Happy holidays to all ESRA Magazine readersWishing you health, happinessand a wonderful year   Marilyn & Larry ButchinsEllen & Harold DaviesLucille LaketerJoyce & Alan MaysPamela PeledVivienne Pinshow & FamilyJeanette & Dunn RabinowitzCathy Rosenman TamariSuzanne SchottWishing our family and friends good health an...

We have just finished a three-day creative writing seminar with the prize winners of ESRA's creative writing competition for youth. Day 1 was spent in the lobby of the Daniel Hotel Herzliya. The topic was "The Sea". We first got to know each other and shared the kind of books the students best enjoyed and the style of writing they use to express th...

When a drive to make a difference impacts thousands of lives  Ten Gav co-founders Naomi Brounstein and Vivi Mann have been helping vulnerable Israelis with basic goods and services for over a decade Dana is a 29-year-old third-year medical student from Netanya, who survived the Nova party massacre on October 7, enduring unimaginable traum...

I was born in London and when war broke out in September 1939, I was nine years old, living in Stoke Newington, North London. My parents decided I should be evacuated to a safe place as everyone expected that London would be the first place to be bombarded. At my school, we were assembled and with identification labels round our necks, we were sent...

In the days following the passing of Michael, one phrase kept popping up – Renaissance Man. With Michael's fascination with innovation and technology, he was interested and involved in a myriad of activities – Orthopedics, Meccano, clock making, sailing, flying, painting and so much more. He sailed in the 1976 Cape to Rio Yacht Race and if one thin...