by Helen Schary Motro
The Eretz Israel Museum is hosting two wildlife photographic
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exhibitions; one on loan from the British Natural History Museum; the second is Israel’s version, which captures the power, beauty, and majesty of nature in Israel. Excerpts of nature documentaries by late Moti Kirschenbaum are also screened.
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by Helen Schary Motro
A review of the fascinating exhibition of Egyptian
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art at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The main exhibit, called Pharaoh in Canaan: The Untold Story features over 600 objects found locally. Ancient Egypt is also featured in a concurrent exhibit :The Allure of the Sphinx, Ancient Egypt in European Art and both exhibits express the interconnectedness and overlap of human cultures.
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by Sharon Finegold
Sharon loved every minute of the ESRA trip to the Eilat
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music festival. There was eating and greeting against a backdrop of joyous music! The excellent music programs ranged from baroque to rock and roll, the hotel was good and the organization faultless!
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by Patricia (Patti) Golan
LOGON (the Light Operator Group of the Negev) will
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be staging Camelot, the award-winning Broadway musical, in March. The show will be held throughout Israel, including Haifa, Netanya, Kfar Saba, Modi'in and Rehovot. Founded in Omer in 1981, it originally staged Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but has since switched to Broadway musicals as well
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by Irving Spitz
Irving Spitz was thrilled with the performance of the
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The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and of the soloist, Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, who he says gave "an incandescent performance" at a concert in Tel-Aviv.
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by E. S. Dido
In this short but heartfelt poem, Dido expresses his
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love for his adopted home - Eretz Israel
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by Michael Lipiner
This film is about cinema and relationships. It leaves
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the viewer wondering who we are and who we want to be in this endless world of possibility and unpredictability.
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by Susan Meyer
Susan Meyer explains how to take a good picture. and
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for a picture to be great, rather than good, it needs to be “made” and not “taken”. Photography, she says can be a very satisfying, enjoyable and even exciting pastime.
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by Yael Meyer
An ESRA trip to museums honoring Jewish fighters and
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survivors of the World Wars included moving visits to Lohamei Hagetaot Museum and the Beit Hagdudim Museum at Moshav Avichail. Those on the trip learned that indeed, Jews know how to bravely fight for their existence.
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by Evelynne Cherny
ESRA Modiin’s recent Music Lovers Group was hosted
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by Barbara and David Wirtschafter. A most successful evening of jazz and supper was enjoyed by all.
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by Flori Cohen
Over fifty members, friends and guests met in the beautiful
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garden of Helen and Chaim Brandwein to enjoy Modiin’s delightful end-of-season party.
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by Eli Libenson
“I’m In Heaven” when I find an old-fashioned
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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.
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by Annice Grinberg
Recently ESRA Rehovot met in the Malia Hall and took
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a nostalgic trip to the 1940s songs with the audience joining in. The performers, Grant Crankshaw and Daniella Roman, South Africans, who made aliyah 19 years ago, founded Desert Road Productions, to bring English music and drama to Israel
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by Nelly Perry
Maestro Gil Shohat has sworn that while there is a
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hungry child in Israel he is willing to give concerts to raise funds. He returned this year to give his free support to the Hand in Hand Food Pantry, which feeds hungry children in Netanya. A wonderful musical evening, writes Nelly Perry, who expresses our gratitude to Maestro Shohat.
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