The amazing heroic tale of the Portugese diplomat Aristedes de Sousa Mendes who was punished for saving the lives of thousands of Jews and others in occupied France during World War II. He has since been named as a "Righteous Among the Nations" and has received posthumous awards for his bravery

Annette Keen remembers her childhood in a Displaced Person Camp. “I am Joshua, Defender of Israel,” are the words spoken by a five-year old boy who helped her overcome monsters, and defend her against them, soothing away her nightmares as a child in a horrific situation. The article speaks of a childhood stolen and of affection found despite their surroundings.

What’s a nice Jewish girl doing in place like this..far off Rwanda? Heather Gelb writes a compelling tale as an American Peace Corps Volunteer in “Detour Through Rwanda. ” Her Jewish tradition empowered her, giving her strength to encourage, teach and help her Rwanda friends while providing them with exposure to Judaism and the Bible.

What do Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, George Eliot and many other famous people, including Jews, Muslims and Christians have in common? They are all buried in Highgate Cemetary in London. How this all came about and other interesting tales from the crypt are unfolded by Lydia Aisenberg who tells all in her fascinating article on Highgate Cemetary.

Genealogy and tracing roots and journeying back to where families came from is becoming more and more popular. Mordecai Hahn-Markowitz tells us how he set out and found the grave of his great grandfather in the small village of Batyu in the Ukraine. Through the internet, contact and connections can be organised, and even from the smaller communities information is now available on-line.

Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism - how do these terms relate to each other and to the modern free world? Is too much written about the Holocaust – Beryl Ratzner believes that apathy, indifference and lack of concern are leading the free world towards another great catastrophe.

Since the late 1950's Israel Air Force has been hosting air cadets from overseas within the International Air Cadet Exchange. ESRA members in Raanana, Herzliya and Ramat Hasharon have been hosts for the cadets for the last 10 years.

Roy Runds was born in Australia where he grew up feeling safe in a country that suffered very little anti-Semitism. But now with the great number of Arabs and Muslims living in the country he fears for the safety of the Jews there and feels that there is only one safe place to live and that is here in Israel.