more ...
record of Irving Berlin’s music, says Eli Libenson. Berlin, in the opinion of many, is America’s greatest song writer, and Eli is one of his greatest fans. He describes some of the milestones in Berlin's long and eventful life, and lists a few of his many unforgettable songs.
Close
|
by Baruch Tanaman
Baruch expresses ESRA's vision of progress for improving
more ...
and bringing even more benefit to our fellow Israelis. He reports on the AGM with its theme of "Looking Froward" and enumerates some of the many worthwhile projects that the ESRA volunteers have been involved in this year.
Close
|
