by ESRA MAGAZINE
The 240-year-old problem of making macroeconomics a
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true science at last has been solved, according to the author. Pnina says that this book is useful for teaching purposes because of its general terminology (with definitions).
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by Pnina Moed Kass
A touching and illuminating story of a schoolchild
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enduring the fate of a city under attack, and the teacher who helped him.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
Pnina tells a modern-day fable reminding us of Aesop's
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tale of the Fox and the Grapes. The moral of her story: Winter reveals the truth as summer cannot
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by Pamela Peled
Dolly Parton, born to a poor farming family in Tennessee,
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started a project of gift books for children at risk. One of her donors, Harold Grinspoon, began his own project, the "Pajama Library" in both US and Israel. Today Israeli children in Arab and Jewish schools get books through The "Pajama Library" which is now active worldwide. And it all began with Dolly Parton.
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by Carol Novis
At the age of 82 the writer ES Welber, a Raanana resident,
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wrote her first detective novel. Enigma, her latest novel, is about Tel Aviv, Arabs, immigrants, music and the stage. "Her characters are fully formed, and she explores a huge diversity of people in Israel" writes Carol Novis.
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by Judy Shapiro
Judy describes this book as a piercing autobiography
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of a brother and sister. He is a giant and she is a dwarf. She feels that the story succeeds as an emotionally captivating story that is absorbing and profound both for adults and for children
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by Mimi Tanaman
When Mike discovered late in life that he had been
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adopted, it left him feeling betrayed and lost. Dedicating himself to the task of uncovering the facts of his birth, he came up against devastating rejection, horrific and long-hidden family secrets, and a Jewish heritage. In fact, Mike discovered far more than he had bargained for, and it changed his life…
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by Pnina Moed Kass
"The book is a praise of biblical geography, generally
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enhanced by folk tales and biblical quotations. As glorious as are the photographs," writes Pnina Moed Kass, "they are a vehicle for the documentation of Israel's ancient heritage". A handsome book, for a specific audience, she sums up.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
This book, the first in a series, is recommended not
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only for its unusual presentation – in the style of a ship's daily log – but especially for its fascinating tale of a family which flees Belgium ahead of the German influx during WWII. Their saga makes for riveting reading.
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by Adina Alexander
A haunting epic poem of mankind's greed and cruel deeds,
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repeated as the ages roll on. No matter what weapon is used, a cry of pain echoes down from ancient history, sounding the same. If only man would harness his energy to preserving his world, not destroying it.
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by Gloria Deutsch
This is the third book in a trilogy by Sid Cooper which
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"are not only thrillers," writes Gloria Deutsch, "but also English primers for teenagers struggling to learn the language." Other words about the book: racy, exciting, plenty of twists and turns, showing influences of Rider Haggard, Agatha Christie and even Shakespeare.
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by Barbara Abraham
This story won fourth place in the ESRAmagazine short
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story competition in 2013 – A Fateful Moment. Barbara's 'fateful moment' was one in which she learnt that there can be good things with the bad, that one should not rush to judge some people too quickly and the importance of understanding others.
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by Sonia Levy
Atmospheric poetry homage to the shores of the Galilee
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depicts and presents both a colorful and an historical image.
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