Welcome to our ESRA website!
I know that after browsing through the site, you will feel - as I do - that we have something in ESRA for YOU!
You will discover that ESRA is a dynamic, pluralistic, multi-faceted community organization - and it is run by English speaking volunteers. Its flexibility and innovativeness allow it to pinpoint and respond quickly to the current needs of the people that ESRA serves.
Participation in ESRA's activities enhances the integration of English speakers into Israeli life, and gives them an opportunity to express their own unique abilities and interests. Thus, the talents and culture that they bring with them from their native countries find fertile ground in Israel, and result in ESRA's broad range of cultural, social, educational, and support programs in English, which the volunteers both create and enjoy.
Furthermore, ESRA's caring and humanistic philosophy translates into the belief that helping others is meaningful for all involved - those doing the helping, as well as those being helped. This philosophy is implemented by reaching out to immigrants from distressed countries and others in disadvantaged sectors of the Israeli society, and in the tens of community projects we have developed.
ESRA’s credo, that volunteers are capable of creating and carrying out projects in a professional manner, offers encouragement and empowerment to the 1000 versatile and talented people who accept the challenge eagerly.
Come join us in this exciting and fulfilling enterprise. Together, we can help ourselves and others - and enjoy and grow in the process.
MERLE GUTTMANN
Honorary Life President of ESRA
ESRA currently has 19 branches, with new ones being formed wherever the need arises. Click on the Branch link to find out about ESRA in your area.
A group of English Speaking residents of Herzliya and Kfar Shmaryahu formed ESRA in 1979, primarily to fulfill a social need and assist their integration into Israeli society.
The new 'English Speaking Resident's Association', known as ESRA, soon expanded to include other towns in the Sharon area such as Ramat Hasharon, Kfar Saba, Hod Hasharon and Raanana, and, over the years has spread to areas wherever the need has arisen, providing a framework for English speaking activities in the community.
ESRA's aims are threefold:
Vision
To create a better Israeli society through mutual help, social involvement and volunteering.
Mission
To identify social, educational and welfare needs among weaker sectors of society, and develop and run projects designed to meet those needs to the benefit of Israeli society
§ To create and be an English-speaking community that offers its community members social, cultural and volunteering activities
Values
To do significant work toward helping others, through a sense of personal development and community belonging
§ To run community projects together with a local partner and an ESRA volunteer
§ To be a volunteer organization, managed and run by volunteers with the aid of a small administrative team
§ To direct the organization's activities with a multi-year plan and long-term vision
§ To be run professionally, effectively and efficiently through original thinking, high personal standards, and flexibility, while maintaining the organization's network of personal and interpersonal relations – "the soul of ESRA"
§ Areas and hours of volunteering to be determined by the volunteers in compliance with organization rules, regulations and needs
ESRA is an a-political organization without religious affiliation. It was established in 1979 by immigrants from English-speaking countries with the aim of helping fellow new immigrants integrate into Israel and become contributing members of society.
ESRA is different things to different people.
ESRA offers quality community life for Ensocial and cultural activities through its 20 branches from Nahariya to Eilat.
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