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ESRA MAGAZINE # 163 is currently being distributed. The articles, milestones, classifieds and advertisers list may also be found on 
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ESRA e-Newsletter for September 2011 If you can't see this page properly please click here  We have chosen as our new Project of the Month a wonderful solution to help teenage girls from distressed families. Our two clubhouses in Netanya and Herzliya provide a 'home away from home' ('Bayit Ham') for these girls, with hot meals, social activities and counselling. Please help us to continue our work click here to donate.  There is still time to send in your Rosh Hashanah Greeetings for inclusion in the next issue of the ESRA MAGAZINE. Click on this link and fill in the form on line, or contact the magazine office 09-956 5728. Greetings accepted till 31 August. The final booking date for the 2 night weekend cruise, Haifa to Cyprus on 2nd - 4th September has been extended to 28th August. Contact ESRA on 09-748 2957 - it's not too late to join us ! ESRA together with IBCA, invites you to an Any Questions forum with leading personalities, on the subject 'The Future Situation in the Middle East' Sunday 18th September in Herzliya. Reserve your place now with ESRA 09-748 2957. You may submit questions in advance by sending us an e-mail.Super Singles 55+ ESRA newest social group, is organising their first meeting at Beit Fisher, Raanana on Tuesday 13th September. If you fit the category, come along to find out more and input your suggestions. ESRA's Branch in Tel Aviv is organising another fortnightly group with popular American ordained Rabbi Arthur Fischer. You know all those questions that pop up -- why do the Jews believe or do this or that? All those things that seem to contradict each other or make no sense? What's the real scoop? About the commandments, mitzvot, women, the messiah... Click here for more details. Make a note in your diaries: H.E. Matthew Gould, British Ambassador to Israel will be speaking at a special fundraiser for ESRA on Tuesday 11 October in Kfar Shmaryahu. Topic: 'From Iran to Israel: Travels and Travails of a Nice Jewish Boy in the British Foreign Service'. We are looking for volunteers to help once every two months to pack and help deliver the magazine. If you are able to give a few hours, either delivering in your area, or coming to help at Gan Rashal, please contact Ingrid at Gan Rashal: 09-950 8371 Finally, congratulations to Mick Jaron and his committee at our newest Branch, ESRA North Coast - Nahariya, who hosted over 80 people at their kick-off meeting in July ..... and good luck to Marsha Ohayon in her quest to start a branch in the Haifa - Krayot area. |
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If you can't see this page properly please click on http://www.esra.org.il/july-2011 ESRA e-Newsletter for Summer 2011 As we are moving into a quiet period and many will be away on holiday we take this opportunity to update you on some of the events that are planned for the summer months. Several of our branches are having a summer break but others have some interesting and new activities.  Our Netanya Branch invites us to meet the author Barry Shaw on Thursday 30 June. Barry will talk about critical issues affecting Israel’s position in the world and how to counteract disinformation propaganda! On the same day ESRA Rehovot is holding its Annual General Meeting with a lecture on Al Jolson by ESRA Herzliya's own music maven Barbara Blum. North Coast, the newest ESRA branch (from the Krayot to Rosh HaNikra) is holding its launch event on Tuesday 5 July. Pass the message on to all your acquaintances who live in that area. Encouraged by the success of the ESRA Caesarea/Zichron brunches in popular local restaurants and cafes, the ladies of Kfar Saba and Hod Hasharon are starting a new Luncheon Club on Sunday 10th July. The next Caesarea/Zichron Ya’akov event will be at the Old Port of Caesarea in July - more details from Jane 077-550 3348.  You can click on each of the links below to see the other events; the Summer Programme at Beit Fisher, a BBQ in Ashkelon, our trip to Jerusalem on Sunday 17 July, and a Panel Evening with prestigious guests in September. By popular request the movie 'Strangers No More' will be screened again for our Cinema Clubs in Raanana, and Rishon Lezion, in September.  ESRA Magazine Issue 160 will be distributed at the end of this month. Don't forget you can renew your membership to ESRA online using a secure payment site, or give a gift membership to a friend. Would you like to post your 'New Year Greetings' in ESRA Magazine #161? NIS 25 for name/s only or NIS 50 for a greeting (up to 25 words). Please contact the ESRA Magazine office before August 7. ESRA Scholarships are awarded each month to needy students. You can read about the latest recipients, and other uplifting articles, in our ESRA News Section.  Our Campaign 2011 drive continues. Money raised in this campaign is used to make sure that all of our projects, major and minor, can continue to exist. Please consider making your next charitable donation to this project. Thank you in the name of the thousands of familes who will benefit. A new Support Group is being formed by our Counselling team. If you know anyone who may be in need of such a service please pass them this link Wishing you all Happy Holidays The ESRA Media team |
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ESRA e-Newsletter for June 2011 If you can't see this page properly please click on http://www.esra.org.il/june-newsletter  ESRA's Campaign 2011 is under way! ONE ORGANISATION SO MANY GOOD CAUSES. One donation to ESRA is a donation to a whole range of worthy causes. With one donation you can help ESRA continue its work in so many spheres. Click here to donate NOW on-line via a secure site or through the ESRA office.  ESRA's 'Nearly New' Shops are a wonderful way to recycle your unwanted household goods. Not only will they find a new home, but they provide an extra source of income to ensure the viabilty of ESRA's projects. Click here to see suggested items. New volunteers to help in the shops are always welcome. Please contact our volunteer coordinator, Val, if you would like to help once or twice a week on a regular basis. Thank you. At the recent AGM the current co chairs Adele Hunter and Nina Zuck were elected for a further term, together with vice-chairs Jane Krivine and Val Kantor. Click here to see the full Executive Committee list. A new Membership Committee has been established to focus on new ways of encouraging membership (if you would like to become an ESRA member now, or renew your membership online, click here!).We are also forming a Media Committee to cover all aspects of ESRA's interaction with the media and the public at large. If you have experience in the fields of PR, MarCom, social media networking etc please contact Jane Krivine.  For all those who would like to know more about the world's most popular social network you can attend our Introduction to Facebook on 22nd June in Raanana. Entrance is NIS 50; ESRA members NIS 40 - reservations in advance to our Beit Fisher office.ESRA is looking for a volunteer to help us move forward with our ESRA Facebook pages. Please contact Frankie if you would like to help. Haifa English Theatre is offering a discount to ESRA members for their next production 'The Irregular Verb To Love'. Click here for more details.  On 9th June, two busloads of ESRA enthusiasts will be off to see AIDA at Masada in one of the most exciting music events of the year. Within 48 hours of the announcement in our April Newsletter, the event was completely sold out. If you were disappointed, just look out for next year's announcement. Our recent trips to the Bird Observatory and Botanical Gardens in Jerusalem, to Swan Lake in Caesarea and the visit to Beit Hatefutsot were also fully booked so our activities committee will be planning more trips like this for next season. Book now for our trip in July to the Knesset and the Supreme Court! Finally we welcome Caryn Ginsberg as magazine administrator whilst Naomi Gal is on maternity leave. We wish them both well with their new duties! We take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very happy Shavuot festival. Hag Sameach. |
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If you can't see this page properly please click on www.esra.org.il/march-newsletter Welcome to the ESRA Newsletter for March As usual, ESRA has been very active in the past month! You can read about some of the happenings in our ESRA News section. ESRA Classifieds can now be accessed online. Find an accountant, a caterer, a gardener or a mahjong partner, shopping, travel, a massage and more ..... all on the ESRA Magazine website. To advertise your service or business on ESRA’s websites, please contact Naomi at 09 956 5728  Following the popularity of recent years, ESRA's 'Hand in Hand' Food Pantry is again organising a benefit concert with conductor, composer and pianist Gil Shochat. This project supplies needy families with monthly food packages and supports the food programme at a Netanya learning centre. Reserve your tickets now for Sunday 13th March at the Sharon Hotel in Herzliya PituachESRA Caesarea/Zichron Branch  invites you to its first New York style Sunday Brunch Book Launch on 27th March, featuring Caesarea resident Anne Kleinberg's new novel 'Menopause in Manhattan'. A unique opportunity to meet the author in a congenial setting.Spring is on its way, the best season for getting out  and about in Israel. ESRA has organised 3 trips - on 16th March we'll be travelling to the Beit Shean valley visiting several points of interest on the way; on the 22nd March we'll be heading to the South of Tel Aviv to visit the Michal Negrin Gallery and the Holon Design Centre; and on the 7th April to the Bird Observatory and Botanical Gardens in Jerusalem. Remember to book early to avoid disappointment.ESRA's Right Track Centres will continue as our Project of the Month for April.  Our goal is to pay for 11 supplementary teachers at NIS 1700 each per month. Please consider donating to this most inspiring of projects if you are celebrating a simcha, or in honour of your family or friends. Follow this link to our donations page. Special Pesach Offer from our range of hand embroidered Ethiopian designs - an original gift for the guests at your Seder table. Authentic Ethiopian Embroidered Kippot - NIS 35 only! Available from: ESRA's Ra'anana office 09-748 2957 or Herzlia office, 09-950 8371 As you start cleaning out your cupboards for Pesach, please remember that ESRA's 'Nearly New' Shops in Raanana and Kfar Saba welcome all donations of second hand items in good condition - clothes, household and kitchen items and electrical goods. By donating your goods you can help those in need. If you need anything to be picked up please phone (Raanana 09-741 2631; Kfar Saba 09-765 4652) or drop off your donations directly to either shop. Our midweek hiking group enjoyed a wonderful tiyul in February amidst the early sping flowers in the Adulam area near Beit Gubrin. One of the regular hikers took some wonderful photos and wrote about the hike which you can read by clicking on the link Before each Magazine we have a Special Draw for Paid-up ESRA members. The prize is a basket of 'ESRA goodies'. Mag 158 winners were: Shoshana Benjamin, Judith Moore and Steven Baron. Your membership helps to sustain and nurture the ESRA organisation. Click here to become a member or renew your membership online. We wish you all a Happy Pesach Click on the links to individual items that interest you in the ESRA Events and ESRA News sections below. |
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ESRA January Newsletter 
 We are proud to announce that within two weeks of the Carmel Fire disaster, enough funds were raised by ESRA members to assist 30 families who have been affected by the fire. The monies are being distributed directly to the families with help from the Social Services Department of Hof Hacarmel.We are continuing our efforts to help these families and continue our request to donate to our special Carmel Fire Emergency Fund We thank you warmly on behalf of the families of Carmel.  ESRA has always encouraged English speakers in Israel to volunteer in the community around them - in this way both sides gain. ESRA has organised 2 opportunites to help discover how to use your talents and life experiences to volunteer. Two Interactive Workshops will be held in January and an Insight morning in February. A new Social Group is being formed especially for Young Adults with Special Needs. If you know someone who could benefit from such a group please check the link. As a spin off from the marvellous Ahinoam Nini concert, ESRA is proud to be a part of three new projects opening in January 2011: a project of Ethnic Ethiopian Dance at the Matnas in Neot Shaked; a second computer room in Hefzibah, Netanya; a Bayit Cham (afternoon clubhouse) for teenage girls at risk in Herzliya..... and that's just to start the New Year........As ever, your donations in support of our projects are always welcome.  We welcome Yonit Gurfinkel who has taken up the position of ESRA's Director. We wish her good luck as she gets familiar with the breadth and depth of ESRA's activities and look forward to new growth under her direction. A happy and productive 2011 to all our readers |
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ESRA Newsletter for October We are only weeks away from the highlight of ESRA’s year, the Achinoam Nini concert at the Tel Aviv Opera House on Sunday 17th October. Some tickets are still available at the following prices: NIS 500, 350, 250, 150. Click on the link and reserve your tickets now.All funds raised at this event will go towards our projects - we thank the Fundraising Committee and our dedicated staff for the brilliant team work in putting this Event together. October will a busy month for ESRA with the opening of three new important community projects: 'Neve ESRA', an afternoon clubhouse in Modi’in for at risk children, a new learning and therapy center for teenagers in Netanya and ESRA's third 'Students Build a Neighbourhood' project, this time in Herzliya. Click on the links and find out more. This month our new Branch in Modiin opens its new Second-hand Bookshop in the parking level of the Azrieli Mall. A training course for Befrienders starts on 5th October - if you would like to join please get in touch. Next month, ESRA launches a new style Volunteer Evening on Wednesday 3rd November in Ra’anana to say ‘Thank You’ to all our volunteers and to honor ten outstanding volunteers for 2010. The guest speaker is Saul Singer, co author of the international best-seller Israel - Start Up Nation - click on the link and reserve your tickets early. So, we are off to great start for a new year - wishing you a Shana Tova – a year of health, success and peace to all. |
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