Head Coach Mohamad Rashwan with first grade children from Jisr az-Zarqa at the courts in Moshav Beit Hananya (Photo: Lee Wilson)
Amissa Jorban from Jisr az-Zarqa wins 2nd prize at Israel Tennis Centers’ Haifa junior tournament (Photo: Mohamad Rashwan)
by Jane Krivine and Lucille Cohen A new ESRA program ...
One for the album ... a group
shot at the presentations
Meira and Jack Appelbaum with their student Orit Sabahat
The one and only Ilse Gluckstadt presenting scholarships to
her five students – Ashegere Aileen, Almog Munis-Geva,
Helen Tronej, Eitan Shemi and Shlomit Simani
Pamela Sarig presenting the scholarship to
Sigal Lagassa on behalf of Maureen Lipman
Terry Shlomo presenting the
ESRA Ramat Aviv Scholarship
to Yonathan Wassa
Tarkin Adago at the
microphone telling his
aliyah story
Glenis Bertfield and Ann Levin presenting
the ESRA Raanana Scholarship to
Rivka Astaya
Evelynne Cherny presenting the
scholarship on behalf of the
Modiin branch to Rafael Geva
Dena Laufer presenting her
scholarship to
Ester Belay
Music at the
Students Build
a Community
scholarship
event was
provided by
singers and
musicians from
the ESRAsupported
Hephzibah
Volume Center
The hall at Hephzibah's community center was buzzing with ex...
Chanukah gifts for Neve ESRA presented by ESRA Co-Chairperson Evelynne
Cherny (left) to the house mother and her assistant
A LEGO Ninjago
The 15 children, their parents and some siblings atten...
Thumbs up ... Rhona Berzack (left) and Rene Chazen at Shaare Zedek Hospital
with items made by the Modiin Knitting Circle
Photo: Audrey GrossESRA Modiin's most meaningful project thi...
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...
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...
All smiles at the
ESRA-sponsored
make-up course
in Netanya (Photo: Moti Duk)
On Monday June 24, I had the delightful experience of ...
An ESRA community project in Petach Tikvah
An ESRA community project in Acco
Children at an ESRA Tel Aviv Learning Center
Having fun at an ESRA project in Petach Tikvah (Photo: Noa Morgenstern)
ESRA Kfar Saba Youth at Risk project
New Education and Welfare ProjectsOver the past year alone, ...
Nineteen years ago, after spending many years in the UK, my ...
Solomon Abeba ... studying law
Keren Maruvka ... wants to be a doctor
Counsellor Marlyn Butchins
Judith with Tami whom she befriends
ESRA has much to be proud of as we celebrate 40 years of giv...
Volunteer Shifra Newman enjoying
Laugh Yoga
Recently we were happy to welcome Zehava Marom at the Kfar S...
Adele and Mike Rubin with Avi Talala, and Cynthia Yaakovi
Baruch Tanaman with Tarkin Adago, and
Brenda Katten with Maayan Asayaho
Ilse Gluckstadt with Sigal Lagasa, Marilyn Ronen with Rachel Worka, and Terry Morris with Rafael Geva
Irene Stohn with Belaynesh Zeleke, Judi Argaman and Noa Margalit with Almog Monis, and Barbara Kliner with Israela Ayenow
The ESRA scholarship evening is a high point on the ESRA cal...
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...
Chaim Malkamu ... he served in an
elite IDF unit and is now a law student
Before I tell you about Chaim, I want to share with you my f...