ESRA Chairperson, Brenda Katten marks the 65th anniversary of Israel's independence, reminding us of ESRA's role in the successful integration of English speaking olim. She also points out how ESRA volunteers are helping olim from different countries, as well as needy communities.

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Chairperson’s message – April 2013
Category: ESRA News
Issue No. 169
 

Lydia Aisenberg describes the beautiful landscapes and unbelievable views from the Jewish settlement of Shaked. She details the Jewish settlements and Arab villages along the Green Line and and the electronic security fence, and wonders whether the communities will be able to attract tourism to this area, desptie the security worries.

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VIEW FROM THE TOP
Category: Israel
Issue No. 169
 

A change in Israel’s demographics brings back vivid memories for Merle Guttmann when ESRA financed and built a tukul for an arts and crafts center and opened 21 learning centers for newly-arrived immigrants from Ethiopia and the Former Soviet Union.

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Shifting sands
Category: ESRA News
Issue No. 169
 

Find out all about the new ESRA Literary Competition. The theme is "A Fateful Moment", and winning entries will be published in ESRAmagazine

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A Fateful Moment: A Short Story Competition
Category: Features
Issue No. 169
 

Learning about peace and conflict at Haifa University

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Giving peace a chance
Category: Education
Issue No. 169
 

Everything you ever wanted to know for every would-be aspiring author. Not for the overly sensitive, the clear message is, learn to cope with rejection and if one publisher is not interested, approach another immediately. Becoming an overnight success may take time but it's an interesting journey.

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The write stuff
Category: Literature
Issue No. 169
 

The highly successful show, Broadway Babes, is making its Israeli debut with a national tour. An original musical revue, it received rave reviews when it played to full houses in Raanana last January. The show is produced by Desert Rose Productions, a professional Israeli-based English-speaking theater company set up by Grant Crankshaw and Daniella Roman.

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Fulfilling dreams on and off stage
Category: Arts
Issue No. 169
 

Gloria Deutsch reviews and highly recommends Kim Kushner's cookery book “The Modern Menu”. She says the book truly lives up to its sub-title ‘Simple. Beautiful. Kosher.’

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Kim keeps it simple for today’s busy cooks -a review
Category: Literature
Issue No. 169
 

Ilan Hirschowitz describes a father's fear and concern for the safety of his two sons serving in the IDF. He sees them as heroes, the brave young men who are performing their duty as the protectors of the State of Israel. He also describes the lives of Yoav Assa and Elaine Brewer, two people who have courageously fought terrible adversity, and they too can be classified as heroes.

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Heroes: A father’s fears for his son
Category: Israel
Issue No. 169
 

In an effort to raise money, members of the Women's Institute decide to produce a calendar with a difference and the results may raise some eyebrows! Forthcoming performances on June 20, 22 and 23 so don't forget to order tickets for this engaging interpretation of "Calendar Girls" which is based on a true story.

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Raanana gets ready for the bare essentials
Category: Arts
Issue No. 169
 
 

FROM THE EDITOR

Merle Guttmann

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, they say. But as you flip through the pages of this ESRAmagazine you can see that we have indeed ‘fixed it’. We’ve in effect had the ‘decorators’ in, we’ve gone for a redesign.

Many of you will say that the magazine wasn’t ‘broke’, so why fix it? I suppose in in some ways I am a sucker for challenges and changes.

CONTRIBUTORS

Barbara Lyons
Cynthia Barmor
Ilan Hirschowitz
Nina Zuck
Lloyd Masel
Michele Klein
Alan Caplan
Jennia Ganit Chodorov
Rabbi Aryeh A. Frimer
Barbara Abraham
Steve Kramer
Ilan Shachar
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