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Dear Readers,We're pleased to present the fourth issue

of EssentialRa'anana.We believe the magazineis getting better with each issue and we hopeyou agree.

We feel especially fortunate to be meetingso many local residents.A great city, after all, isthe people that make it great, and Ra'ananasuffers no shortage of visionaries, eclecticcharacters and giving souls.This month's issue,for example, features stories about just a few ofthe special people in Ra'anana. In our featurearticle, we look at the Nir Kouris's efforts tocreate a 'digital city' online for Ra'anana residents.We also remember Benji Hillman, a resident ofRa’anana who was killed in action in the secondLebanonWar in 2006. HaBayit Shel Benji, a centerfor lone soldiers, has been named in his memory.

We've really just scratched the surface. Ifyou have an idea for a story about a specialperson, organization or intiative, please let usknow.We'd love to let everyone know.

We'd also like to encourage everyone tosupport our advertisers and let them know yousaw their advertisement in the magazine.Without these advertising shekels the magazinecannot exist.We wish everyone a sensational Summer.

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EssentialRa’anana, Issue No. 04PUBLISHERS: Doron Seitz, Daniel Engelsman; EDITORS: Yehudit Singer, Morey Altman; DESIGN: Claire PeretsTo contact us, please call: 052 7458883, or email: [email protected]. To advertise, please call: 054 5400931All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise withoutthe written permission of the publishers. Stock photography: www.bigstockphotos.com. Other photography: Morey Altman, Claire Perets, SvG at the GermanWikipedia project. Système OTRS, FlamWinery,BinyaminaWinery,Adam Goodman, Jodi Carreira, Ra'anana Iriyah.The opinions or views expressed in Essential Ra'anana are those of the articles’ authors and not necessarily of Essential Ra'anana. Essential Ra'ananaincludes some material that has been submitted by third parties as advertising material. Individual advertisers are solely responsible for the content of advertising material which they submit to us.We acceptno responsibility for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein.

4 Events

6 Community Walkfor Ha Bayit Shel Benji

8 A Rosé is a Roséby any other name

10 Israel’s first Digital City

12 National Parksin the Sharon Region

14 Lower Back Pain

16 East Side Settler

18 Top of the League

19 RefreshingSummer Delights

20 Car ComparisonsBest Buys for Seniors

22 The Sandwich Generation

24 Are you Ready for Summer?Shopping in Ra’anana

26 The Small Claims Court

28 Essential Hebrew

30 Essential Classifieds

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Raanana Prepares for a NationalHome Front Exercise11:00am,Wednesday, May 26, 2010The Raanana Municipality is preparingfor the “Turning Point 4” NationalHome Front Exercise, to be held inRaanana on Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

This will be an integratedexercise organized by the Home FrontCommand, the National EmergencyAuthority, the Israel Police, MADA, theIsrael Firefighters Service, governmentministries and local authorities, and isdesigned to improve the organizationspreparedness to cope with emergencysituations and to provide solutions forthe civilian home front during differentemergency scenarios.

The exercise will be held over afew days, from May 23-27, where thelocal authorities will be integrated intothe exercise on Wednesday, May 26.On this day, at 11:00, an ascendingand descending siren will be heard forone and a half minutes, in Raanana andacross the country. When the siren isheard, Raanana residents are asked toenter their protective spaces,according to the warning time they areallocated.

Residents are invited to contactthe Municipal Moked information hot

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line for fur ther information or thehome front command website:www.oref.org.il.

The Raanana Municipality iscurrently recruiting volunteers fromamong its residents for the municipalactivity in emergency situations. Inlight of past experience, the volunteersystem is an essential factor during anemergency. For information andregistration, contact Moshe Mor at:09-7610403, e-mail:[email protected].

A New Exhibition at Raanana’sGallery By the Lake - Menahem Halif –“Pastel Landscapes”May 15-May 30Menahem Halif, one of Israel’s vir tuososketch ar tists, will present pastels thatdepict the pastoral Sharon landscapes,that are gradually disappearing.

He intentionally ignores themodern urban acceleration, theconcrete slabs, asphalt highways, andthe dense population.Gallery By the Lake is located at:10 DERECH HAPARK,Raanana Tel: 09-7610342.Hours: All days of the week10:00 to 14:00, 17:00 to 22:00

Using Google for Genealogy30 May 2010 10:00Israel Genealogical SocietyRa’anana BranchAdmission fee NIS 20 for non-members includes refreshments.BEIT FISHER, 5 KLAUSNER STREET RAANANA.Info: Ingrid – [email protected]

ESRA Fundraising EveningSunday 13th June 20:00Monodrama 'An Israeli Love Story'with award winning actress Adi BielskiTickets: NIS 85; ESRA members 75In aid of the ESRA Community Fund.Contact: ESRA 09-748 2957.MISHKAN HA'OMANUYOT IN RAANANA.

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n Friday,April 30th, over 1,500 peoplefrom around the country gathered in ParkRa’anana for the 4th annual CommunityWalk for Habayit Shel Benji.

Participants in the walk ranged from 2 months old to80 years old! Over 180,000niswere raised, and all proceeds willgo to help the HaBayit Shel Benjicampaign.

Ruth Rurka, Benji’s aunt, tellsEssential Ra’anana,“The walk isn’tjust about raising funds, it is also toraise awareness about HaBayitShel Benji and the reasons whywe are putting up the house inBenji’s name.”

The concept of HaBayit Shel Benji is based on thelegacy of Major Benji Hillman (z’tl), a resident of Ra’ananawho was killed in action in the second LebanonWar in 2006.Benji always made an effort to take care of his fellow soldiers,and so to commemorate Benji’s memory, the house willserve as a home for lone soldiers.

The groundbreaking of the house, located on RechovHaPrachim, took place in November on grounds donated by

the Ra’anana municipality.HaBayit Shel Benji will have a guidance

center for all lone soldiers, not only those livingin the house.The plan is to accommodate up to50 soldiers (2 soldiers per room), arrange for

surrogate families fromRa’anana, offer meals,laundry services,computer and callcenter and a range ofeducational and leisureactivities.

There are stillmany things neededbefore launching HaBayitShel Benji.The volunteer

committee has a list prepared that details what isstill needed. If you are interested in donatingspecific items, please email Ruth Rurka [email protected] for more details.

Essential Ra’anana congratulates the walkers,sponsors and all those who participated to helpmake the CommunityWalk such a success!


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ften I’m asked what the bestwine is for different occasions.Woefully overlooked in Israelis drinking rose wines during

our long and often steamy summers.Almost every Mediterranean wine regionproduces its fare share of Rose forquaffing. Whether it’s a rosado fromSpain or a rosato from Italy or a Vin Grisfrom France, it’s a common delight fordiners and imbibers to sit in Barcelona,Milan, Marsellies and even now in Tel Avivwith a chilled bottle of rosé adorningtheir table and stimulating their tastebuds.

Wine-snobs across the globe routinelyhave dismissed rosés as pale populistpretenders, and the whole category had beenbesmirched by light and mostly mundanemass-market rosés like mostWhite Zinfandelsfrom the United States. Prestigious wineriestypically stayed clear of making rosés as longas rosés carried an ironically sourreputation as a less than serious,sweet, unsophisticated wine. Overthe last several years, rosés havebeen experiencing a makeover asrespected European winemakersbegan exporting more interestingexamples of rosés that may beblush in the bottle, but offer noreason to shame a winemakeramong their peers or a hostserving guests. NewWorld,including Israeli winemakershave been taking note and awider array of quality roses arebecoming available.

Visually rosés mayappear more like a red winethan a white.They can bedifferent intensities of pink,orange, salmon, russet or copper,yet the way quality rosés aremade and the way they are

served more resemble white wines. Likewhites they can be made dry or semi-dry oreven sparkling unlike reds which except fordessert wines are almost always dry. Likewhite wines they’re typically made to beserved chilled, and are meant to be drunkyoung and typically undergo little or no oakaging. Additionally, like whites rosés usuallyhave very little contact with the skins of thegrapes they derive their juice from which

makes them lighter in color than a red winefrom the same juice.The red wines haveconsiderably longer contact with the grapeskins and have deeper color, flavor, body andtannins. However, similar to red wines, roséstypically mimic the flavors of red and blackfruits in contrast to the citric, apple, pear,peach and apricot common to white wines.

With the recent resurgence of rosé as aquality wine, more and more Israeli winerieshave been releasing better and better rosés.Even award-winning boutique wineries aremaking what was once more reserved forlarger commercial wineries.

Some of the better examples of Israelirosé from larger wineries in Israelare the Recanati, Dalton, BinyaminaYogev and Galil Mountain.Threedelectable examples of smallerbatch boutique rosés are offeredby the Chateau Golan,Vitkin andthe Alona wineries.

Whichever rosé youchoose to fill your glass, theyall should make a swelteringsummer in Israel far moreenjoyable.The more we drinkthis summer the more we canlook forward to more Israeliwineries producing theirversions in the future.

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wenty-seven year old Nir Kourisfelt that it was his destiny to livein Ra’anana.After a summer ofinteracting with a group of

promising teens and hi-tech professionalswho hailed from Ra’anana at ecampIsrael—which he co-founded in 2008—Kouris was so inspired that he decided tomove to the city. During the short timehe has lived here, Kouris has establishedthe Ra’anana branch of the TomorrowInternational Center for YouthDevelopment, which uses hi-tech tools toteach personal leadership and self-marketing skills.Through interactiveworkshops, lectures, and one-on-onementoring,Tomorrow enables teens tocultivate their individual skills and talentsthrough the use of the web, with the goalof becoming “ceWEBrities”, as Kouriscalls them.

Tomorrow is working on a few different

digital projects —the largest of which is thecreation of a Facebook Community page forthe entire city of Ra’anana.The aim of theproject is to turn Ra’anana’s Community pageinto Israel’s first “digital city”. As the popularhi-tech website Tech Crunch explains,“Facebook’s somewhat-ambiguously titled

‘Pages’ are what brands and celebrities use toestablish a presence on the social network…

Community pages are meant to be ‘thebest collection of shared knowledge on atopic’.” Kouris, who owns a digital marketingfirm and specializes in Facebook marketing,

explains that the concept of branding is nolonger exclusively used for large corporationslike Nike or Sony. “The concept of hasbara forIsrael is being replaced with branding”, he says.“Even though the city of Ra’anana never wentthrough an official branding strategy, it doeshave a great reputation for being a great placefor families, children, and teenagers with manyactivities, but this isn’t being reflected in thecity’s online presence,” he says.The concept ofRa’anana’s Facebook Community page willenable the branding of the city to developorganically: from the residents themselves.

The idea for the first digital city beganto brew as Kouris connected with moreresidents here, which allowed him to gain adeep familiarity with the city. He sees a highconcentration of hi-tech companies andprofessionals, and a high number of residentswho are active on various social networkingsites (facebook, yahoogroups, twitter, etc), yethe noticed that there’s hardly any expressionof the city’s vitality on the web. A staunchbeliever in the value of user-generatedmaterial—one of the unique aspects of “web2.0”—Kouris realized that the key todeveloping the future of Ra’anana is tocultivate the city’s online presence bygarnering the participation of its residents. Hebelieves in the ability of the individual residentto become a representative of the city, agrassroots “ambassador”, if you will. “Everyperson will have the ability to be anadministrator, uploading material, photos,publicizing events.We can build the citydigitally,” Kouris says

A group of teens from the TomorrowCenter are currently working on this project.The structure of the Community page willlook like a wikipedia –type feature, whereusers can upload their own content and shareit with each other and the world. Theactivities that users choose to upload in thecity will be communicated through this socialnetwork, thereby creating a real-time imagefor the city. If one wishes to share material onHaPoel Ra’anana’s win in the latest soccer

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game, an interesting lecture at Ohel Ari, thenew art exhibit at Yad L’Banim, the boys’karate tournament, your lunch date withfriends at Cup o’ Joe, the high school choirpractice, Bnei Akiva programs, street festivals,a play date with the neighbor’s children,charity events and more, Ra’anana’sCommunity page will set the stage. The visionis to create a place where people will go forinformation, inspiration, communication andnetworking. And just think- it will be thecreation of teenagers.

The teens at Tomorrow are mentoredby a cadre of hi-tech professionals whovolunteer their time giving workshops,lectures and one-on-one support.Together,they discuss their vision, build websites, makepromotional videos, map-out online marketingcampaigns and network with others.The aimis “to teach teenagers how to becomeentrepreneurs, using their own skills andtalents, not just with technology, but withthemselves,” Kouris says. “Our focus is onleadership skills and self-marketing so thateach one of us can use the present to affectthe future.Thus our name ‘Tomorrow’.”

The Digital City project is connected toanother project that Tomorrow hosts called “Iam Israel.” As Kouris sees it, the face ofwhat used to be called hasbara ischanging.When he lectures aboutwhat the old-school calls “hasbara”,he entitles his lectures “Leadership”

or “Entrepreneurship”, and uses theseopportunities to talk about branding Israelpositively via the web. “The currentgeneration of leadership has lost the ability toinspire youngsters.When I talk to teens, I talkabout personal success, personal leadership.My message is that when you’re successful,you’ll be representing Israel.”

The concept of “I am Israel” is adaptedfrom the “Branding Israel” campaignundertaken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The campaign doesn’t address Israel’s right toexist per say, as hasbara campaigns did in thepast, but it focuses on the unique people anddifferent innovations from Israel. Such aconcept appeals to the younger generation,especially those who aim for excellence andwant to make an impact on the world.Thecampaign “I am Israel” therefore empowersthem to apply their individual talents in waysthat are meaningful to them and affect theworld at the same time.The same message isnow applied to Ra’anana’s Digital City on theFacebook Community page: when users sharematerial via their Facebook accounts, they’ll

have the ability toconnect with like-

minded individuals and share information,thereby becoming representatives of the city.How Facebook and the creators of theCommunity pages will monitor the material isstill unclear, but at this point it looks like suchan initiative will serve as a “Ra’anana-pedia”,enabling new, organic, searchable informationto be publicized about the city via the web.

From his activities at ecamp Israel to theTomorrow Center, Nir Kouris spends his daysand nights inspiring youth to live maximally,not just technologically. Born and bred onMoshav Balfuria in Emeq Izrael (near Afula),he spent four years in France with his familyand then returned to Israel (“an Oleh HadashLite”, he quips). A guru in the hi-tech industryfrom a young age, Kouris is leading a digitalrevolution and fortunately, he’s preparingRa’anana to be on the front lines.

Currently the Tomorrow Center is looking forpeople who are knowledgeable andpassionate about Ra’anana to contribute tothe page.Those who are interested cancontact the Center through its websitewww.tomorrow.co.il.



ure everyone wantsto go into the cities,but sometimes it’sjust too

crowded. Now that the summer isapproaching, why not take the kidsoutside and enjoy the beauty of nature?While you’re in the national parks on theSharon region, take in the history of theseplaces; you’ll appreciate yoursurroundings even more.Around theRa’anana area are some beautiful, nature-filled alternatives to the city that will takeyou back over 2,500 years!

Apollonia (Tel Arsuf) National ParkApollonia (Tel Arsuf) is built atop a coarsesandstone ridge bordering the seacoast andextending north from Herzliya. ThePhoenicians founded the first city on Tel Arsufseveral thousands of years ago. AlexanderYannai, the Hasmonena leader, conquered thecity in 80 B.C.E. and made it part of hiskingdom. During Arab rule the city wasknown as Arsuf, deviated from the Canaanitename Reshef.The Crusaders had trouble in

conquering this site, yet were successful in1101 (CE), renamed it Arsur, and made it thecapital of the entire region.

The park has an incredible CrusaderFortress, with a deep moat and fabulous viewof the entire area including the MediterraneanSea.

How to Get There: Take Coastal Highway(Rt.2) North of Herzliya Pitu’ah via the Nofyam neighborhood. Give yourself 1 ¼ hours,Entrance fee.

Yarkon National Park and Tel AfekTheYarkon Park is located east of Tel Aviv,and extends over 13,000 dunams (3,250acres). It encompasses two focal points:TelAfek (Antipatris) with its fortress overlookingthe Yarkon springs, and the Yarkon Riversources, where the stream and its banks arerich in plant and animal life.

This site is part of the ancient Via Maris(Sea Route) which goes all the way fromMeggido in the lower Galilee to Gaza on thesouthern coast. In ancient times, the SeaRoute in Israel served as a rest stop for themuch longer route from Egypt to Syria.

There are those who believe that this isthe true burial place of Rabbi Akiva. AlthoughRabbi Akiva’s grave is traditionally locatedin Tiberias, some question this location.Theirskepticism stems from the facts of RabbiAkiva’s murder in Ceasarea. After hishorrendous torture by the Romans in what isnow known as the Sharon region, why wouldhis body be taken all the way to Tiberias to beburied? To my knowledge, there is no

archaeological indication that Rabbi Akiva isreally buried here, but logic drives me toquestion his burial spot in Tiberias.

The Yarkon Park is great place to walkaround with the family, have picnics and enjoybeing in Israel’s great spring-summer weather!

How to Get There: Entrance to YarkonPark from Rt. 5, next to Yarkonim interchangeEntrance to Afek Park from Rt. 483 (PetahTikvah-Rosh Ha’ayin) next to Afek Junction.Tel: Visitor’s Center 03-934-8463.

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o you suffer from lowerback pain ?Would you like tomove around free and easy,being able to do sports or

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Joint MobilityYour joints need to move freely and easily. Ifthe joints get “sticky” then the muscles aroundit will tighten up. If a joint moves well, themuscles are able to function correctly, andstay in the ideal state of tension.Actually,there are many techniques that you canuse at home to get your joints moving freelyand easily.The major causes of lower back painare eliminated simply and easily by using certainmuscle techniques.

InflammationIf your joints are tender to the touch, if yourmuscles are sensitive, then more than likelyinflammation is present. Inflammation requirestreatment.This will help heal the inflamed area.If the inflammation is left too long, the area willstiffen and become slower to heal, and evenscar tissue can form as a protection.

PostureIs your posture correct ? Do you stand straight?Well, don’t be alarmed. Posture is a function of

lower back pain, energy levels and generalhealth. If you are suffering from lower backpain, then your posture changes toaccommodate it. If you are tired, thenyou slouch and have a less idealposture. Posture IS important to

help the long-term removal oflower back pain.

What is the anatomy of thelower back ?The first step to understanding thevarious causes of lower back pain islearning about the normal design of thetissue in this area. Important structuresare in the lower back that can include theboney lumbar spine.The boney lumbar

spine is designed so the vertebrae stackedtogether can provide a more able structure.Thelumbar vertebrae stack immediately on top ofthe sacrum bone, in between the buttocks oneach side.The sacrum meets the iliac bone ofthe pelvis to form the sacro-iliac joints. Mostpatients end up at an Osteopath with sacro-iliacmisalignment, herniated discs and of course,pressure of the sciatic nerve which causes sharppains down the leg.

Osteo-arthritis is another very commonfactor of back and hip pain. Most of theseproblems are treatable in my clinic.

Classic examples and symptomsDo you have problems getting out of bed,

straightening up, getting out of a car,bending down to put on your socks and shoes ?Sometimes, these can be disc-related.

At my clinic, the patient is examined andassessed. Soft tissue therapy on the areatogether with classical Osteopathic treatment isprovided which can alleviate the problems andthe pain without too much effort.

Arthritic HipsExtreme pain in both hip joints radiating downthe leg and across the lower back can behelped with my specialized Osteopathic therapywhich can bring instant relief. Arthritis isaggravated by certain foods. Nutritional advicewill also be given for long-term relief.

For further information on Osteopathy andhow it can benefit you, please log in to mywebsite:www.stephen.co.il or feel free to callme 054 4423709.

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A recent patient of mine, age +85 came to me suffering fromextreme back pain, osteoporosis, and spinal stenosis. After anumber of treatments he now says he is feeling 80% betterand without constant pain. Originally he came to me twice aweek and now only once a week.

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Train to Ra’anana

Ever since I made aliyah to Ra’anana in 2001,I have heard of plans for a railway line fromRa’anana to Tel Aviv. I have now looked intothis.

The plan will essentially provideRa’anana with a track that will connect it tothe existing railway infrastructures in KfarSaba and Herzliya.This will involve the layingof 12km of double tracks and the building of2 train stations in Ra’anana.The stations willbe Ra’anana Central (south Ra’anana) andRa’ananaWest (in the direction of Jerusalemstreet).

The commute time will be 11 minutesfrom Ra’anana to Tel Aviv.The Ra’ananamunicipality hopes to initiate the project inthe course of 2010. It anticipates that it willtake 4 years to complete the this project.

Ra’anana plans extensive residentialdevelopments of up to 10,000 newapartments

A number of compelling factors haveled to the planning of up to 10,000additional apartments in Ra’anana by theyear 2025.

The desire to prevent the geographicseparation of young families from parents asa result of supply and pricing has resulted inthe creation Ra’anana Project’s 2014, 2015,and 2016.

Ra’anana Project 2014

In a tribute to the late deputy major ofRa’anana, Uzi Cohen, the Ra’ananaMunicipality plans to create the Neot Uzineighborhood, next to the Lev Haparkneighborhood.

The project will include 380apartments of which 242 will be reserved foryoung families eligible for mortgage benefitsfrom the Housing Ministry.

It is anticipated that apartment pricesin the project will be up to 25% cheaperthen comparable apartments in the openmarket. The plan is pending final approval.


Located between the existing neighborhoodsof Rasko and Kiryat Sharet, this project willcover the construction of approximately3,500 new apartments.

While the master plan includes thehigh-density construction characteristic ofRa’anana over the previous 2 decades, it also

envisions significant quality-of-life urbanplanning.This will include landscaping, parks,pedestrian paths, bike trails and parking areasfor visitors from out of the area.

The average apartment size will be 105sqm, and one third of the apartments will besmall size units of 85 sqm.


This project will consist of 90 apartmentsconstructed on the municipally owned Burlacompound, located in the 2003 area.

Although these apartments will beopen to the general public, Ra’ananaresidents will have first preference.

Prices for these apartments will beabout 22% cheaper then equivalentproperties available on the open market.

The next issue of the East Side Settlerwill include details of additional residentialdevelopments planned by the Ra’ananaMunicipality.

In addition to the real estate projectscovered above, two urban renewal strategieshave been adopted as a means of increasingresidential real estate in Ra’anana .

Tama 38

TAMA 38 is national policy requiring variousresidential apartment buildings to bestrengthened and upgraded againstearthquakes. It also provides residents ofthese buildings with specific additional rightsaimed at encouraging and incentivizing suchupgrades.

Very generally, these incentives wouldallow developers to build additional unitsonto or in these buildings in exchange forproviding upgrades and other improvementsto the building.

Additional improvements may include


East SideEssentialProperty

By Eric Gluch

Settler

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