An agriculture lesson taking place at a youth village in 1966 Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Prelude: my father and I came to live in Israel in May of 19...
The castle of Paphos
Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca
Representations of the Magen David and a mirror image of the swastika
Story and photos by Irving SpitzMention Cyprus and most peop...
90th anniversary of the WW1 Battle of Beersheba: Australian riders prepare for their mounted parade
Notice outside schools warning parents about bikes
‘Golden couple’ who sowed the seeds that became ESRA’s sewing centers
Judy Copeland in 1968
In the shade of the Shikma tree
Electric bikes: Laws being ignoredThere is a growing, very w...
Moish Levy and his wife Nili ... each have donated kidneys. Photo: Marion Stone
Would you be willing to be considered as a possible kidney d...
Marsha Goldstein and husband Avi . . . her life changed overnight
"The benefit to the person donating the kidney is even great...
Students taking part in a business administration class.
Student and teacher at the end of the law course at the Hebrew University.
Seat of learning ... a psychology class at Tel Aviv University.
Each year, as summer turns to autumn and the heat goes out o...
Mum’s the word ... Elana Mohnblatt with daughter Keren Mohnblatt Nahum
It was a Friday afternoon when my daughter and her family ca...
About 95% of Israeli wine is produced by its twelve largest ...
Story by Brenda Katten Photos: Avi Talala
Ethiopian-Israeli teenagers who took part in the 2016 “Masa Journey to Identity” in Ethiopia
My introduction to ESRA was back in 1998, as a new immigrant...
David Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir “wrapping” above King George Street First Knesset of Israel building in Jerusalem. It is undergoing renovation to become First Knesset Museum.Story and photos: Lydia Aisenberg
The 1959 State funeral of Knesset First Speaker Joseph Sprinzak
The open side of the ‘wrapped’ building where the main entrance and the Sprinzak poster are situated
Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim at the 1958 cornerstone ceremony of the Givat Ram Knesset
Members of the first Israeli Knesset (Parliament) were elect...
Story and illustration by Talya Dahan Dunleavy
A friend told me that he had seen a beautiful carved Chinese...
Having a lava-ly time ... the group rests after climbing to the top of a volcano in Northern Mongolia.
Story and photos by Jeri Hahn-Markowitz
Your move ... Nomads in traditional dress play a typical game on the Mongolian steppe
Home sweet home ... a typical Mongolian nomadic dwelling on Lake Khuvsgul in a national park in Northern Mongolia
Mongolian guide Amina with Moti Hahn-Markowitz and group leader Professor Reuven Amitai
I recently returned from a two-week trip to Mongolia with a ...
Cookery class for children and grandparents.Story and photo by Carol Novis
Avital Sebag’s book
Young children aren't generally known for their adventurous ...
Text & photos by Lydia Aisenberg
Memorial to the children who perished in the Holocaust
Chanukiah sculpted by Aviram Paz
Hewn from white Jerusalem stone, an impressive memorial to t...
Debbie Sinai (left) with Dina Yoshimi, who led the prayers so beautifully
The window in the chapel
"My heart is in the East, and I am at the end of the West......
Zipporah’s mother, Selma J. Borowsky
One of her mother's letters home
"Letters from Jerusalem 1947-1948"
Anyone who has seen the movie or read the book Gone with the...
Mayor Haim Bibas addressing ESRA Modiin
The Master Plan for the development of Modiin over the next ...
Shlomo Hillel today. Story and photos by Ruth Corman
The interior of the accommodation hut at Atlit, near Haifa
A plane brought recently from Alaska to Atlit, near Haifa
Immigrant children waiting at Atlit Detention Camp
Boat on the site of the Atlit Detention Camp, similar to those used in the 1940s
One of the unanticipated joys of writing my stories has been...
Sophia Loren in the 1966 movie Judith, which was filmed in Israel
"Judith" movie advertisement
The children loved hearing Savta Sarah's stories – even thou...