by Fonda Dubb
Waiting in the hot afternoon sun in Eilat, Fonda Dubb
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could not find a shady spot, so spotting an open door she asked if she could sit down out of the sun. She was received so warmly, given food and drink and made to feel so welcome – she had entered the home of a Moroccan family well known for their hospitality and friendliness.
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by Barbara Abraham
Introducing the Domus Galileo study center overlooking
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the Kinneret, where
invitees were treated to the most interesting celebration of the holiday of the Three Kings.
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by Geoff Tollman
An uplifting story of a successful aliyah in the 1960’s
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where every opportunity to prosper was taken in business and private life.
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by Theresa Binban
This is the story of a foreign worker from the Philippines
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who came to work in Israel to earn money to support her family back home. It is an inspiring story of sacrifice, patience love and understanding.
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by Maurice Ostroff
The World Machal website compiled by dedicated volunteers
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over the last year is now online with interesting personal stories and records of all Machalniks that participated in Aliyah Bet, in the War of Independence and from 1956-1967. The address is www.machal.org.il
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by Joel Klotnick
Humorous and light hearted reflections and reactions
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on receiving a gas mask - guaranteed to elicit a chuckle or two.
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by Carol Novis
King George Street is one of Tel Aviv’s bustling
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shopping streets, with a flavor of its own, and has been since 1935. Carol Novis walks us down the street telling us about its history, culture and shopping.
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by Lynette Karp
The magical experience of sharing the wonder of the
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bi-annual bird migration that pauses in the Hula valley for our appreciation.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The only memorial to non Druze or Bedouin Muslim Arab
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Israeli soldiers is found near the village of Arara close to Umm al-Fahm in the North. Built by Youssef Jujah, the father of one of the fallen soldiers, he talks of his loss and his philosophy with much poignancy.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
One of the first settlers on the Golan Heights after
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the Six-Day War of 1967, Ramona Bar-Lev is a passionate and dedicated activist on behalf of the Golan residents. Lydia Aisenberg describes Ramona's life and dreams in Qatzrin, the main town on the Golan Heights and her and her husband's determination never to give up this very strategic area.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
As part of the centenary celebrations of the Kibbutz
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movements ex volunteers are invited to reconnect and join in the festivities in June 2011. Today only a handful of Kibbutzim accept volunteers from abroad but since the 1960’s thousands of volunteers have worked on the 270 kibbutzim in the movement. Many remained here and became Israeli citizens but most only stayed temporarily and returned to their own countries having had positive experiences to take home with them
Contact the KPC website to join the celebrations.
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by Gidon Levitas 1936-2010
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding
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of the Kibbutz Degania and the Merhavia co-operative village near Afula. It is 80 years since Emek Hefer and Kfar Vitkin were started. We owe a great deal to the pioneers who struggled to develop these areas and set up strongholds for the future of the Jewish State. Gidom Levitas tells us how the Jewish National Fund and Canadian Zionists were involved in the purchasing of the land for these projects.
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by Susan de la Fuente
Susan de la Fuente writes about an ESRA hike to the
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Ashdod area in Israel’s southern lowlands where the early spring flowers were in bloom. The area has many biblical connections, archeological sites and geographical features .The focus of the tiull was Tel Tsafit the ancient biblical Philistine city, where David overcame Goliath
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by Meira Applebaum
A recent trip to the Ramat Hanadiv gardens planted
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as a tribute to the Rothschild’s takes us through some of the special areas of the gardens and stimulates our interest in the ongoing pleasure of revisiting this interesting horticultural treasure.
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