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...
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...
Monument of remembrance
set up by Love Never Fails
Preserved Prison: Barracks of Detention Camp at Atlit
Anne Heelis from Northern Ireland gives a flower to Pinchas Kahane
Perhaps you, my readers, will question these words but hope ...
Hezi, who has lived most of his life in
Beit Uri, proudly points to himself on
a 50th anniversary celebration poster
Danny’s severe cerebral palsy doesn’t affect his amazing weaving skills
Blind and deaf, Eldar uses his highly-developed senses of smell and touch to
create amazing baskets
Harel creates a
wooden salad
bowl in the
carpentry
workshop for
an arts and
crafts bazaar
Taking center
stage. . . the
entire Beit Uri
population
taking part
in the
annual
summer
performance
Photos by Jeanette Koll In a cool, wood-paneled hall in...
Happy in their work ... Kuchinate women busy crocheting various household objects
African asylum-seeking women gain empowerment in a Tel Aviv ...
Inge David receiving an ESRA Volunteers Award in 2016
Inge David taking an
exercise class at the Vera
Salomons Retirement Center, Kfar
Saba
A clear lovely morning in mid-July I wake up happy, well res...
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...
Uzi Jona (right) with a Palestinian worker at the Amatzia Vineyards
Frank Mecklenberg with green table grapes at Amatzia
The wall
between
Israel
and
Judea
Story and photos by Frank Mecklenburg Gush Katif was a...
Memorial to the eight Jews killed by British soldiers in November 1945
Set in stone ... Yaacov Adato who was just 18 when he died with the others
An impressive memorial to eight Jews killed by British soldi...
Gad Yacobi telling shtetl stories
HAIFA ESRA branch took a day off between the high&...
Tzvika Graiver lobbying the Knesset
over driving licence examinations
King of
the road
... LiAmi
Lawrence
with his
driving
licence
document
KeepOlim "No Oleh Alone" Program ... Pesach with Olim from around the world
and their Israeli hosts
Organization's aim is to keep immigrants from leaving Israel...
Ali regaling
stories of
Bedouin life
Descending carefully into Tel Sheva's reservoir
If ESRA Netanya's March trip to the Golan set out against a ...
Inconsolable ... tears for Ethiopian Solomon Teka
Translated from the Hebrew by Nina Zuck The protest followin...
The Star of
Lithuanian
Diplomacy, the
highest
Lithuanian medal
of Diplomacy
Abel and Glenda Levitt with their children Ari, Sonya,
Adam and Mia
The Lithuanian Embassy in Tel Aviv held a ceremony on June 5...
Capt. Eitan Fund shows the aerial view
of the border fence between Israel and Gaza
depicting agricultural fields on the one side
and Rafiah on the other
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner ... spoke
about asymmetrical warfare
High-profile conference speakers included (from left to right) Canada’s Stephen Harper, Israel’s Naftali Bennett, America’s Joseph Lieberman, and Australia’s America’s Joseph Lieberman Tony Abbott.
The two-day conference organized by Shurat Hadin in June 201...
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...
