ESRA Modiin was invited to and participated in the municipality’s first ever open book exchange on Thursday 18th November. We were asked by Deputy Mayor, Moish Levy  who attended our ESRAbooks opening a month previously, to supervise the English books swap, “bring one, take one”.
The event was organized by council member Levana Shiffman within the framework of her portfolio of environmental quality.
We brought two boxes of English books for starters, including fiction, non-fiction, kids etc, and advertised on our local Modiin List for people to bring English books – and they did! We started with one table, and very soon we needed two tables. Books came and went with great speed and at the end of the evening, we had about 5 boxes of books left over which we took to the shop for future sale (as part of the agreement with the municipality).
ESRA volunteers who helped out were Lynn and Leon Lipchin, Rachel Max and Helen Brandwein. We distributed about 30 magazines and talk about the bookshop to both Israelis and English speakers – excellent exposure for us.
On a roll here in Modiin!!
Cynthia Barmor (ESRA Modiin's co-chair)