In the beginning of his book Festival of Freedom (Ktav, 2006...
By Trevor Janes with the help of Laura BrownPeople see susta...
Before going out to the orchards for the morning citrus picking, Brian Kaplan and Stephen Schulman, with the ‘infamous’ Flash, relax on the kibbutz lawns
The morning of the 2nd February 1969 dawned. Amongst a...
A children’s park near Dizengoff School
Construction in Shapira Neighborhood is underway, encouraged by Tel Aviv Municipality
An entry gate to Dizengoff School, award-winning school
recognized by the Ministry of Education
Story and photos by Akiva HerzfeldWith a skyline of doz...
My zeide was a "real" zeide. He was no "zaydee," as so many ...
Swing
time ...
Mark
in
action
Mark with a golfing trophy
In the early 1960's, a group of four boys from Liverpool, En...
Shakers created by Jewish detainees in Cyprus
Photos by Lydia AisenbergThe private abode of a former Israe...
When asked by Professor Uriel Reichman, Founder and Presiden...
Portrait
of the writer as
a young boy
Carl Hoffman in Borneo
Carl Hoffman teaching at a refugee camp in the Philippines
Carl Hoffman (far right) pictured in 2019 at one
of the regular ESRA Editorial Board meetings
IN MEMORIAM Rabbi Stewart WeissThe mystics of Kabbala ...
Kibbutz founder Kuba
Doron
breaking rocks for
construction.
The picture was
taken in 1926 when
the members were
working on the
building of the
road to Afula – but
Doron did the
same thing again
in the early 1930s
to build the
children's house
The dreidel
memorial and name
plaque in a rock
commemorating the
children who died,
behind the concrete
dreidel
A bleak day ... the extensively
damaged children’s house after
the 1948 Chanukah bombing
Story and photos by Lydia AisenbergAlmost a decade afte...
Gun salute ... Max Haber’s funeral at the military cemetery, Ramat Hasharon
Mark and Victor Rosenbaum in Victor’s hospital room in 2017, looking at
photos of Norman Rosenbaum
October 2017:Alex Haber viewing
photos of his brother with Mark
‘Dateline Sinai’ article by Mark
Pinsky found in Norman
Rosenbaum’s wallet
This article is reprinted from Moment Magazine - momentmag.c...
Can’t stand those Hebrew
voices on the Israeli Waze
Switch off the radio because
of the irritating voices
Hate hearing wrong notes
played at classical concerts
Feel uncomfortable when
people chomp their food
Is it weird to be pleased to discover that one has a "condit...
Staff of Afridar Housing Corporation Ltd in 1956 . . .Selwyn and Barbara can be
seen in the center of the second row
Barbara and Selwyn Lurie who now
live in California. The photo was
taken on Selwyn’s 97th birthday
on 7th August 2019
The Certificate of Honor which the city
of Ashkelon presented to Selwyn
Stop press ... The story of how Selwyn
built Ashkelon made the front page
of the Natal Mercury in August 1958
Ashkelon, 1956: Barbara Lurie outside her home at 7 Johannesburg Road, Afridar
residents of Afridar attending a town hall meeting which was addressed by Selwyn Lurie.
South African Jewry's participation in the founding of moder...
Georgina Yacobi with a
student
Some of the original RAD teachers pictured in 1972
RAD winners, judges and teachers pictured in 2017
Readers of the ESRA Magazine may be surprised to learn two t...
Suszanna Santana Sadi, youth leader of the Havana
Jewish Community
Paying respects ... Fidel Babani Leon at the Jewish cemetery in Havana
A tightly-knit Jewish community whose members escaped the Sp...
Brendan Judd’s book The
Desert Railway. The writer
managed to source two
copies in New Zealand
As a New Zealander who had lived and worked many years in Eu...
Illustration: Denis ShifrinRecalling the time a bunch of us&...
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (Photo: Wikipedia)
The youth climate change demonstration in Tel Aviv Rothschild Boulevard
A protester with the words “I want to live” etched on her face
Photos: Strike for Future IsraelIt's sexy, it's cool; the is...
After removing walls and widening doorways, the Blumfields were rewarded with this breathtaking view
Room with a phew!
Flushed with success ... the renovated bathroom
Work in progress ... removing walls and widening doorways
Circumstances dictated that we moved on. If you're thin...