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by Frankie Cronin
The hall was full to capacity at the inaugural meeting
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of ESRA's newest branch in the city of Haifa on June 15. Sam Frydman, Emeritus Professor at the Technion gave a fascinating talk and the goals and purposes of ESRA were explained to the guests.
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by Anthony Green, Jackie Klein
Anthony reports on ESRA Modiin’s Evening of British
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Music, which he says was a huge success. He lists contact details for ESRA Modiin’s Music Lovers’ Group
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
A warm tribute to Brenda Brett who initiated and coordinated
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of the successful Modi'in Let's Talk and English Story Hour Programs, and was a founding player of the Modiin Mahj Mavens. Brenda is moving from Modi'in to Netanya. Here there is also areport on how well the Let's Talk program works.
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by Nechama Namal
A report on the second annual MahJ-a-Thon, a Mah Jongg
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contest held under the auspices of ESRA Modiin.
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by Brenda Katten
Brenda reports on the strategic planning that the ESRA
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organisation is doing. She says that we're taking a look at every aspect of ESRA ... our strengths and weaknesses. She also re-confirms that as "the lucky ones" we have the freedom to live and to give in the State of Israel.
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by Myra Olswang
In order for you to know how the ESRA Magazine website
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works and what a store of information and interest there is to be found on the site, here is some basic information, with tips and suggestions that will give you a more in-depth understanding of what you can find on http://esramagazine.com/
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by Sharon Levisohn
A moving visit by the ESRA Rechovot board to the local
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branch of MESHI, the acronym for the Hebrew name Mercaz Shikum Yomi. This is a sheltered workshop and rehabilitation center for adults with various mental disabilities. Over the years the ESRA Rehovot branch has earmarked some of its funds to provide additional benefits to the center.
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by Lorna Toube
Lorna Toube and Shirley Frenkel run the Rishon LeZion
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Knitting Group. They recently co-opted members of the Ad-120 retirement home in Rishon LeZion onto their knitting group and the new members are producing wonderful sweaters and scraves and also collected money to pay for the wool they use.
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by Esther Tolkin
Esther Tolkin reports for ESRAmagazine on a new school
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year in Kiryat Nordau, Netanya. She describes the Bayit Cham activities that provide after school meals and school help to at-risk teenage girls and lists the exceptional projects that ESRA runs with them.
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by Bess Hoffman
ESRA Herzliya had an entertaining and thought provoking
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talk from Linda Silverstone in January which she called "Poetry in Laughter and Tears".
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by Nancy Kramer
ESRA Netanya held their first Arts and Crafts fair
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in November 2013. The committee met to discuss its success, and plan another fair for later this year. They met in the Galleria in Moshav Neve Yamin - formerly an antique shop and now including a wonderful vegetarian restaurant. The next arts fair will be a pre-Rosh Hashana event in early September 2014.
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by Gillian Heron
Gillian reports on the progress of the English Center
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which provides out-of-school English enrichment to Netanya school children. It is the dream of the late Mrs. Zviya Cohen and is run by ESRA volunteers.
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by ESRA MAGAZINE
ESRA New Generation (ENG) was started a few months
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ago when a young American-Israeli mother, Nomi Sharan-Gazit. They called on English Speakers in the Rishon LeZion area, and the ENG group has since been growing slowly but surely
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by Dina Raveh, Sue Schneider
ESRA Jerusalem held a highly successful series of lectures
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given by Dr Rachel Korazim on "Windows to Israeli Society through Literature". To be in touch with ESRA Jerusalem contact Susan 054 744 4174 or Dina dina.raveh@gmail.com
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