by Marion Stone
This tour was down south, with a first stop at Aleh
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Negev, a place for young people with severe disabilities. Other stops were Kibbutz Revivim, Mitspe, and Ramat Hanegev. The article is detailed and full of interesting information and history.
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by Mike Porter
Many years ago the young Mike Porter hitch-hiked around
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Britain, Europe and Scandinavia, in the most shocking of winter weather. On return to London, and after being turned down by the police, he is grateful to accept accommodation from an ex-convict.
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by Joyce Kligsberg
Joyce vividly describes an ESRA tour to the Galilee.
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The first stop was the 170 year old Me'iri dairy in Zefat, which continues to produces cheese. Fine wine, enjoyed with a light lunch, was next on the list. The historic Dubrovin Farm in the Hula valley was another point of great interest.
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by Sylvia Clayton
Sylvia describes a delightful, although rainy, day
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spent on the ESRA trip first by bus to Atlit, and then by the modern incarnation of the famous Jezreel Valley Train,
heading for Bet Shean. The day ended in an Ethiopian tent to hear about immigrant Chava Almo's journey to Israel, alone, aged 10.
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On a visit to Uzbekistan, Esther Elias found the ancient
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cities and sites – built on the oases along the Silk Road – spectacular in their uniqueness and beauty, and also in the rich Jewish history of communities such as Bukhara. “Back home in Israel, I still dream of the tantalizing sites of Uzbekistan,” she writes.
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by Mike Porter
Baku is a city with some of the most amazing buildings
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in the world. A museum building which looks like a gigantic folded carpet, another which is a figure 8 lying on its side, glass towers more than 30 storeys high. And then, in the middle, an old city with its high, beautifully-shaped stone wall all around. But the most amazing thing were the people, writes a "star-struck" Mike Porter.
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by Buzzy Gordon
Saloniki, Greece, has a rich Jewish history, dating
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from the third century BCE, to its time as a rich center of Sephardic culture, until the Holocaust, when almost all Jewish inhabitants perished. There is much to see in this fascinating city, of both Jewish and general interest.
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by Vera Freudmann
Vera sweeps us along, describing their trip to India
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which they never thought they
would take. Buffered by a group of fellow travelers they experienced what she
described as "as awful as you feared and as magnificent as you hoped." The grandeur and majesty backgrounded by poverty made for an unforgettable adventure.
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by Eli Libenson
Eli describes his trip with Judy to Rome, Florence
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and Venice. With tongue in cheek he admits that even though it was all a great success, he was nevertheless happy to be home in the end
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by Mark Joffe
The information in this useful and comprehensive article
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on travel insurance will be of use to all travelers.
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by Irving Spitz
We are guided away from the recognised and popular
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scenic holiday beaches to the historical remnants of the interesting past and the quaint country villages of a Cyprus that holiday tourists don't usually seek.
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by Jeri Hahn-Markowitz
Jeri recently returned from a two-week trip to Mongolia
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with a group of lifelong friends who have been part of her journey from Spring Valley, New York to her life in Israel. Her trip to Mongolia, she says, will remain indelibly impressed in her memories as a special, exotic and wonderful experience.
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by Henry Gild
A successful ESRA outing included a view of spring
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flowers on Mount Gilboa, archaology at Beit Shean, the 6th century synagogue at Beit Alpha and the Tel at Kibbutz Yisrael.
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by Rhoda Goodman
A trip to Japan revealed a country that is beautiful,
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fascinating, but, because 60% of young people do not marry or have children, somewhat lonely.
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by Herb Hahn
Dont miss a visit to the Chelsea Hotel if you find
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yourself in New York sightseeing . This hotel, situated in an interesting area is steeped in history and the folk lore of theatre and art.
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