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PeopleDoctor in the HouseIf anyone needed a doctor on the 9th December at a certainwell-known restaurant in Netanya, they would have had littleproblem. A table of doctors from the WITS Class of ‘49 wouldhave been on hand.They were there celebrating their 60th reunion and in the wordsof Dr. Walter Hatchuel, “my colleagues demonstrated that they allreached the age of dotage and anecdotage,” recounting amusing incidentsat medical school.Attending as a guest wasDr. Alan Nestadt, whoWITS ‘49ReunionsDoctors from WITS Class of ‘49 in Israel.l-r: Rika Hatchuel, Dr Walter Hatchuel, Dr Dov Cohen, Carmel Cohen,Dr Alan Nestadt, Dr. Boz Fehler, Brenda Kaplan, Dr Theo Kaplan, DrLeah Civin, Dr Philip Rosen, Jessie Rosen, Daphne Josmsn, Dr SollyJosman, Dr Uri Milunsky. Seated: Yvette Fehlerqualified two years beforeBoz Fehler, Dov Cohen, Walter Hatchuel, Leah Hyman (nee Civin), SollyJosman, Theo Kaplan, Phil Rosen and Uri Milunsky. If, as Walter says,“We are truly all proud of the heritage passed on to us by the outstandingteachers at WITS,” Israelis can be truly thankful for the monumental contributionSouth African doctors have made to the advancement of medicinein their country.Machon ‘5824We came, we saw, we returnedLast October a group of Southern Hemisphere graduates of the 1958 Lemadrichei ChutzLe’aretz course celebrated the 50th Anniversary since they spent an enriching year inIsrael. Beryl Baleson of Hod Hasharon reports;Represented by Habonim, Bnei Zion, Hashomer Hatzair, Bnei Akiva, Betar and Young Israel,we were the largest group of South African youth movementmadrichim to arrive on the 1958 ‘Machon’ programme.The morning curriculum included Hebrew, the Bible, Zionism, localgeography, sociology of the Jewish people, while in the afternoons,we participated in various “Chugim” such as, arts & crafts,learning to play the “chalil” and choir singing, scouting andIsraeli folk dancing. Our days were full, our minds receptive toall on offer. How we enjoyed every fortnight hiking in variousparts of Israel with the eminent Professor Ze’ev Vilnai. Whatan impression it made visiting Israel’s first kibbutz, ‘DeganiaAleph’, and being addressed by the first “child” born on theKibbutz, who at that time was quite an elderly lady!continued...This picture was taken in February 1958 at the S.A. ZionistFederation Offices, de Villiers Street, Johannesburg, priorto departure for Israel. l-r from back row: row 1 -Marj Rogow,Philip Kaufman, Elmar Oddes; row 2 -??, Ralph Shaskolsky, ErrolHackner; row 3 -Norman Marcus (with jacket) Lazer Choritz,Shalom Zausmer; row 4 -Phyllis Shragger, Annette Goldblatt,Beryl Juter, Doreen Schneider, Pam Koz; row 5 -Jeff Alge ?; row6 -Shirley Hurwitz, Hirsch Sadur, ??, Joe Lucatz (Shaliach)