by Joan Weisman
A beautiful venue, a newly renovated hall run as a
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family project for multi purposes, is ideally being used for ESRA’S bi-weekly lecture series in Netanya
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by Lynette Karp
There are 10,000 children in Israel between the ages
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of 5 to 18 who have been transferred from their families to foster homes or residential group homes, to rescue them from abuse, cruelty and other problematic environments. In They Deserve a Chance, Lynette Karp explains how the public can help Yeladim-Fair Chance for Children, a nonprofit organization, devoted to giving these kids a chance.
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by Carol Novis
The influence of the English speaking community is
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well-known. One exceptional and important sphere it has made its mark is in the field of education. The Anglo influence: The TALI School in Raanana is the brainchild of Hannah and David Schwartz. Carol Novis describes how their efforts and determination reached fruition.
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by Pamela Peled
Bucking the Trends: Bringing Back the Israeli Brain
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paints a gloomy picture of Israel’s educational system. Pamela Peled describes the worrying situation wherein Israel is at the bottom of the list among relevant OECD countries and how it can be reversed.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
A unique project in Sderot run by teenagers to help
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younger students needs help. They are looking for English speakers to help them at the summer camp they are organising.
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by Henry Ben Ezra
In the early 1990’s many programmes were opened to
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help the youngsters who had made Alyah from the former Soviet Union. A club was opened in Azorim in South Netanya and is still running very successfully with the encouragement and financial support of ESRA
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by Lenore Hahn
Learning Hebrew as an adult can be intimidating. However,
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Leonore Hahn found a solution which helped overcome her trepidation - Pimsleur Foreign Language Approach in CD’s. She shares her experience in Hassling with Hebrew.
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by Ilan Shachar
Two fascinating and creatively stimulating programs
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designed for students with learning disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds, are described by Ilan Shachar in Feeling Good and Fluent English. These programs, separately and together, combine learning English as a second language in tandem with improving body-mind coordination.
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by Carol Novis
An admirable institution still thriving after 100 years
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inspires in Tel Aviv. The first college to initially insist on tuition only in Hebrew in its training teachers to be a mentor and supervisor helping students learn through discussion.
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by Brenda Brett
An excellent innovative start up ESRA in Modiin where
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Israeli and English speaking partnerships are formed to meet in a social environment weekly for conversational interaction in Hebrew and English in order to learn and practice the languages.
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by Rica Goldin
English grammar is in decline. The names we have for
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tenses are not always what they are made out to be. Read Rica Goldin’s verse, what is "present perfect" and
is “past perfect really ‘past past’ ”?
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by Gill Teicher
Perfecting conversational English by phone is an innovative
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ESRA project initiated by Gil Teicher. It is a win-win situation in which volunteer tutors, who are unable to travel, continue to help students to polish their English.
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by Pamela Peled
For 20 years Beit Berl college has run courses for
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English speakers to learn to become tutors. People who have degrees in English, or those who have English as their mother tongue, have benefited from this year long course eight hours a week.
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by Steve Kramer
Steve Kramer informs the readers about the English
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Speaking Friends of Tel Aviv University – ESFTAU, an organization that for a small fee (with a discount for ESRA members) allows members to enjoy free entrance to many of the English language cultural activities on the university campus.
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by Pamela Peled
Camp Sunrise is new to Israel. Based on an American
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idea and backed by funds from the USA the camp ran for 3 weeks this summer in Even Yehuda near Netanya. Young cancer patients and their siblings were bussed in daily from all over the country. Aged 4-16 they included Jews and Arabs from all walks of life who ate and played together,had workshops, sports sessions, music and art activities. Time was allowed for treatments. New friends were made and a good time was had by all.
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