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by Mark Yacoub
Tel Aviv chiropractor, Dr Mark Yacoub asks whether
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back pain worsens as we get older? To find out researchers have scoured all the research on the topic to see if a trend could be found. Dr Yacoub sums up the latest research.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Lydia peruses an issue of B’Derech, a Zionist magazine
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published in the mid- 1940s in the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp in Germany. The magazine taught the children about Jewish holidays and Israeli culture. She describes how Succot was celebrated there in comparison to what happens in a modern-day kibbutz
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by Bunny Porath
Bunny describes the interesting and inspiring day spent
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learning about the history and sites of the ancient city of Acre (Acco) with Ramat Aviv ESRA Group and their excellent guide.
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by Michael Jaron
An amusing tale of the adventure of attempting to toivel
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utensils at the beach in the sea including instructions for care that are guaranteed to keep you smiling.
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by Yael Meyer
One beautiful spring day ESRA day-trippers took a "religious
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variety" tour up north. Their trip included Peki'in, a visit to the cave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, followed by the Baram National Park and the deserted Maronite Christian. Last was a visit to Rabbi Bar Yochai's tomb on Mount Meron.
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by Evelynne Cherny
A visit to Portugal revealed a wealth of attractions
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linked to a rich Jewish history, including the city of Coimbra, famous for its university library, Lisbon, with its dwindling Jewish population, and many other other towns and cities, revealing the fascinating history of the Jews of Portugal.
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by Dave Bloom
Why is it that certain memories remain so powerfully
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embedded and come to the surface so readily, whilst others remain buried and irretrievable? From Proust to psychologists today who claim that reminiscence is therapeutic, we learn how important it is to remember and record our family histories.
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by Marian Lebor
Leket Israel recently found an ingenious way to highlight
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the importance of food rescue, minimizing food waste and giving back to the community. Together with Raanana municipality, it hosted Israel’s inaugural Canstruction exhibition. Marian describes the highly successful exhibition as well as other recent initiatives of Leket.
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by Carol Novis
At the age of 82 the writer ES Welber, a Raanana resident,
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wrote her first detective novel. Enigma, her latest novel, is about Tel Aviv, Arabs, immigrants, music and the stage. "Her characters are fully formed, and she explores a huge diversity of people in Israel" writes Carol Novis.
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by Honey Stollman
Anna Finkelstein is the beloved fairy godmother to
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the cat and duck residents of the Ramat Gan public park. She visits them faithfully early each morning, bearing goodies bought with her own money, and with the food, dispenses love and shows care.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Lydia Aisenberg reports on the recent visit to Wadi
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Ara and Givat Haviva of Dwayne Zacharie, the Canadian First Nation (Mohawks) police chief. He was accompanied by Dr. David Mendelssohn, formerly of the Givat Haviva academic staff and a boyhood friend from the days of the Canadian national wrestling team.
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by Deborah Opolion
Re-assessing Vienna on a return visit in modern times
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with every move recalling the history of decimation earlier. Introducing the new sensibility and emerging hope amongst the younger generation and the growing Jewish population.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Hava (Zina) Almo, now a grandmother, is working together
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with the Beit Shean Regional Council and the Cleveland Partnership 2000 to build a new centre for Ethiopian Culture and Heritage in the city. At the centre in her home, she tells visitors the story of how the Ethiopian Jews came to Israel. .
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by Richard Dante
A fond reminiscence of the days when Israeli Cars tried
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to make their "marque" in the world of motoring with the Sabra sports cars and Carmel 12 passenger cars
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by Gabriella Bat-Aviv
More than 200 women attended a Women’s Health Awareness
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Evening, where they enjoyed various fun activities. Shari Mendes, of the The Israel Breast Cancer Emergency Fund hosted the evening for the fund, and there were lectures by international leading cancer experts.
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