Through the anecdote of the death of her first pet the author pays tribute to her late father Cantor Irving Schock. He was a Holocaust survivor who never lost his faith and taught less by what he said and more by what he did.

Lesser kestrels are a relatively rare and endangered species. As part of projects to increase their numbers throughout Israel, Ron Tzur, a member of Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek, heads the local rescue team for fallen chicks.

Now West Bank Charcoal Plants are forced to Close, writes Lydia Aisenberg, resulting in loss of livelihood for the Palestinians involved in this work. The closure is due to the danger to health and the environment because of the pollution issued in this work.

The heartwarming story of Janet Hansen, formerly of Calgary, Canada, who established a refuge for abandoned and lost dogs in the Galilee. She runs a kennel with the help of volunteers on Kibbutz Lahavot Ha Bashan.They are desperately in need of help and support.

An account of the proceedings in a traffic court in Safed clearly defining the casual way the judges deal with traffic violators, reducing or cancelling their fines; and suggestions by Pamela Peled of how to change the system.

Tony Benjamin and Ron Acker highlight the struggle to save the beauty of the area of Harish, near Wadi Ara, which is destined to become a metropolis to house thousands of ultra-orthodox families, displacing the mainly secular and mixed present community.

At its monthly meeting, ESRA Kfar Saba-Hod Hasharon chapter invited as their guest speaker, veterinarian Dr. Bernard Hurwitz who illustrated his talk with animals he brought with him – a raccoon, a coatimundi, a dwarf goat and a boa constrictor.

Aviva Zuller went into culture shock upon arriving in Israel and discovering that re-cycling here isn’t what she experienced back in the USA. Having being totally involved in a most effective environmental watch group there, this self-proclaimed recycling queen went to work to change things here by helping “Adam Teva V’Din”.