by Naomi Aharoni
ESRA volunteers, who help the children at this after
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school center in Rishon LeZion brought masks to be decorated during Purim , sang songs, discussed the festival with the children and distributed Mishloach Manot.
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by Jackie Klein
Esra Modiin has taken off…Social and volunteer programs
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have been organized. Lectures, second hand bookshop, film shows, tutoring matric students in English, and distributing ESRA magazines. They hope to extend their activities to Reut, Maccabim and Hashmonaim.
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by Natalie Goodman
When I retired eight years ago at age seventy-five
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I joined the Raanana Knitting Group – a wonderful group headed by our ‘guardian angel’ Wendy Goldstein, who buys the wool and is always on hand to help anyone who needs it.
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by Shirley Kirsch
Tel Aviv's Knitting & Crochet social circle is now
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in its 7 year meet weekly in Ramat Aviv.
Sweaters for children, knee rugs, bed socks and teddy bears – a great variety of articles are produced for the less fortunate. Shirley Kirsh writes that as well as knitting the members who meet for two hours enjoy lectures as well as laughing and socializing with each other.
The very popular Raanana knitting group run by Wendy Goldstein has knitted over 1,000 articles this year. Distributed to hospitals, the army, to children and to the elderly in need this local group also has ladies from abroad who contribute their knitted produce.
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Rosemary and Teddy Isaacs were supporters in England
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of many charities. A charitable trust set up by them is now run by their two daughters Liz Morris and Jill Shaw. One of the main beneficiaries of the trust are ESRA projects in Netanya, especially The Students Build a Neighborhood.
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by Jennifer Bell
With the holidays behind us, the first of the monthly
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ESRA olim coffee afternoons took place on Wednesday November 4 at a private home in Raanana. It was well attended by new immigrants as well as veteran ESRA members
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by Joan Weisman
Chanukah is known for a miracle. This Chanukah will
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always be remembered as a miracle at the Hefziba Community Center in Netanya where ESRA hosted a party for its School of Music for Excellence on the 4th night of the festival.
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by Linda Silverstone
With a hot line and professionally trained personnel
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ESRA runs a bereavement, grief and loss counseling service. Linda Silverstone is one of the trained volunteers now working with the group.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
On the banks of the Kinneret the stunning `Peace Room’,
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venue of some historic political peace discussions stands as a special feature of Bet Gabriel a beautiful center of art and culture .
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by Beryl Ratzer
ESRA’s toy project was started by the late Motti
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Weiner. Betty Wolfe writes about how it has expanded and it now helps many projects including Migdal Ohr. This organization helps take care of homeless and needy children throughout Israel.
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by Naomi Meshasha
Naomi Meshasha, who is studying law, is one of the
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students working with ESRA in their Students Build a Neighborhood scheme. She is a role model, tutor and mentor for three 11-year old girls in this underprivileged area in Netanya.
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by Motti Zaslow
Shevach Mofet is at technical High School in Tel Aviv.
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Most of the students are from a Russian background, as are a majority of the teachers. Motti Zaslow who volunteers tutoring English cannot speak too highly of the highly motivated students and the teachers who want only the best for them.
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by Meira Applebaum
Gifted Ethiopian teenagers from Netanya are learning
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marine biology .They are studying the science of the sea, they collect specimens and examine them in a laboratory – a completely new world for them.
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by Maureen Lipshitsz
The personal benefits experienced by a volunteer bereavement
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counselor who took the ESRA course which has given her valuable tools in facing loss and helping others to do so.
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by Orly Aish
What happens to new born infants abandoned by their
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mothers? Orly Aish writes about an organization, “Hibuk Rishon,” (First Hug), dedicated to finding women volunteers to care for these babies, to give them loving care to help them develop normally.
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