Carol Novis is a journalist who has written for various publications over many years. She wonders why the ESRA magazine has survived for so long when so many other journals are no longer published. Read the article she wrote in 1991 for the now defunct City Lights.

There are billions of dollars in unclaimed money waiting to be paid out from an American government site on the internet that records these funds that have been abandoned over the years. Some of it may well belong to you.

This book by Hannah Brown is on parenting an autistic child and on her life as a divorced parent. Her latest writings have produced a very moving novel – a fictional account of four women who have autistic children.

Dov Indig, a 22 year-old hesder yeshiva student, was killed in action in the 1973Yom Kippur War. This is a collection of correspondence between him and a high school student from a secular kibbutz.

Tommy Lapid enjoyed life to the full in spite of his early life in Holocaust Europe. A man of contrasts - witty, cultured, outspoken and sometimes loud – and of many parts including having founded a political party. This book written by his son Yair is full of anecdotes about his life. Carol Novis found it a joy to read.

Informative guide to cruising as an alternative holiday choice, covering types of cruises and ships, times to travel, what to expect. Most useful information for any traveler.

Vivian Silver, formerly of Winnipeg now living in the Negev, believes in the inseparable connection between peace and development. As co-director of NISPED, she works to establish a trusting relationship between people of different cultures to achieve success in her endeavors.

A harrowing event experienced by the family of a schizophrenic young man, David’s Story, is written by Jill Sadowsky, and reviewed here by Carol Novis. Ms. Sadowksy describes the feelings of grief, fear, guilt and bewilderment suffered by the family having to deal with this terrible disorder as they try to cure, and ultimately have to live with this complex mental illness.