In August 2024, Israel amended its real estate purchase tax to ease the financial load on Olim Chadashim (new immigrants) purchasing their first home. They will pay significantly lower purchase tax rates than the tax payable according to the current benefit. Key Points of the Amendment The new purchase tax benefit offers significant reductions in p...

The following PDF is a copy of the full contents of the first ever ESRA Magazine.   Scroll down to see all 12 pages Download PDF File Here In the beginning... 

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...