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Focus on Telfedafter years of sterling service volunteeringin the Telfed office. “On behalf ofthe Telfed family, we thank them for theirwonderful contribution to our activities,”says Telfed Director Sidney Shapiro.At an 86th birthday party held for Simonat Telfed, he spoke to Telfed Magazineabout volunteering on Machal in 1948.“When the war broke out, my brotherand I joined the Hebrew Legion inJohannesburg. going to Bachar’s Farmfor training on weekends.”Then the day came to leave. “Our planestopped for four days in the Sudan where weslept on a boat berthed on the Nile. Beinga Moslem country, we had to be alert. Ifthey discovered we were Jews on the wayto Israel they would likely have attackedus. At night, we had other concerns - mosquitoes!Not sure which was worse.”After landing at a strip “somewhere inthe north of Israel, we were taken toa training camp.” Simon joined the 72Battalion, 7th brigade where he saw actionin the Northern Galilee, “where some ofour boys were killed.” Simon returnedto South Africa and made aliya with hiswife and three children in 1971.Telfed pays respects toMendel KaplanVice-Chairman Dave Bloom representedTelfed and the Southern African communityat Mendel Kaplan‘s funeral inCape Town last November. Bloom wasone of many who flew in from abroadto pay their respects. “The funeral andeulogies reflected Mendel’s larger thanlife personality.”Whilst in Cape Town, Bloom met withJewish communal leaders. At a meetingof the Western Province Zionist Councilwith the Director of the Jewish Agency,Moshe Vigdor, a wide range of subjectswere discussed including the ramificationsof the Goldstone report, groupaliya-flights, and the threat of legal actionagainst South Africans serving inthe IDF (See Cover Story).Telfed Youth Food ProjectIf you are a teenager and would like tostart your own grocery collection projectto help families in need of groceries, Telfedis running training sessions in Ra’anana.This programme is suitable for studentsin high school as part of their volunteercommunity services. Instructions are givenin simple English. Initiated by Telfed,Lev Lara’ev is a non-profit organizationdedicated to collecting groceries for theneedy. For more information, contact MaxGrunberg at max@maxgrunberg.com, or(054)495-3039.Teaching the HolocaustAs part of the compulsory Holocasutstudy (including Tolerance Education) inSouth African schools since 2008, 22 delegates,including principals, rabbis, teachers,librarians and curators, recently attendeda seminar on teaching the Holocaust.“Yad Vashem was impressed with the calibreof the participants, who plan to returnin two years time for the advanced course,”12Telfed staff, (seatedl-r):Tzippy Katz, MichalMer ten, Nava Lapid,Dorron Kline, (standingl-r): Louise Geva,Helayne Shedletzky,Susan Sharon, PinchasMelchior, SharonBernstein, Sid Shapiro,Lena Nulman, ShalomMenashe.Sterling ServiceRetiring Telfed Volunteers(left) Gaby Haimowitz, (right)SimonNowikow
Do you own South African artworks?We are sourcing paintings by South Africanartists, for private clients, such as:Irma Stern,Gerard Sekoto,Jacob Pierneef,AlexisPreller,Wolf Kibel,Cecil Skotnes, Maud Sumner,Christo Coetzee,Walter Battiss,Sidney Kumalo,PeterClarke & othersInterested in evaluating, selling?Please contact us, for discreet handling andprofessional estimates.Marlene Ferrer- Gebo Gallerymobile: (054)462-6039email: harriferrer@gmail.comsaid Dorron Kline, who organised a meetingof the group with Partnership 2000Beit Shemesh. “There was great enthusiasm,”continued Dorron, “to implementpartnership programmes between schoolsin South Africa and Beit Shemesh.”Visiting groupsAs part of Telfed’s efforts to encourageAliya amongst the youth of South Africa,the leaders of SAUJS (South African Unionof Jewish Students) visiting Israel wererecently hosted recently by Telfed. Theylearned of the manifold services providedby the organisation.Telfed arranged a full weekend programmewhich included a Shabbat at hostfamilies in Ra’anana.Telfed Vice Chairman DaveBloom (left) and (seated left)Jewish Agenc y Director MosheVigdor, meet with Cape TownJewish leadership.Holocaust Educationcourse at YadVaShem.Over 90 students fromSouth African schoolstoured Israel in Januar y.Seen here at the IDC,Herzliya.13
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