Our Authors
In Israel since 1966, Mimi Tanaman studied toward her BA and MA degrees in Psychology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While studying and raising a family, she toured the country with a bluegrass band, the Golden City String Band, which appeared in theaters, on kibbutzim, radio, and made numerous TV appearances. With the breakup of the string band, Mimi picked up her former acting career which had begun in her native New York where she toured the city with her high school theater group. She has both acted in and directed numerous productions for the Sharon Players and appeared in films and TV series. Today, Mimi runs her own copywriting and translating company, hi-Text, serving private companies and Israel's advertising sector, as well as providing translations to English of poems, novels, and children's books. If her clients leave her any free time, she's also working on a book of her own. Mimi lives in Raanana and shares her free time with her ten grandchildren.
Elad Shippony... show writer and lead actor
You've no doubt heard the term the wandering Jew, but are y...
Nina Weiner ... saw the difficulties new Israeli immigrants were facing
Nina Weiner receiving an honorary doctorate from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Interview with Nina Avidar Weiner, Co-founder and Chairperso...
IDC students from around the world, working together with ESRA
Proud of volunteering with ESRA
Photos: Sunny MarshanskyUniversities in Israel encourage st...
The canyon approach to Petra (Photos: Mike Altman,
Baruch and Mimi Tanaman)
The Treasury, Petra’s most famous facade
Ancient mosaic
church-floor map detailing
the columns along
Jerusalem's Cardo
An oasis of
souvenirs
in the
Wadi Rum
desert
Sights of Petra, from simple homes to palatial tombs, all carved into the mountainsides
Echoes of
ancient desert
caravans
The whole happy ESRA group in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert
There are some countries that as soon as you enter, you feel...
Students
Build a
Community
veterans
share
experiences
with
students
about to
embark on
the new
SBC project
Sharing success ESRA's flagship project, Students Build...
New ESRA Chairman Terry Morris
Former ESRA Chair Baruch Tanaman
ESRA Vice-Chair Glenis Bertfield
ESRA Life President Merle Guttmann
This year's Annual General Meeting, held at the Kiriyat HaSh...
The delight of sitting high with confidence
Anat Lavi-
Kowarski,
manager of the
center, shows
her appreciation
to ESRA
volunteer
Laurence Jacobs
In surroundings as cozy and comfortable as a pair of messy o...
Richard Kemp told the
meeting: “The IDF
should be awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize” (Photos: Stephen Kliner)
Kay Wilson in Raanana reading an excerpt from
her book about surviving terrorism and
overcoming trauma
An evening with Col. Richard Kemp and author/tour guide/surv...
ESRA’s Nearly-New Shop on Ahuza Street has been given a revamp
Read all about it ... ESRAbooks has now relocated to Raanana’s high street – Ahuza
ESRA runs two shops in Raanana – ESRA Nearly-New Shop ...
Enjoying the Crafts Fair
The tables are turned on
ESRAVision’s Sally and Richard
Halon who were videoing and
photographing the day’s events
Can I have your autograph please? Followers of The Jerusalem
Post and London Times columnist Melanie Phillips patiently queue
to get her signature on copies of her books which were on sale
Hat parade and smiles in the sunshine
More happy faces
Welcome to Speakers' Corner
Enjoying lunch with friends on a sun-soaked day
With a little help from our friends ... and a Beatles tribute band
ESRA held its 40th Anniversary Celebration on 14th May. The ...
Rami with students Orion, Shira and
Aviva who sang with him
Photographs by Yoav CohenThe theater was filled to capacity ...
Getting to know you ... meeting the family
A young Ethiopian boy
Avi Talala ... leader of the group in Ethiopia
Lighting the Chanukah candles in a
straw-roofed dining room
Making buna coffee, which starts with the roasting of the beans
A grandmother now
aged 102, blind but still graceful
A synagogue in what was once a Jewish village in Gondar
Ethiopian schoolchildren in pink school shirts, some of them torn and ragged
As with all of ESRA's projects, this one too, started with i...
Learning English can be fun with ESRA’s English Tutoring Program
Lola Katz, ETP Professional Consultant
An ETP tutor helping an Israeli youngster master the art of writing English
The Israel Ministry of Education endorses ESRA's English Tut...
Speakers: Top line Gabriel Meir, Glenis Bertfield, Merle Guttmann, Albert Levi, Baruch Tanaman
Bottom line: Brenda Katten, Roger Lavender, Sunny Marshansky, Janet Kiesari
ESRA is growing, developing and flourishing – and growth oft...
ESRA Volunteer Award winners proudly display their certificates
President’s Award: Adele and Mike Rubin
Chairman’s Award: Betty and Ed Wolfe with Merle Guttmann and Baruch Tanaman
The Ethiopian Dance Group together with their choreographer
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they are worthless, b...
Amharit blessing for Dabo –
traditional Ethiopian bread
With handfuls of mud, Nina Zuck, head of
ESRA Projects, joins the children in
traditional house building
Cathy Aron, projects coordinator, joins a group of schoolchidren
Building friendships . . . two pupils with their student teacher
Creating sun-baked ceramics
Sharing stories of Ethiopia
Everyone gets involved, including ESRA Chairman Baruch Tanaman and wife Mimi
Photos: Sandra BrozaAn Ethiopian Village near Kiryat Gat… wh...
The three girls who had been seen on film came on stage together with their music teacher (below) to sing with David D’or. Photos: Roy Rochlin
Music Teacher
Scheduled to take place on December 24, this year's annual f...
Lord Balfour’s 1917 letter, Photo: Wikimedia Commons
"One of the most significant letters in history" – Theresa M...
"Women are very much like sunflowers… the last stage is the ...