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Focus on Telfedhat have Southern Africans“Wnot touched and developed?”asks Israel’s 6th State PresidentChaim Herzog, in his forward toTelfed’s 1992 publication ‘70 Years ofSouthern African Aliyah – A Story ofAchievement’. Heanswers: “Theyare agriculturalpioneers in theclassic kibbutzmode and pioneersin industry.They have givenIsrael excellentphysicians andveterinarians.”Not only arethey sportsmenSouthern Africans in Israel (SAII):A Story of Achievement and EnrichmentTelfed initiates an on-line archive of Southern Africans in Israel.President Herzogshaking hands withformer Telfed DirectorSam Levin.Recently in Israel, Eliot Osrin, doyen of the Cape TownJewish community and a recipient of the prestigiousYakir Telfed Award, met with Telfed Chairman, MaishIsaacson and Director Sidney Shapiro where a number ofissues pertaining to the various Trust Funds administeredby Telfed and the welfare of Southern Africans in Israelwere discussed.but “they influence others to engagein sports. They have enriched Israel bytheir concern with the arts, their splendidlyorganized volunteering, and theirinnovations in medical care. Virtuallyevery important aspect of Israeli lifehas benefited from them.”It’s Telfed’s belief that every SouthernAfrican that has settled in Israel has aremarkable history; a tale worth telling- from the young idealists who camein the days of the British Mandate,establishing kibbutzim under rigorousphysical conditionsto the wave afterwave of immigrantswho came, and inwhatever walk oflife, have enrichedthe State of Israel.For this reason, Telfed has initiated aproject to record data of all SouthernAfricans who immigrated to Israelprior to and after the founding of theState. The project’s convenor, formerTelfed Chairman Hertzel Katz, hasassembled a committee of well knownSouthern Africans in the communitywith the aim of creating an on-linedatabase of all Southern Africans whocame on aliya.See enclosed questionnaire and covering letter.Telfed’s Hot New Project!Southern Africans in Israel (SAII)A-Team - Online Archive Committeeback row (l-r): Ian Rogow, LaraGreenberg, Lindsay Talmud, AnnetteMilliner-Giladi, Merle Guttmann.front row: Sidney Shapiro, HertzelKatz, Maurice Ostroff.Committee members not appearingin photo: Meera Jacobson, MauriceRogev, Ralph Lanesman, MaishIsaacson (ex-officio).Meet theTelfed Staff4 5DirectorateSidney ShapiroTelfed Director. Coordinates all theactivities and services of Telfedtowards achieving its vision andfinancial objectives. Liaises betweenthe multifarious components oft h e o rg a n i z at i o n , e n s u r i n g aharmonious atmosphere for efficient and pleasantworking relationships. He is ultimately responsible forthe strategic planning of the organization, as well asdeveloping programmes and services for the benefit andwellbeing of the Southern African community in Israel.(09)7907 802 / sidney@telfed.org.ilNava LapidFinancial and Administrative Directorof Telfed. Responsible for allbookkeeping systems, relationshipswith banks, financial reports andannual financial statements, theannual budget and control of the budget, investments,legal matters, ensures the compliancy regulations withthe Israeli authorities, responsible for staff matters andfor office affairs. (09)7907 803 / nava@telfed.org.ilDorron KlineTelfed’s Deputy Direc tor and incharge of Telfed’s Aliya and Klitaservices; coordinates the activitiesof the Telfed Regional Committees;oversees Telfed’s activities withother immigrant organisations andis responsible for Telfed’s public relations and fundraisingactivities. (09)7907 818 / dorron@telfed.org.ilAliya and Klita DivisionLouise GevaTelfed’s social worker in chargeof professional counselling fornew and veteran Olim and theadministration of the Loans andAssistance Committee.(09)7907 821/Fax: 7907816/louise@telfed.org.ilSharonBernsteinAdministrative assistant to Director,Executive and Management committees;Employment advisor; Keren Telfeddonations; Front desk; Secretary -Media committee; Proofreader- Telfed magazine (09)7907 801 / sharon@telfed.org.ilSusan SharonAliya and Klita advisor for both preandpost-Aliyah; administrator ofthe “Endowments and ScholarshipsCommittee” and Telfed’s TrustFunds. (09)7907 804 / susan@telfed.org.ilYael Biram-MalachS o c i a l w o r k e r w h o h e a d s a n dcoordinates Telfed’s PRAS studentc o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e s c h o l a r s h i pp r o g r a m m e . ( 0 9 ) 7 9 0 7 8 1 9 /y a e l @ t e l f e d . o r g . i l ( S u n -T h u r s8 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0 )Accounts DepartmentHelayneShedletzkyTelfed’s bookkeeper, responsible fordaily bookkeeping, preparationof receipts and bank deposits,journal entries/bank reconciliations, cheques to vendors andpreparation of trial balances and working papers for annualfinancial audit. (09)7907 820 / helayne@telfed.org.ilGerald WolmanResponsible for maintaining the booksof Keren Telfed, Isrentco and Telfed’smajor Trust Funds, and processingcredit card payments. (09)7907 207/ gerald@telfed.org.il (Sun-Thurs8:00–13:00)Michal MertenTelfed Magazine production andpayments, including subscriptionsand payments from advertisers;administrative assistant to Telfed’sFinancial Director and in charge ofTelfed’s database. (09)7907 808 /michal@telfed.org.il(Sun-Thurs 8:00-13:00)ISRENTCOPinchas Melchiormanages Telfed’s rental housingcompany “Isrentco” and administersits three buildings (containing 94apartments) in Tel Aviv and Ra’anana.(09)7907 806 / isrentco@telfed.org.il(Mon-Thurs 8:00-13:00)Shalom MenasheTelfed’s handyman - responsible forpainting, electrical and plumbing repairsto Telfed’s three buildings.Eli‘sTaxi Service• Experienced New Yorkcabbie•Native English-speaker•Serving the Sharon area•Passengers or parcels allover Israel•25 years of drivingexperience•Polite and reliable service•24 hours a day•Specializing in airportservice (includinggreeting arriving guests)•Only non-smoking, new,air-conditioned taxis•Advance reservationsavailable by mail or phoneEli:050-8697093elitaxi1@bezeqint.net

Focus on TelfedIn thehot spot‘The Winds of Change’ are blowing through thecorridors at 48 King George Street, JerusalemFollowing in the footsteps of formerSouthern Africans holding leadershippositions in the Jewish Agencyfor Israel (JAFI) – Louis Pincus,Executive Chairman (1965-1973),Raphael Kotlowitz Chairman of theAliya and Klita Department (1978-1983)and Mendel Kaplan, Chairman of theBoard of Governors (1987-1995) – inMarch 2010, Alan Hoffmann becamethe first Southern African appointed theorganisation’s Director-General.Since his aliya from Johannesburgin 1967, Alan has been active in promotingJewish Education. A graduateof Harvard, he spent 13 years at theMelton Centre for Jewish Educationat the Hebrew University, includingsix years as its director. Subsequently,he served as the Executive Directorof the Council for Initiatives in JewishEducation in New York and in 1997 wasnamed the head of the Mandel Centerfor Jewish Continuity at the HebrewUniversity. In 2000, Alan became theDirector General of the EducationDepartment of the Jewish Agency, aposition he held until his new appointmentin March.As JAFI’s new Director General, Alannot only has overall responsibility for itsworldwide operations but is responsiblefor developing a new ‘Strategic Plan’that is set to dramatically change theorganization. After recently addressingTelfed’s Executive Council in Ra’anana,Alan spoke to Telfed Magazine’s editor,David Kaplan:During your tenure as Director General of JAFI’sEducation Department, what were some of themajor highlights?One of the most important achievementswas creating ‘MASA’ (IsraelJourney) with Prime Minister ArielSharon. The goal was ambitious - to attractone out of four young Jews, thatis, 25% of the total world Jewish studentpopulation, to spend a semesterto a year in Israel. We began six yearsago with 3000 participants, mostly orthodox.This year we will have over11,000, mostly non-orthodox and I anticipatethat within 10 years, we willhave achieved our goal. This will havea transformative effect in the sense ofhow young Jews all over the world relateto Israel.We have already seen that 10% ofMASA participants return to Israelwithin a year of their returning home.Although created to strengthen Jewishlife and Jewish leadership in the Diaspora,MASA may well prove the most significanttrigger for future aliya.Secondly, a large part of our work focusedon the former Soviet Union - notso much on aliya - but in strengtheningthe connection of young Jews throughoutthis vast area to Israel. This weachieved by annually attracting 30,000to attend ulpanim, 10,000 to summercamps and creating a network of JewishDay Schools and youth clubs.A third major area of the work of theEducation Department was in counteringthe weakening of the connectionof young Jews in the western Taking world greater than the parent, hence we havea stroll on Rothschild.to Israel. To reach this age group, wesend ‘Young Shlichim’ (also the nameof the project) abroad. Graduates ofthe IDF, and highly motivated, 1500 ofthese young emissaries participate eachyear in Jewish summer camps across theworld, including South Africa.Another crucial sector where theAgency has become pro-active is in oursupport for the embattled Jewish studentson campuses in the USA where thereis so much hostile anti-Israel activity.We will be sending in this coming year,forty shlichim to these campuses.Are they equipped to take on such a tough task?They are making a major impact, hencethe need to expand this project. Our goalis to send 100 top calibre emissaries to100 universities throughout the world,which have the largest concentration ofJewish students.There has been much coverage in the media ofthe Jewish Agency going through enormouschange. What has significantly changed in theJewish world that made JAFI see the need torespond?Number one, the very legitimacy ofIsrael has been called into question.This new phenomenon is underminingthe commitment to Israel of youngJews today. More distant from the iconicepochs of modern Jewish history,they are less emotively connected andhence more susceptible to the demonizingand delegitimizing assaults on theJewish State.Secondly, with less funds coming infrom the campaigns, a trend that beganeven before the world economic meltdownin 2008, the old formula, whereJews in the Diaspora pay to vicariouslybuild the land and State of Israel haschanged. Six decades removed from independence,Israel (the child) is stronger,more robust and demographicallydevised new paradigms of partnership,where each – Israel and the Jewish communitiesin the Diaspora - contributesto the other in a more symbiotic relationship.Partnership 2000 (P2K) is anexample of this.A third development is the increasingpartnership of the Israeli government.To preserve the uniqueness of the Jewishpeople with Israel as its epicenter is noless an existential issue than protectingour borders - hence the government’sfinancial participation in massively expensiveprojects like Taglit-Birthrightand MASA. For Israel to invest in theDiaspora, rather than the other wayaround is a relatively new development.A major challenge remains the veryhigh rates of intermarriage coupledwith lower birthrates - a deadly combinationfor Jewish continuity.This is the context in which the JewishAgency has had to rethink - not its mission- but how to strategically and organisationallyconfront new challenges.Will this translate into a new reallocation ofresources?Yes. The Jewish Agency of the futurewill allocate far more of its resourcesinto watering and fertilising the treerather than into harvesting its fruitin the belief that this will rejuvenateJewish communities in their connectionto Israel. Down the road this will encourageand increase aliya. Our core missionremains intact; our methodologiesto reach those aims are changing.How different will JAFI look structurally?Alan Hoffmann,Director-General ofthe Jewish AgencyIn order to meet these new challenges,some or all of the old departmentsmay give wayto a more pragmaticand integrated architecturethat best suitsthe new strategic direction.As this is still‘Under Construction’, Idon’t want to be more specific.How will JAFI’s Israel Centre in South Africa andwhich Telfed was so instrumental in creating,feature in the emerging new structure?We are very happy with the IsraelCentre. In fact, it has been a huge successstory. South Africa was one of thefirst countries where JAFI experimentedwith a structure that integrated aliyapromotion, aliya processing and education,all in one. This precedes themajor structural changes that are totake place in JAFI over the next yearand provides an example – albeit a micro-example- of a working model forthe fashioning of the Jewish Agencyof the future.In pursuance of JAFI’s new vision, what role doyou see the immigrant organizations like Telfedplaying in the future?They remain as important as ever, tosupport the successful absorption of newimmigrants. With an anticipated increasein aliya, their services are going to beeven more in need. Telfed is recognizedas one of the strongest immigrant organizationsand explains why its expertise is sooften sought by other organizations.What is the status of immigration generally?A compilation of factors are leadingto an increase in aliya - up by 18% fora second year in a row – which will includethe final chapter in the saga ofaliya from Ethiopia.Regarding the increase of westernaliya, firstly, JAFI has initiated new initiativestargeting specific categories ofolim. An example would be our specialprogramme for doctors.Secondly, the process of aliya haschanged. Today, technology is replacingold methodologies. Our engagement withpotential olim can be done through ourstate-of-the-art Jewish Agency GlobalCenter which is manned 24 hours a day,in 25 languages. A person in many partsof the world can call a local numberand speak to someone in their own languagewho is sitting in Jerusalem. Thisstreamlining of the process of aliya isdefinitely a major achievement contributingto the increase.Thirdly, Israel’s robust economy isattracting immigrants from countrieswho are apprehensive about their owneconomies.Fourthly, our data shows that moreand more people are making aliya becausethey are concerned about Jewishidentity for themselves and their children,particularly in societies whereJewish communities are feeling on thedefensive. France is an example - 2,200this year, up from 1780 the previousyear. There has also been an increasefrom Belgium, Italy and Switzerland,commensurate with increases there inanti-Semitism. While we have also seenincreases from Latin America, SouthAfrica is a little down from last yearbut by year’s end, may well remain atits current annual level.The point about South Africa, aliyacycles fluctuate depending on situationsboth in Israel and in South Africa.Fortunately, over the last eight yearsor so, we have had the Israel Centre inplace to help tilt Jewish emigration tofly out - metaphorically speaking – onEl Al rather than Quantas. •6

Focus on TelfedTake Care“We in Israel must be thankful for ournational health system which by lawlooks after every one of Israel’s citizens.It provides a level of affordable care thatis the envy of countries worldwide,”Dr. Rosen of the Maccabi Health Fundtold an audience of Southern Africansat Telfed Moadon Le’Oleh in SchwartzStreet, Ra’anana. Part of a series on the“Essentials of Absorption”, this lecturetitled, “Is there a doctor in the house?”dealt with the health cover provided byall four Health Funds – Clalit, Leumit,Maccabi and Meuchedet.This followed a lecture on Bituach Leumi– Israel’s National Insurance focussingon eligibility for pensions, unemploymentbenefits and sick leave paymentsmade by the National Insurance.Susan Sharon, Telfed’s Klita Counsellorand initiator of the programme, saidthat “we intend to take to the road andprovide these important lectures to ourSouthern African Olim communities inother centres around Israel. Keep an eyeon the Telfed newsletters,website or facebookpage for information about ourupcoming public lecture at the end ofOctober 2010.”Bright SparkAs part of the continued cooperationwith the South African ZionistFederation in South Africa and theIsrael Centre, Telfed’s deputy director,Dorron Kline was brought out toJohannesburg to assist with the planningand running of the finals of theannual “Israel Quiz” and to act as thequiz master.Building BridgesExtending her ambit of activities,Telfed has become active in Partnership2000 (P2K), the Jewish Agency programmethat partners communities inIsrael with those in the Diaspora. Theaim is to strengthen the connection betweenIsraelis and their brethren overseasthrough visits and joint educationaland cultural programmes.Mickey Blumberg, who had beenthe Director of the South Africa/Washington partnership with BeitShemesh/Mateh Yehuda region, is todayTelfed’s volunteer in this programmeworking together with Dorron Kline,Telfed’s Deputy Director.In August, a delegation of five educators,including Howie Gordon fromKibbutz Tzora visited South Africa.The purpose of this delegation “wasone of peoplehood and identity,” explainsHowie, Living Bridge Coordinator.“We met with the principal and staffof the King David Linksfield PrimarySchool which is twinning with HartuvElementary School, and the principal andstaff of Herzilya Middle School which istwinning with the Ein Kerem Junior High.Fifteen participants from the JewishDay Schools in Johannesburg, Cape Townand Port Elizabeth made it through tothe final round which consisted of writtenand oral components, combiningaudio visual and “rapid fire” questionsrelating to the history and accomplishmentsof modern Zionism. The winnerby only one point, Shira Amar ofYeshiva College received a trip to Israelsponsored by El Al. continued on page 10KosherMEATLAND SUPERSTOREthe “MEATING” place for more than just real meatNewly arrived from South AfricaYour all-time favouritesMarmite, Appeltizer, Five Roses Tea (50 & 200 bags) & Provita (whole-wheat)כשרLa’Briut: An new olah from Haifa, inanimated conversation with Zvika Sissmanof the Maccabi Health Fund.Living BridgeCoordinator, HowieGordon (centre) fromKibbutz Tzora with adelegation of Israelieducators in Cape TownDiarise our 12th Birthday Celebratory Sale starting on the 10thDecember and running through until the end of December 2010 or while stocks last.8The Strongest Link: Shira Amarreceiving the first prize trophy inthe Israel Quiz from Dorron Klineand the Israeli Ambassador to SouthAfrica, Dov Segev-Steinberg.Reaching Out: above: Telfed’s Deputy Director (farright) heading the P2K mission from Beit Shemesh/Mateh Yehuda to South Africa, visit Alexandratownship together with “Ma’Afrika Tikkun,” a localJewish organisation.1 Bar Ilan StreetCorner Ahuza, Traffic light no. 8RaananaTEL: 09-7410881FAX: 09-7423142

10Focus on TelfedThroughout the year, the schools havebeen working on educational projectstogether. ”Leaving his “Mark”Telfed wishes a hearty Mazeltov toBarney Mark of Beth Protea, a devotedTelfed volunteer for many decades,on the occasion of his 91st birthday.A past member of Telfed’s Tel AvivRegional Committee and the IsrentcoBoard, Barney served as a field workervisiting new olim in the mid-1970s.More recently, he established theTelfed Volunteer of the Year Awardin the name of his family which hashonoured eight outstanding recipientsfor their superlative voluntary work inIsraeli society.In addition, he has been involved innumerous Zionist causes in Israel andin the Israel BowlsAssociation.Barney Mark,with daughterRos Diamond andHertzel Katz.L a s t y e a r ,Barney celebratedhis 90th, in theUSA and made apoint of visitingthe White House.Unfortunately, histiming was notStudent recipients of Telfed PRAS scholarship,will volunteer a period of their time to work inthe Southern African community such as offeringcompanionship to aging adults to helping childrenwith their school work. Or Cohen, a student (r)with Yael Malach, Telfed’s PRAS Coordinator.right and he did not manage to meetObama to discuss certain issues onhis mind!Thank You Telfed!Telfed recently received the following twoletters: one from an appreciative motherwhose five children were awarded Telfedscholarships; and the other from a familywhose aliyah was eased with the help ofTelfed professionals.Telfed Sponsors a Brighter FutureDear Telfed,Following on from the uplifting articleon Telfed’s scholarship programmein Telfed Magazine (36 no 2), I’m writingto share the academic success of mykids, much of it due to Telfed’s generoussupport.My daughter A has graduated in archaeologyand is working at an archeologicaldig while saving in orderto pursue her studies. My daughter B,recently married, is in her second yearof Social Work and works to help paytowards her tuition. My daughter C alsomarried and now with a baby, is in herfinal year of graphics and teaching inJerusalem. My eldest works as an industrialdesigner. He was chosen as thebest student in his year at university, aswell as one of the top 10 young designersin his field.I truly hope, with G-d’s help, that mychildren and I will one day be able tocontribute to both Telfed and societyin return for all the kindness we havereceived from you. We would neverhave come this far without your helpand support.Name withheldTough Journey EasedDear Telfed,Thank you Telfed for guiding our familyand making our difficult journey alittle easier.Firstly, the Chairman, Maish Isaacsonfor personally contacting us, and directingus who to approach for what.He was most understanding as wasthe Director, Sidney Shapiro who satpatiently listening to our troubles. Hesaid he’d do what he could from his sideto help and he did.I also want to thank Louise Geva.From the beginning of our troubleswhich started two years ago, she hasbeen there for us - her professionalism,soft voice and kind manners.Last, but by no means least, I thankPinchas Melchior and ISRENTCOfor quickly finding us a suitableapartment.To all at Telfed, we continue our toughjourney but knowing that you are withus, provides us with hope and a feelingof security.Name withheld[Ed note: These are two of the many lettersthat Telfed receives from those whohave received assistance.]AmnonPlumber•Expert in locatingand repairing leaks•Bathroom renovationsTHINKING OF TRAVELLING?Contact IAN WALDBAUM Tel. 09-7744235 day or night for efficient service andpersonal help in your home. Tickets will be delivered to you.16-day English-speaking organised tour South Africa, Feb-March 2011. 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REGIONALTelfedROUNDUPNetanyaNetanya Gets Around. Travel guide Iris Spero(centre) taking a group of Southern Africansfrom Netanya on a tour of Jerusalem. 38 degreesin the heat, did not deter this hardy bunch.Telfed Connects with Youth MovementTwelve Bnei Akiva Tafnit one-year programme participantswere welcomed at Telfed where they were met by staffand volunteers, led by the chairman, Maish Isaacson whoexpressed that he was looking “at future leaders andolim.” They watched a presentation by Deputy DirectorDorron Kline outlining Telfed’s extensive services, notably- scholarships for students and job placements.Former Capetonian Trevor Shaff (bottom centre) was electedchairman at the AGM of Modiin, whose Southern Africancommunity has grown to over 200. Included in the large turnout,were recent olim who arrived on the group flight in September.Modi’inGushEtzionUnder the Judean sun: Organised by the Regional Committeeunder the Chairmanship of Yoana Yehuda, some 75 formerSouthern Africans went on a guided tour of the excavatedancient city and synagogue of Sussiya followed by a lekkerrrBoerewors, pap-‘n-sous in the succa. Telfed’s Deputy DirectorDorron Kline spoke on the influx of Jews from South Africaand showed a short video highlighting Telfed’s efforts onbehalf of the aliya from South Africa.Kfar SabaAwareness Saves Lives. Telfed Kfar Saba cooperates with themunicipality and other organizations in joint projects andactivities. Seen here are Sue Joffe and Toni Milliner raising moneyduring Cancer Week. “We organized some 22 Southern AfricanTelfed volunteers to man tables at both shopping malls in KfarSaba for the week,” says Committee Chairperson, Janine Gelley.Telfed Tucks InI D C ,H e r z l i y aRishon LeZionTheNorth12Summer Breeze. Marcele Resnik receiving herBingo prize from Telfed Rishon Le’Zion RegionalCommittee Chairperson Beryl Schmidt at the wellattended BBQ/Bingo event Telfed co-hosted withOhel Avraham and Sarah JCC and Synagogue. “Considering the summerheat, there was no better prize than a fan!” exclaimed winner Marcele.The launch of the ESRA Cinema Club was organized by HenriettaWolffe-David (originally from Cape Town, now resident in Rishon)and supported by the Telfed Rishon LeZion Regional Committee.far left: Many South Africans came from outside Rishon; seen hereare Benny Raphael, Edie and Harold Kaufman and Toni Milliner.left: Henrietta, the film director, Dali Kinor who spoke about herfilm following its showing and Beryl Schmidt, Chairperson of TelfedRishon Lezion.Dave Bloom, vice-chairman of Telfed presented a lecture on ‘South AfricanZionism - Past, Present and Future’ to the annual gathering of formermembers of Southern African Habonim attending the Dudi Silbowitz & NielFreed Memorial Day. Also attending were the ‘Shnaties’, Habonim membersfrom South Africa on the year programme who are seen (above) withTelfed editor Dave Kaplan (left) and Dave Bloom.Below: Arnie Friedman, who annually organises the memorial ceremony(top left) with the chevre.“OVER 60” the announcement was made, a reference to thewhopping number of Southern African students currently studyingat the IDC, Herzliya. “There are now more SA students at the‘IDC’ than at any other university in Israel,” announced JonathanDavis, Head of the Recanati International School. Celebratingthis remarkable achievement and gearing up for an even moreimpressive future, the leadership and staff of Telfed and the IDCInternational School, joined some forty South African students for ascrumptious breakfast on the cafeteria’s shaded patio. “We must dothis more often,” quipped an appreciative student.It was an inspiring morning where Telfed spoke of its services tostudents while the students related their experiences at the IDC.One young fellow from Johannesburg expressed; “I was not surewhere I was going to study until following an invitation to the visitthe campus I saw this sea of the most beautiful women in my life.”These photos attest to his astute observation.

New ArrivalsTwo members of Habonimhave made aliya in time tobegin the academic year.Karla Green (l) is studyingfor her Masters in GenderStudies at Tel Aviv Universitywhile Kayda Prodgers (r) isin first year at the Schoolof Government & Diplomacy at the IDC, Herzliya.Says Karla, “Connected to my work I plan to spendtime supporting joint peace initiatives in Israel andPalestine.”Mikael Hanan is studyingfor an MBA at Tel AvivUniversity. After makingaliya a few years ago , “Ireturned to SA, and nowI’m back - Aliya bet!”Sian Pearson and son waiting to receive their IDdocuments at a ceremony at the Wall“Yesterday I was a SouthAfrican; today I am anIsraeli.” Terry Edmundsproudly flashing her new IDdocumentService like nowhere else. Mona Berman (right)meeting a representative from a Health Fund.Cape TownBergnninghaus, Jean and Nicole,SantannaHayon, Jolleen and Aharon,Yosef, GiladPearson, Sian and James, DanteSaban, LindaCheifitz, PaulDallas, ClaytonBergmann, DavidJohannesburgBerman, MonaBernstein, Joss and Ronell,Nissim, ShalhevetBraude, SandraCharnas, AdamEdmunds, TerriEndlin, MiltonEsekow, Jeremy,Aliya, Mikaela, Barak, RafaelFisher, Errol and Vanessa,Maeghan, AmyFreedman, David and AnneFriedman, StanleyGarb, DarylGordon, SamaraGottlieb, Larry and Mandi,Borgan, KendraGreenblatt, Yael and Shimon,Eitan, OraHurwitz, JodiJacobson. Joel and Gila,Ora-Lee, Arella, ShalevKanarek, GulLaser, CyrilLevin, LarryLevy, DavidLevy, Mandy, Norieel, MirellaLevy, Tamir and Esti,Daniel, Ariel, ElianaMalin, DanielaMichal, AnnieMoore, Adrianne and Nicholas,Daniel, Keenan, IlanPatley, Daniel and Michelle,Limor, Nama,ShaynaRomain, Marc and Hedi,Batya, AshiraRudolph, Harold and RivaRyba, DavidSamuelson, DarrenShimron, AudreyShub, LorelleSilber, HaroldStrauss, GlenysStrul, RachaelWolman, GavinMembers of Habonimwalking through thestreets of PE in the1930sSpotlight on PEDear Editor,I support Taube Dorfan’s assertionsin her letter in Telfed (36 no 2). I toogrew up in Port Elizabeth, and mytwo sisters and I attended that veryHebrew School on Clevedon Road.The Principal was Mr. Goodman, ourteachers were Reverend Klaff, Mrs.Davidson and Mrs. Rose Lipschitz.I have copies of the Speech Day& Concert Prize-giving programmesfrom 1948 and 1952. There wereHannukah concerts, Israeli folk dancingand plays, followed by the presentationof prizes & scholarships.These concerts were the highlightof the year.Incidentally, Port Elizabeth had athriving and active Yiddish community,and a national YiddishCultural Society was established inMay 1947. Taube Dorfans’ late father,Louis Leibowitz and my late father,Jack Raphael became active membersof the Yiddish Theatre group. Forreference, see: “From a land far Off ”,a selection of South African YiddishStories, edited by Joseph Sherman,with a foreword by Dan Jacobson.The P.E. Jewish community was indeeda very special one. Betar, BneiAkivah & Habonim were very activeas was the Zionist Youth council. ForRaleigh Street Shul in Port Elizabeth whereBenny Raphael had his Bar Mitzvah. It has beendeclared a national monument and today housesa museum of the history of Port Elizabeth Jewrya number of years, the mayors of P.E.were notable Jewish leaders. Nameswhich come to mind from my dayare Adolph Schauder, Louis Dubb,Alfie Markman and later Solly Rubin.These four were household namesand townships and areas were namedafter them.Another pillar in the communitywas Reverend Abraham Levy ofthe Western Road Shul. The presentAbraham Levy Centre & Shul is namedafter him. His eldest son, Denzil, anoted architect and in his 90’s, is stillan active member of the depletedcommunity.The Raleigh Street Shul today is aNational Monument and houses a museumof the history of P.E.Benny Raphael, Tel AvivHeartwarmingDear Editor,In the August 2010 edition, ProfessorMonty Zion writes about the influenceSouth African doctors have hadon Cardiology and Cardiac Surgeryin Israel.This brings back memories of an appointmentI had with Sir Russel Brock,(Later Lord Brock of Wimbledon), in1958. My late father had presented apaper at a medical conference in EastLondon, whereafter I was examinedby Sir Russel.When my father askedIn the Mail“him if I should be sent to London tobe operated on, he replied that “witha Cardiologist like Dr. Zion and aSurgeon like Dr. David Adler,” myfather should only take me to Londonif he had money to waste.This was the calibre of only two ofthe many great heart specialists thatleft South Africa and enriched thefield of medicine in Israel and gaveme the ability to enjoy my squash andsix grandchildren.Thank you again Prof. Zion.Tzemach Bloomberg[Editor’s note. The Bloomberg familyis synonymous with the history and promotionof squash in Israel.]Telfeds New LookDear Editor and the Telfed TeamCongratulations on a really superbnew magazine! 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FeatureWhile much of the political discourse nowadays is on how Israelis and Palestinians can reach a peacefulaccommodation within the model of the ‘Two-State solution’, former South African Jerrold Kessel andhis colleague Pierre Klochendler are more preoccupied with finding a solution within the current ‘one’state - that is, of how Jews and Arabs can live together in a more harmonious, integrated Israel.“The Sakhnin Challenge”by David KaplanFIELD OF DREAMSJerrold, who immigrated to Israelfrom Johannesburg in 1962 wasCNN’s Jerusalem anchorman from thepre-First Gulf War to post Second GulfWar or, as he describes it, “From war towar with two intifadas and the RabinPeace Process sandwiched between.”All action-packed but in his latest collaborativebook, Goals for Galilee, publishedin the UK in 2010 by JR Books,it is the action on and off soccer fieldsthat the co-writers cover in exploringthe nature of the relationship betweenJews and Arabs in Israel.Sakhnin intransition: Fromobscurity tointernationallimelight.playing midfield in Israel’s nationalsquad, scored a last minute magicalequalizer against Ireland, keeping thenation’s 2006 World Cup dreams alive.The goal sparked national delirium andovernight, an Arab was transformedinto a national hero.Israel in the end did not qualify forthe World Cup, but the failed realizationof that dream is not what Jerroldlaments. It was the cessation of Jewsand Arabs cheering together when thegoals were not being scored.Jerrold Kessel &Pierre Klochendlerbroadcasting live. “Wefelt we were reportingon so much more thana football match.”The heroes of the book are BneiSakhnin (Sons of Sakhnin), a footballclub based in the Arab Galilee town ofSakhnin and its former captain, AbbasSuan. Against all odds, the club won theIsrael’s State Cup in 2004, becoming thefirst Arab club to do so after beatingHapoel Haifa 4-1. Following this monumentalwin, the club was Israel’s UEFACup entrant the following year.18No less sensational was when Abbas,Jerrold Kessel speaks toTelfed Magazine:What attracted you to the story?We literally had our eye on the ballwatching the progress of this underfunded‘Cinderella’ club. The team hadno proper training field and, for years,no proper stadium. What chance didthey have? The mix of Jews and Arabsplaying in the same team, with a Jewishcoach and based in a dusty little Arabvillage where the roads were not allpaved was for us, as journalists whoPlaying Ball togetherArabs waving the Israeli flagas Abbas Suan scores matchsaving goal and emerges ‘Heroof Israel’.2010 publication of Kessel and Klochendler’s,“Goals for Galilee.”continued on next page

Feature20had been covering the Arab communityfor many years, irresistible. Thiswas an emotionally-charged joint ventureof Jews and Arabs – not somethingcommercial, tucked away in the unreadsections of the press. Emblazoned in allthe media - national and international -Jewish and Arab Israelis were cheeringtogether, aspiring for the same ‘goals’.It reached a crescendo with the Israelversus Ireland match when Sakhnins’captain, Abbas, scored a life-saving goalin the twilight moment of the game.That one kick transformed him into anational hero. The sight of thousandsof cheering Arabs waving Israeli flags,made even cynical political observers ofthe Middle East do a double take.Could a game of football achieve whatIsraeli politicians had failed to deliver– a truly integrated society? Did you seefootball as a metaphor for a no less seriousgame in play?Certainly. As one of the players expressedto me in football parlance:“We want to be in the centre of thenational pitch, no longer shunted beyondthe touch lines as we have alwaysbeen.”He was saying essentially that theArab community, which is not going toabandon its history, their people or theiraffiliations with fellow Palestinians andArabs elsewhere, accepts that they areIsraeli. They are not out to unravel whathappened in 1948. All they demand isthat they be accepted as equal citizens.Their demand is simple - that everyonecheering in the stands enjoys fullequality, equal opportunity and legitimacyafter they leave the stands. Thiswas the challenge thrown down by BneiSakhnin and it was made on a differentturf – through soccer not politics.The challenge is hardly new. How was itreceived?This time it came from a positionof confidence, emboldened by success.“After all, we won the Israel Cup. We arethe champions. You cannot any longershunt us aside. We are an integral partin the fabric of this society. Accept usas equals, as Arab Israelis.” There wasnone of the aggression and abrasivenessthat Jewish Israelis identify withArab politicians or fiery Imams whoare locked into the narrative of havinglost the ‘1948 game’ and demandinga replay. These were ordinary ArabIsraelis, who recognize they are living ina Jewish State, but want to be acceptedas a legitimate minority with full rightsand opportunities.The ‘Sakhnin challenge’ was not onlya challenge to Jewish Israelis but alsoto the rest of Arab Israelis, particularlythe political establishment of the Arabcommunity as well as saying to the Araband Jewish worlds: “Listen, we cannotbe ignored. We are 20% of this societyand we want to be accepted.”How is this challenge resonating today, notonly with Jews but also with the Arabs?Well, since that transformative season,we have had wars in Lebanon andin Gaza, failed peace and that terribleincident where an AWOL Jewish soldier,opened fire in a bus in the Arab town ofShfaram, killing four people. So, it hasnot been easy but the challenge remainsand Jewish Israelis need to meet it. Letme indicate how far we have come by ananecdote covered in our book.There was this proud Arab nationalistfrom Sakhnin - also an ardent soccerfanatic - who went to the Israel/Irelandmatch. He had never before been to watchIsrael play but was making an exceptiononly because his football idol Abbas wasplaying. He tried to find a seat where theIrish supporters were sitting to avoid‘Praise be the Lord’, Bnei Sakhnin’s Jewishcoach looking thankfully towards the heavens.Suspense in the stands.Abbas Suan, Israel midfielder: “They try toput me in one group, but I represent both.”sitting next to Jewish Israelis but wastold all those rows were reserved. Sohe took his chances in the stands andsat with everyone around him draped inblue and white. All throughout the game- while the spectators were shouting“Israel, Israel” - this guy was bellowingeven louder: “Abbas, Abbas.” Althoughrooting for the same side, there was amini-battle going on.And then Abbas scores his magicalgoal.All of a sudden, “These Jewish guyshauled me aloft as if I had scored thegoal.” Suddenly, this Arab nationalistgets totally blown away with emotion.All the way home, at every traffic lighten route to Sakhnin, he screams out thewindow, “Abbas, Abbas”. In effect, he waspublically delighting in Israel’s triumph.The most telling moment was when hewoke the next morning, having collapsedon his bed and found he was still drapedwith the blue and white Israeli flag. Hewould never have carried an Israeli flagand here he was, quite literally, “sleepingwith the enemy’.It had been a historic day.A Bnei Sakhnin official reflecting on thesuccess proclaimed, “Come to Sakhninand see how Jews and Muslims live together,drink and eat together and playtogether.”There was euphoria; so much expectation!For that brief moment in March,Abbas Suan achieved what politiciansin more than half a century had not– he united the Jewish and Arab citizensof Israel.What about the day after the day after?Well, how can we forget! Two weekslater Sakhnin played Beitar Yerushalayimin Jerusalem. Their fans unfurled a giantbanner that proclaimed, ‘Suan, youare not one of us’, accompanied by racistverbiage, the total antithesis of the‘Sakhnin Challenge’. Yet Suan—whosupports a Palestinian state and the restitutionof land and homes lost whenIsrael was founded, including his family’shome which I visited with him nearBeit She’an, was unfazed by such slurs.“I ignore them,” said the Bnei Sakhnincaptain who would later that year benominated as a Time, ‘Man of the Year’.“They’re not worth my attention.”Abbas saw himself as someone outto fashion a more enlightened future.Apart from Israel reaching the WorldCup, his dream was for all the people inIsrael to live together in peace. “Theytry to put me in one group, but I representboth.”So was the season of 2004-2005 anephemeral ‘Camelot’ moment?Even though those magical triumphson the soccer pitch have passed, thechallenge remains. We are yet, as theJewish majority, to embrace the spiritof Sakhnin beyond the soccer field.You know, there is total equality inIsraeli soccer. The Arabs will be thefirst to admit it. Walid Badir, an Arab,is today captain of Hapoel Tel Aviv.However, when the 90 minutes areup, that equality, that acceptance, doesnot leave the stadium gates. If ‘JewishIsrael’ does not make the effort to understandwhat Arabs want, Sakhnin canwin ten championships, it won’t do anygood. As a Sakhnin resident expressedto me, “Israelis today know the world.They visit the most faraway places inSouth America and the Far East butthey don’t come here and they don’tknow us.” And it’s true – Jewish Israelisdo not know Arab Israelis. And I don’twant to say they don’t want to knowbut maybe are little afraid to even try.My hope is that we begin to make theeffort; to reach out. We will discover apeople not in the image that we sometimesimagine, shaped by the rhetoric oftheir public figures. But we must beginthe process and I hope that our ‘Goalsfor Galilee’ will encourage us to startthe journey.‘The Big Match’ is awaiting kickoff.•Leaving the interview, the writer was leftwith an image of Abbas, not the politician,but the footballer. Abbas Suan is in his striderunning towards the goal, towards a placein history, towards hope. •A Goalden MomentCape Town-born Rael Kaplan from MoshavYodfat (near Sakhnin) attended the 2004 matchin Ramat Gan when Bnei Sakhnin won the IsraelCup. “After the match we raced back and wentstraight to Sakhnin to be there when the teamreturned. It was late at night but few people hadgone to bed. The residents were pouring out ontothe streets - car hooters were blaring and peopleof all ages were singing and shouting in thestreets. And then the team arrived a little aftermidnight and the people went crazy. It was awonderful feeling – seeing Jews and Arabs rejoicingtogether.”

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26Cover Storyphoto: Amos Geva and Shay DruyakDefying the“Dictatorship of theOne-Sided”“It’s not what we say, it’s what they hear.”by David KaplanNot found in their text books. Medical students from abroad observe andparticipate in a simulated life-saving exercise at Tzrifim military base.“Amazing, these soldiers are younger than us,” one student remarked.Over the last few years, anti-Israelsentiments have sky-rocketed,fueling an open-ended season of Israelbashing. This concerted global onslaughtto delegitimize Israel, has ledmany around the world to express thatIsrael has lost the right to exist.The campaign is vicious.There were the outrageous accusationslast year that Israel’s medical rescueteams to Haiti were there to harvesthuman organs and Turks seemed toforget about Israel’s rapid response totheir devastating earthquake in 1999,content to sit back and watch stateapprovedTV shows depicting Israelisoldiers as “child killers”.Time to Act“Ze Maspik - enough,” felt twenty-fivemedical students at Tel Aviv University(TAU) who believed they could makea difference in “reforming the negativeimage that has been created aroundIsrael regarding human rights and humanitarianaid.” One of the two initiatorsof the new project, South Africanborn Michal Faktor, a 3rd year medicalstudent at the university’s SacklerFaculty of Medicine explains: “Our aimis to reach out to young overseas medicalstudents who will soon be professionallydedicated to saving lives, andacquaint them with Israel’s enormousphoto: Amos Geva and Shay DruyakCross ContinentConnection. UkeshPrajapati (left)from Nepal andPatrik Kubiatfrom Nigeriawere two of sixtymedical studentsfrom twenty-fivecountries whoattended theConference.and innovative contribution in the fieldof humanitarian assistance.”Cognizant of the high hurdle that it is“not what we say, but what they hear”,Michal and her team organized this pastJuly, together with the StandWithUsFellowship, a public diplomacy leadershipprogramme, a Humanitarian MedicineConference (HMC) at TAU.Michal headed the recruitment drive.“Over 60 medical students from some 25countries, most from Europe - the restfrom USA, Canada, Brazil, El Salvador,Nepal, Singapore and Nigeria - came tothe four-day conference,” said Michal.“Over 85% of them were not Jewish,have never been to Israel and most likelywould never visit Israel in their lifetimeInitiator and co-organiser of the WorldConference of Medical Students at TAU,former South African Michal Faktorwere it not for this conference. Ukeh, a4th year medical student from Nepal toldme that while he had heard of Israel, hecould not, before the conference, havepointed it out on a map.”All the visitors were hosted at thehomes of TAU medical students, “soeach got to stay with an Israeli of similarage.”Heart WrenchingAt Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem,they learnt about the ‘A Heart forPeace’ programme which provides freeheart surgery for Palestinian children.Following a tour where they met youngPalestinian patients, “They were addressedby a Palestinian doctor andwere free to ask whatever questionsthey wanted.”They also visited Wolfson MedicalCenter in Holon, “where they learnedabout ‘Save a Child’s Heart’ (SACH), anIsrael-based international humanitarianproject which provides life-savingcardiac surgery and other life-savingprocedures for children from developingcountries.” This project made nationalnews at the time of the Haitiearthquake, when Israel brought out6-year-old Woodley who had a rareheart malfunction and should have beenoperated on in the first six months ofhis life. Wolfson had arranged for thisoperation before the earthquake, “so itsuddenly became a question of findingWoodley in the rubble and sendinghim to Israel. All this was miraculouslyachieved and his life was saved throughvery complicated surgery.”The group learnt that Woodley wasone of 2,200 foreign children that havebeen operated on since the programmewas launched in 1995. Over 1000 ofthem have been Palestinians from theWest Bank and Gaza. “This cooperationgoes on despite the political tensions andwars in the region,” says Michal.Interestingly, Wolfson have operatedon some 10 children from Iraq. “Israelisprobably don’t know this, so how can

Feature28we expect the outside world to know?We need to get these stories out therein the public domain.”They visited an army base, “where theymet male and female soldiers and weresurprised that they were young people,pretty much like themselves who areserving their country.”Most illuminating for the group, werelectures by experts experienced in thefield of providing humanitarian andmedical aid to crisis spots in the world.They heard “how Israel is usually oneof the first countries to arrive on thescene and get things moving quicklyand professionally.”On the last day, says Michal, “We organiseda panel discussion on medicalethics in conflict areas. One of the doctorswas on the team that went to Haiti,another from Jerusalem who spoke ofsituations where an injured terrorist isbrought in together with some of his injuredvictims. The doctor made it clearthat once they enter an Israeli hospital,irrespective of whatever crimes mayhave been committed, all patients aretreated equally.”Michal says she was impressed by thequestions asked and the high level ofdiscussion.And as to what impact the conferencehad on the participants, Michal says:“You only have to look on Facebookand read their comments and observations,see their photos and most telling,the articles on Israel they are readingand suggesting others to read. We havepresented them with a prism to processnews about Israel – to be equipped indetermining truth from lies.”And the future? “We are preparing forthe 2011 conference. We want this tobe an annual event.” Michal and herfellow students work on a completelyvoluntary basis and see themselves “asyoung, unofficial ambassadors of theState of Israel.” •photos: Orli LeibovitzPhotos from top1. Orli Liebovitz and TaliAbelsohn-Leon on the El-Al flighten route to Haiti.2. One of the many speciallytraineddogs called upon to findsurvivors in the rubble.3. Orli Liebowitz supervisingthe off-loading of life-savingequipment at Port-Au-Prince.Six-year-old Haitian Woodleyafter his life-saving operationat WolfsonThe FirstRespondersIsrael at its FinestWhen the IDF team dispatched to Haiti duringlast year’s devastating earthquake returned toa hero’s welcome at Ben Gurion InternationalAirport, amongst the huge crowd were sistersOrli Liebovitz and Tali Abelsohn-Leon.Daughters of former South Africans Charlesand Vivienne Abelsohn of Kfar Saba, theyhad been on the El Al flight that transportedIsraeli soldiers and equipment to Haiti twoweeks earlier. Tali went as the purser (flightmanager) while Orli’s official position was‘Weight & Balance’. “I was in charge of loadingand off-loading the plane,” Orli told TelfedMagazine.“When we landed at Port-Au-Prince, therewas no off-loading equipment to help, so the army boys all tucked in.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, andIDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi were on hand to welcome the returning200-member team. “As many plot against us, distort and muddy our names, youhave shown the real IDF,” said Prime Minister Netanyahu and while “many aretrying to tarnish our image,” said Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, ‘With yourdeeds, you have proven that the opposite is true.”While flying is a daily occurrence for these two El Al sisters, both Orli and Tali,agreed, “It was a once in a lifetime flight.” The atmosphere on board, they said,“was incredible. 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Peopleby David Kaplan30NewOlehProfileEasy ComeEasy GoEasyRiderEphy Chesler readyto hit the roadHe says he eventuallygot fed up with the politicsand crime in SA “andIsrael seemed an admirablecompromise - being muchnearer to the civilised world and tomy expatriate daughters!”He is also very proud to be Jewish.Aliya is a breeze to this biker fromCape Town who made aliya in July. Sofar he says, “I have had a full life; noregrets and am quite happy to makethe same mistakes over and over again.”Ephy Chesler has been married twice,“both times to lovely girls and in theprocess produced two daughters witheach marriage. Of course they are allbeautiful, brilliant, and talented andthe two older ones have wonderfulhusbands with whom each has producedtwo incredible grandchildrenrespectively!”He adds, “We come from a line of“Petrol Heads”! My late father, Simey,had a motorcycle shop in Long Streetin the 1920’s and used to race motorcyclesalong with such notablesas the late Vic Procter.” Ephy hasbeen riding motorcycles since 1953,adding motor cars later and haspassed on his passion to his daughterPhilippa who “is probably one offew Jewish motor racers in the world!”He notes that “We have had successfulJewish male motor-racers, like JodySchechter - the only South Africanto win a World Championship - butno females! In Cape Town we almosthave a minyan”Antics on the CircuitAmongst the “motor maniac minyan”in the 1970s was Netanya TravelAgent, Niel Bobrov! “He was good andwon quite a few races. He also heldthe Group “N” Class X lap record fora while! He blew-up an engine once byover-revving and virtually by himself,stripped and rebuilt it! Plus the gearbox,for good measure!”“Neil and I,” continues Ephy “hadidentical racing suits and we oftenused to swop cars for different racesat the same meeting. On quite afew occasions the wrong driver wasThe Mighty Minis - 1975Careering around thebend is Niel Bobrow inthe lead followed byhis buddy Ephy Chesleron his back at Killarneyracetrack in Cape Town.credited with a place or win! Our laptimes were similar and despite tellingthe “powers-that-be” who was drivingwhat, they still mixed it up! And whenLeyland presented me an Austin Apacheto race, Niel used to enjoy throwing itaround, rather than his Mini!”The FutureEphy plans on operating his CapeTown business, ‘Back Road Biking’ -in Israel. Running motorcycle toursto Europe, his routes are mainly on‘back roads’ - speeds are low and autobahnsgenerally avoided. They includestops at museums and art galleries.This ‘Easy Rider’ speaks German aswell as some Italian and French and“hopefully soon - Hebrew.”“Israel has a reasonable sized communityof motorcyclists,” he says,and that’s excluding the myriad ofscooter riders. Ephy’s bike tours arenot short of surprises. His tours fromSouth Africa included stopovers atConcentration Camps.No different from the EiffelTowers or Big Bens, “The Dachausand Mauthausens are also icons ofEuropean history. I expose non-Jewishbikers to the places where Jewish lifein the 20th century arrived at its ‘FinalSolution’. I made no bones about beingJewish, and motorcyclists were allvery aware of this when they votedfor me to resurrect the ailing ClassicMotorcycle Club in Cape Town a fewyears ago! At the time I was probablythe only Jewish member.”If you are interested in seeing Europeon two-wheels, but are not inclinedto pedal, you can gear up and visitEphy’s website at: www.backroadbiking.com•Service to Israel before personal need. UriMilunsky and wife Beryl, who joined him threeweeks after he volunteered in 1969.House Calls toCountry CallsWhen he hears the whirling of ahelicopter, Dr. Uri Milunsky’s mindis always taken back to 1969, whenthat sound heralded incoming causalitiesfrom the battlefield.An anaesthetist in private practicein Johannesburg, Uri responded to anappeal for doctors to volunteer at TelHashomer Hospital. It was an age whenSouthern African Jews would leavetheir jobs, close their shops, or shuttheir practices in response to Israel’scall in times of desperate need.Uri was one of four doctors whosigned up. The other three were:anaesthetist Dr Hennie Judelman z”l,a plastic surgeonspecialisingin hand surgeryand burnsD r I s a d o r eKaplan z”l, andan orthopaedicsurgeon DrCharles Malkinz”l. For full storyof Uri’s experiencesvisit theTelfed website.www.telfed.org.il/content/memoirs-uri-milunsky•photo credit Michael Bar-OnA Joy to HearThe Ramatayim Men’s Choir hascome a long way since four nostalgicenthusiasts got together in 1995 in theJerusalem suburb of Ramot to singfavourite synagogue tunes from theiryouth. Since then, the choir has grownto over 30 choristers, (native Israelisand olim from four continents), threeof them former South Africans – theDirector and founding father of thechoir, Richard Shavei-Tzion, BaritoneRalph (‘Rafi’) Barnett, another of the‘founding four’ and the choir’s MC andsoloist Michael Stanger, who joinedthe group shortly thereafter.This past June, the choir made a fivestoptour of the UK – Manchester,Liverpool, Birmingham, London andSouthgate.The group received resounding endorsementfrom Liverpool’s LordMayor, Mrs. Helen Williams who said,“I was raised in Wales and have alwaysbelieved that the Welsh had the bestmale voice choirs. Until tonight!”Earlier that evening, when they brokeinto the Rogers and Hammerstein classic,‘You will never walk alone’ – alsothe Liverpool Football Club’s anthemRamatayim Men’s Choir : Rafi Barnett, the choir’s presenter/MC is 3rdfrom left; Mike Stanger, a soloist in the choir is 2nd from left; RichardShavei-Tzion is in the front row, centre.

Photo Credit: David Nathan- 80% of the audience passionatelyjoined in. There was a ‘rational’ explanationwhy 20% sat in grim-face silence.“They were fans of the local rival club,Everton,” Richard told Telfed.Melodies for the MidlandsIn Birmingham they performed witha local Christian group delighting theaudience with renditions of NkosiSikelele Africa and Naomi Shemer’sAl Kol E’leh. Following this performance,Richard was interviewed live onBBC radio. The ‘Flotilla Saga’ was infull swing and he was pressed to commenton this unfolding drama and thepeace process. “I said Israel has constantlyshown a willingness to makepeace and made numerous gestures ofgoodwill. The minute we have a partnerfor peace who we can seriously engagewith, there will be progress.”In London, Ramatayim performed onShabbat at Finchley Synagogue to anaudience of thirteen hundred. Sharingthe stage were Matthew Gould, theincoming and first Jewish British ambassadorto Israel, and retired ColonelRichard Kemp, the former Commander32PeopleRichard Shavei Tzion presents Mrs. HelenWilliams, Lord Mayor of Liverpool witha photographic print by artist and choirmember Yakov Rabinowitzof British Forces in Afghanistan anda high-profile critic of the GoldstoneCommission’s report. Kemp addressedthe synagogue saying that “Israel hadevery justification in defending itselfand its army is probably the most humanein the world.”Ramatayim’s choristers include lawyers,accountants, doctors and dentists,engineers, technicians and high-techpersonnel. Richard, who has beensinging since the age of ten whenas a boy soprano, he joined theGardens Shul Choir in CapeTown, today manages a propertycompany. Ramatayim’s repertoireconsists mainly of Jewishliturgical music and includesChassidic, Israeli songs andopera. They perform on avoluntary basis, frequentlyin support of local charitableand social causes.The choir appears at concerthalls and synagoguesthroughout Israel oftenalongside some of the finestcantors in the world. Thisseason so far, the Choir hasperformed with Israeli rockicon Shlomo Gronich and theacclaimed cantors YitzchakMeir Helfgot, Simon Cohen and formerSouth African Colin Schachat, who,in 2008, performed at BuckinghamPalace before Queen Elizabeth.The choir’s name derives fromRamatayim-Tzofim, birthplace ofthe Prophet Samuel, mentioned inthe Book of Samuel 1 (1:1) and associatedwith the present day suburbof Ramot.For more info on the choir, visit:www.rmchoir.org •Gems Don’t LoseTheir Sparkle“She loves mixing with youngsters,”says daughter Rena Elman of hermother. A good thing too!At 101 years old, FaniaHurwitz is the oldestresident on KibbutzYasur and probablythe oldestFania at 18shortly after shefinished matricin Lithuania.Fania with her granddaughter Ruth, takenwhen she was in her early 90s.Southern African in Israel. Still goingstrong, Fania flew last year to SouthAfrica to celebrate her 100 birthday.Her long journey began in Lithuaniawhere she lived through revolution and“quite a few wars - WWI, the Polish-Lithuanian War and the Lithuanian-Soviet War. The borders were oftenshifting,” related Rena. “One momenttheir shtetl was ruled by the Poles,the next it fell under the Bolsheviks.It was a terrifying time for the Jews,and Mom, as a little girl, had a fewnarrow escapes.”On one occasion, Rena relates, “Shewas on a train with her parents, whena bunch of boisterous Bolshevik soldiers,probably drunk, became violent.One of them said ‘Let’s kill the littlegirl.’ My grandfather quickly stoodup and pleaded, and luckily the trainstopped at a station - nowhere nearwhere they were going - and theyquickly jumped off.”This was ‘Hunting Season’ in thePale of Settlement and Jews werethe prey.Within a decade of this incident,Fania and her parents were living inDoornfontein in Johannesburg.Times were tough. Two years afterthe family arrived in South Africa in1929, Fania’s father died, and “my momand bobba opened a dairy café.” Fania,in her early twenties, had only basicEnglish, which she taught herself backin Lithuania while reading her firstEnglish book, Little Lord Fauntleroy.“For the first 20 pages she looked upwords in a dictionary; thereafter shewas fine. She’s a quick learner.” Shehad no difficulty answering, “yes” whenPhilip Hurwitz proposed.She also knew Russian - thanks tothe ‘occupation’ - which would laterprove helpful seven decades later withthe mass Russian immigration to Israel.In 1975, after her husband Philipdied, Fania, aged 66, made aliya joiningher daughter’s family on KibbutzYasur, near Akko. Rena had marrieda kibbutznik who had previously beena shaliach for Hashomer Hatzair inJohannesburg in the late 1950s. “In1990, when the first Russian familiesarrived on the kibbutz to learnHebrew, Mom became the officialtranslator. She was of course, fluentin Hebrew as well.”Over the years since making aliyain 1975, Fania had worked in variousfields, and at 95, she was officially pensionedoff from an electronics gamescompany. She was most unimpressed.“At 95, who will employ me now?”Stanley Fischer is seen here atthe Zimbabwe Reunion in 2008at the Ra’anana Bowling Club.From being an only child, Fania has afamily of 44, including 20 great-grandchildren.Following her 100th birthdayparty almost two years ago in SouthAfrica, Fania made sure she was backin Israel on the 10th of February, theactual date of her birth. It was also thedate of Israel’s general election andnot even the rain that day was goingto deter Fania from casting her vote.Clearly she has the vote of everyoneon her kibbutz.As one member expressed, “She giveseveryone hope as we see it is possibleto grow old with dignity and grace.She is such a caring and special lady– a gem.” •Settled inCourt“Jillian, you have notlost a singles title inthe last two years;that’s better thanFederer,” quipped awell-known Israelitennis coach at aceremony whereformer CapetonianJillian Milliner wasStan’s the ManBank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer was named‘Central Bank Governor of the Year’ by Euromoney. Theglobal magazine for banking and finance chose the formerRhodesian/Zimbabwean for his astute management ofthe Israeli economy through the aftermath of the globalfinancial crisis. His bold move to raise interest rates inSeptember 2009 - the first country to do after the crisis“proved well-guided and prescient,” said Euromoney.“Further rises have also been well-timed, allowing theeconomy to grow at a healthy rate of 4.7% in the secondquarter of 2010 while keeping inflation in check at around1.8%.” Euromoney commended Fischer for striking the idealbalance between moderating inflation and supportingeconomic recovery.awarded the 2010 Master’s Player of theYear. She also received an AchievementAward from the Israel Tennis MastersAssociation for winning five masterstournaments this season.Jillian was ecstatic. “I feel my fatherhere tonight.” Acclaimed as oneof Wynberg Boys finest sportsman,“Aubrey would be very proud of her,”added her emotional mother AnnetteMilliner-Giladi.“Jillian has proved herself to be Israel’sleading tennis player in the Masters division,”Ian Froman, one the co-foundersof the Israel Tennis Center toldHaaretz. “She is a true sportspersonon and off the court, and is someonewho works hard at continuallymaintaining and improvingher game,” added Ian.News from Centre CourtFollowing a BOG meeting of theIsrael Tennis Center (ITC)in October, Danny Gelleywas appointed the newCEO of the IsraelTennis Centertaking over from33

Danny Gelley,the newCEO of theIsrael TennisCenter, at hisfirst pressconference.Peoplea former South African, Janine Strauss.The ITC has enjoyed a strong connectionto the Southern African communitysince its inception in the 1970s.While tennis was an establishedsport by 1948, it really took off whena young South African immigrant dentistopted to take “indefinite leave”from his profession and devote himselfto his passion tennis. The resultwas the establishment of the IsraelTennis Center, and on IndependenceDay in May 1989, Ian Froman wasawarded the Israel Prize, the country’smost prestigious award, for hisservice to sport.Stepping into the position initiallyoccupied by his mentor, Ian, Dannybrings to ‘the court’, 30 years of managerialexperience in the ITC. “I amso proud to lead this amazing organization.With the help of our incrediblestaff and many friends in Israeland overseas we will propel the ITCNo slowing down for Norman Spiro. Recently he was interviewedon Israel TV about the 8m/m movies he took on his travels to Israelin the late 1940s. Historical gems, they capture the atmosphere atthe time and particularly how fellow Southern Africans were faringin the cities, kibbutzim and moshavim. Beth Hatefutsoth (Museumof the Jewish People) has sought copies of the movies.A new project for this renowned lawn bowl’s correspondent forthe English media, has been to create a website on the localsport. “The purpose,” explains the also former manager ofTelfed’s rental housing company, ISRENTCO, “is to record thehistory of bowls in Israel from its very beginning in 1953.Thesubject matter is infinite. Events today are tomorrow’s history,so we aim to keep the site up-to-date.”Visit the site at: www.lawnbowls-israelrecords.comto reach new heights,” Dannytold Telfed Magazine. He is“ecstatic” at the rapid progress“to rejoin forces with the IsraelTennis Association (ITA) andother organisations.”In the past, Telfed has partneredthe ITC in joint projectssuch as in the early 1990s - aproject at the Ramat HasharonCenter to teach recreational tennisand dancing to new Russian immigrants- to providing volunteers atDavis Cup tournaments.The 14 not-for-profit Tennis Centers,located primarily in underprivilegedcommunities across the breadth ofIsrael, offer every child - regardless ofbackground, religion or physical ability- the opportunity “to learn the gameof life through tennis.” While providinga wide range of community developmentand outreach programmes,“we don’t lose sight of promoting anddeveloping world class tennis players.All our top players have come throughthe ITC,” says Danny.A shining example is Shachar Peer.Her career-high singles ranking ofWorld No. 14 - which she achievedon June 7, 2010 - is the highest rankingever achieved by an Israeli. Andanother interesting gem – her father,Dovik, hails from Germiston in theformer Transvaal.•NormanConquestHonourableProfessorEarlier this year, Professor ShmuelEidelman was awarded the prestigiousYakir Haifa Award. He is only the thirdSouthern African to be so honoured.The former two were Louis Shapiroin the early 1980s and more recently,Paul Arieli. The Award recognizesthe outstanding contribution that thehonouree has made to the City as wellas “putting Haifa on the map.”This Shmuel has achieved assuredly.He is the first and only Haifa residentto have held the prestigious positionof Head of the Scientific Council,which supervises medical specialisations,oversees examinations and accreditsmedical departments throughoutIsrael.Right Man, Right TimeDestiny often intervenes to definea man’s journey. And so it was forShmuel that his tenure as Head ofthe Scientific Council coincided withthe mass aliya from the former SovietUnion. “A million Russians arrived overa 15 year period of which 2% weredoctors. The problem was they camefrom a wide range of cities and townsfrom all over the Soviet Union withvarying standards of competence. Itwas essential to professionally assessthem so that they could be absorbedinto the medical profession. For thosethat required extra training, this hadto be provided. This was a mammothtask and success or failure could haveimpacted one way or another on thisaliya.” Bad news travels back veryquickly. That Israel’s populationjumped by one fifth - soon withits own political party in theKnesset - confirmed that thenews was good.Shmuel played a major role inNorman Spirodrafting the legislation and the rules toabsorb these doctors. “The governmentinvested over half a billion dollars onthis project. But the results paid off.Today, they are specialists, heads ofdepartments, professors, researchers- a highly talented and enriching contributionto the Israel mosaic.”Free to leave; He stayedShmuel’s journey began as a youngintern at Tel Hashomer in 1956.Straight out of Wits Medical School,Shmuel signed up to a project devisedby Professor Sheba, head of TelHashomer Hospital. In partnershipwith the SAZF in Johannesburg, theproject invited young medical schoolgraduates to come to Israel for twoyears. Thereafter we were free to returnor stay. I married an Israeli girlin 1957 and stayed.”It was while specializing in gastroenterologyin Seattle, Washington inthe late 1960s that “I was contactedby Rambam Hospital in Haifa to headand develop a gastroenterology department,a field still in its infancy inHaifa at the time.”Apart from running the gastroenterologyunit, Shmuel served on the facultyof the Technion Medical School.He takes great pride that “many ofmy students became heads of departmentsin hospitals throughout northernIsrael.”At a gala evening earlier this year at the SuzanneDellal Center in Tel Aviv , the ‘Queen of SpanishDance’ in Israel, Silvia Duran was decorated with thetitle of, ‘Commander of the Order of Merit’ by theSpanish Ambassador to Israel in the name of JuanCarlos, King of Spain for her contribution to thedevelopment of Spanish dance. Southern Africansin Israel may recall her school perform at Telfed’sspectacular, ‘The Show Must Go On’ in 2002 at theKfar Saba Cultural Centre.After retiring from the Technion,Shmuel helped establish the School ofPublic Health at Haifa University wherehe has promoted research into improvingdoctor/patient relationships.Sidney Shapiro, Director of Telfed,recalls how “Shmuel was always onhand to advise South African doctorsconsidering aliya.” In 1993, prior to theelection that broughtProf. ShmuelMandela to power, heEidelman takeswas sent by the Jewishthe podiumAgency and Telfed toat a MedicalSouth Africa where heConference.addressed audiencesattracting hundreds of doctors tomeetings in Johannesburg, Durbanand Cape Town. “Of the 120 doctorsI interviewed, forty made aliya.”Back in 1958, the young SouthernAfrican interns were in possession ofa free return flight to Johannesburg.It was Israel and Haifa’s gain thatone young Eidelman decided not touse it. •Golden BoyIn April’s Telfed Magazine, weran an article on 16 year-old GilHaimovitz of Gedera ‘Going forGold’. The 2009 European juniorTaekwondo champion Gold Medalistwas preparing for the Junior Olympicsin Singapore. This past August, Gilwent on to take the gold but not in aA King and a Queenway he would have expected.A close win in the quarters against aFilipino brought him to the semi-finalswhich he won, beating an Argentinean.All attention was now on the finals. Afew minutes before the encounter, anambulance raced into the arena andwhisked off Gil’s competitor.Surprise? Not really. How couldyoung Mohammad Soleimani, anIranian, step into the same ring asan Israeli?And in order not to be penalized bythe world sport’s body for bringing politicsinto the ring, the Iranian delegationfeigned an old injury had worsened- a not uncommon excuse to avoid theultimate indignity of standing alongsidean Israeli on the medal’s podium.Unthinkable!“ I p r e -pared for thematch, evenwhen peoplewere sayingthat for surehe wouldn’tpitch up. Itreally was aTake That -Gil Haimovitz(left) kickinghis way tovictory.35

36Basil FrankA Past Restored“Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.” Paul Klee.Internationally renowned photo-sculptor, Basil C. Frank from Jerusalem,took the ‘Jury’s Special Award’ at the Aomori Print Triennale 2010 inJapan for his exhibit, ‘The Saartjie Baartman Story’. His work projectsa Caucasian male covered in Dead Sea restorative mud, signifyinghealing, juxtaposed with Saartjie Baartman, a Khoikhoi womanshipped to London in 1810 from South Africa.Paraded in freak shows, she became a perverted attraction in 19thcentury Europe. Negotiated by Mandela and President Mitterrandfollowing the end of Apartheid, her remains were repatriated fromFrance to South Africa and buried on a hill in her homeland - theGamtoos Valley - over 200 years after her birth.shame because I don’t think the Iranianhad a choice and I really wanted tocompete and win,” expressed Gil toTelfed.The young Israeli of South Africanparents Ron and Stephanie is right.Mohammed didn’t have a choice andGil did win, in more ways than one.He showed up the young Iranian’smasters in Teheran as small mindedbigots, ignorant of the spirit and philosophyof the Olympics.Gil now has his sights set on the2012 Olympics in London.•Telfed’s Chairman& the MossadAgentWhen Nina Selbsts, daughter of thelate Judge Joseph Herbstein readthat Ram Oren, the popular Israeliauthor, had published a book this yearon the South-African born Mossadagent Sylvia Raphael, she recalledshe had tucked away extensive correspondencebetween her father, at thetime Chairman of Telfed, (1971-1974)and Sylvia, who, following a botchedMossad agentSylvia Raphaelon a movie setin Europe withYul Brynner.Justice Joseph Herbstein,Telfed Chairman 1971-1974assassination, was languishing in aNorwegian prison.In one letter, Herbstein writes, “AsChairman of the SAFZ (Israel), I amglad to offer you our services. If youshould need any help, please write.”There were numerous lengthy exchangesbetween the two, some on thenature of her Judaism in the light ofher mother not being Jewish. In oneletter, Herbstein expresses pleasurewith her father for “imbuing you sofully with his ‘Jewishness’ as to influenceyou to come out so strongly onour side.” And strongly she did. AsEitan Haber, Rabin’s former presssecretary and a veteran Yediot columnistexpressed at the time of herfuneral in 2005: “One day, when truepeace comes, they will write booksabout her, make movies of her lifeand name streets after her.” He wasright. Oren’s 2010 book may well bethe first of many.One for the BooksLike so many who were inspired byLeon Uris’s “Exodus”, Sylvia was drawnto the heroic exploits of an emergingnation fighting for survival. Bythe time she had turned the last pageof Uris’s bestseller, she had decidedto turn a new page in her own life.She arrived in Israel in the mid-sixtiesand joined Kibbutz Gan Shmuelnear Hadera as a volunteer. If hergood looks were attracting attentionon the kibbutz, there were others alsointerested. The Mossad spotted andrecruited her.The late sixties and earlyseventies were turbulenttimes. Palestinianterrorism was constantlyfront-page news, repletewith airline hijackings,assassinations and attackson airports and embassies.Rapidly rising to becomeone of Mossad’s top operatives,Raphael, carryinga false Canadian passport, posed as afreelance writer and photographer.On any one day she may have beenseen clicking away at a movie setsomewhere in Europe, the next, pursuingIsrael’s multifarious enemies.It was hinted that she was one ofthe very few Israeli agents who penetratedthe PLO’s bases in Jordan andLebanon when an unshaven operativein khaki fatigues, adorning a black andwhite headscarf and aholstered gun on hisbelt was orchestratingso much mayhem. DidArafat and Sylvia evermeet? With both nowgone - Who knows?But she was reputedto have been very closeto the Jordanian monarchy,frequently visitingher friend Alia,the late King Hussein’sthird wife.Mystery & MystiqueMost of Raphael’s exploits are stillshrouded in mystery, apart from the oneassignment that went horribly wrong.In July 1973, Raphael joined a hastilyassembled team of Mossad agents totrack down Ali Hassan Salameh, BlackSeptember’s operation chief in Europeand thought to be the mastermind ofthe Munich massacre. In the sedateNorwegian village of Lillehammer,the team gunned down a Moroccanwaiter called Ahmed Bouchiki believinghim to be Salameh. Raphael andfive other operatives were capturedand tried. She was sentenced to fiveand a half years in prison.While incarcerated, she was visitedby Herbstein’s son Frank, a professorin Chemical Crystallography from theTechnion in Haifa. In 1974 he was on alecture tour of Norway and “Dad askedme to visit her and so I did, takingwith me a box of Israeli chocolates,”Frank told Telfed. “She was so gracious.There we were visiting an inmate of aprison and she welcomed and ‘hosted’us as if we were overseas dignitariesvisiting her estate.” No sooner hadFrank left, when Sylvia penned anotherletter to Telfed’s chairman: “Whata lovely surprise getting a visit fromyour son – someone from home andsomeone from your family.”Sylvia was released the followingyear after serving 15 months.Sylvia Raphaelwith the son of afriend on KibbutzRamat HaKovesh.No matter howmuch the professional,in the furtiveworld that Sylviaoperated, mistakeswith lethal consequencesalwayslurked. Hazards ofthe ‘trade’! Sylvia’sbotched assassinationwould provea prelude to another,this time onthe other side. InSeptember 1985,Force 17, a splintergroup of the PLO,murdered threeIsraeli tourists on ayacht off the coastal resort of Larnacain Cyprus. They claimed that the victimswere Mossad agents, one of them,the prized Sylvia Raphael.Keeping MumPeopleNot so! Raphael would live for anothertwenty years before succumbingto leukemia at the age of 67 in SouthAfrica. In accordance with her wishes,the Mossad brought her “home”to be buried on her adopted Kibbutz,Ramat Hakovesh, 7 kms north-eastof Kfar Saba.Her Norwegian husband, AnnaeusScholdt who had been her lawyer ather trial in Norway, revealed to thewriter at the time of her unveilingthat “She was a gifted woman, quickwitted and well qualified to do whateverwas required of her. I still knownothing of what she had done prior tothe business in Norway. She was theconsummate professional; she wouldnever speak about her Mossad past,even to me. All I know was that herwork was extremely dangerous.”Prime Minister Golda Meir’s clearand simple message at the time - messwith us, and you will pay - set thenew rules of the game that are stillin play today.While it’s already five years that oneof Israel’s most accomplished fieldagents has been laid to rest, there isstill so much about the life and timesof Sylvia Raphael waiting to be unearthed.•The Spy Who Came in fromthe ColdThere is another revelation that emerges from the correspondence betweenthe imprisoned Mossad agent and Telfed’s chairman. Sitting in her cold Oslocell in the snowy winter of 1974, Sylvia writes to Judge Herbstein, “I read inThe Jerusalem Post that Tel Aviv - or was it the whole country - was blastedby an unseasonal heat wave - 28 degrees!” With this past summer’s temperaturesfrequently soaring into the forties, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ emerges offthis 36 year-old casually penned weather report - Global Warming is here!Unlike much of Sylvia Raphael’s life, this today is no secret.

Peopleby David KaplanIn MemoriamIsrael’s recently appointed Ambassador tothe United Nations, former South AfricanMeron Reuben.Making the Casefor Israel“I wish to state the profound and enduringwish of my nation to establish peace with thePalestinians. A peace based on security and mutualrecognition. A peace that will ensure prosperityfor our two peoples.” Excerpt from MeronReuben’s maiden speech to the United Nations’Security Council.Returning to Israel hot after hismaiden speech in October, the formerCapetonian, found time to address ameeting at Telfed. Meron joins a longillustrious line of Southern Africanswho have served in Israel’s diplomaticcorp. (See Cover Story Telfed MagazineJune 2009)Israel’s Foreign Office is not, he says,without a sense of humour. “InitiallyI had asked for a posting to China, sothey gave me Chile. They thought Iwould be satisfied with at least the firstthree letters being the same.” A worldapart and some twenty-five years later,Reuben today is considered an expertTelfed hostsAmbassador MeronReuben, former SouthAfrican and Israel’snew ambassador to theUnited Nations (l-r):Bennie Penzik, DavidKaplan, Ambassador Meron Reuben,Hertzel Katz and Sidney Shapiro.Hertzel Katz organised the meeting andwelcomed the Ambassador.on South America. He should be - heis married to a Chilean, is fluent inSpanish and his subsequent postingshave been to Mexico, Paraguay, Boliviaand Columbia.Today he stands at the centre of theworld - New York - as Israel’s newestambassador to the UN. “I feel honouredto be in a position that has only beenfilled by fourteen individuals over 62years. It’s wonderful to sit behind thesame desk as Golda. I sometimes findmyself scratching around looking forthe initials G.M. carved into the oldwood.” This he has not discovered,but what he has found is that with hisnew posting he has to be constantlyon guard with every word that leaveshis lips. “The media will analyse whatI don’t say as much as what I do say,looking for any nuance that might indicatea change in Israel’s foreign policy.”Breaking into a grin he muses, “Ican’t scratch my back in public withoutconsidering its political implication.”Imagine if he scratched a little lowerwhat the media would read into that.As expected, there was no escapingGoldstone, an albatross that plaguesany discussion on Israel these days.“The Goldstone report was flawedfrom inception. Built into the mandatewas the premise that Israel was guiltyand therefore the onus was on her toprove her innocence. Whether it wasa good or bad decision for Israel notto have participated, we leave to history.However, those Israeli organizationsthat did present testimony to thecommission, their mention in the reportranged from minimal to nil.“Goldstone is problematic becausethe report remains forever on the statutebooks in the UN and its jaundicedfindings are regurgitated time aftertime in different ways to advance politicalagendas.”Noting there were young SouthernAfrican students in the audiencefrom the IDC, Herzliya’s School ofGovernment, Meron advised, “Israelneeds top diplomats proficient inEnglish. There are many Israeli diplomatswho believe they understandand can speak a quality English – theydon’t and they can’t. You have this advantage.My advice: “Go for it..” •Ambassador Meron Reuben with TelfedVice-Chair Dave Bloom. South Africanstudents at the IDC Herzliya School ofGovernmnet and Diplomacy, AshleighFarber (l) and Chaya Singer (r) withAmbassador Reuben.The TelfedchairmanMaish Isaacson,members of theExecutive,the Directorand Staffexpressheartfeltcondolencesto familieswhose lovedones havepassed away inrecent months:Brian Armist, Kfar SabaBarney Helman, Ra’ananaCarol Russak, Rishon LezionDaniel Gaziel, Beit ShemeshDoreen Broude, HerzliaLola Ellert, Cape TownGidon Levitas, NetanyaHazel Greenblatt, Tzur YigalHillel Feldman, Kibbutz YizreelKaty Benatar, Tel AvivKeith Aviv, KarmielMervyn Kloss, Givat ShmuelMichael Turecki, Ra’ananaKenneth Preiss, OmerMike Karol, Ra’ananaMiriam Bernstein, JerusalemRuby Ellis, Ra’ananaSabina Ralph, NetanyaSelwyn Tolkin, S.A.Shoshana Teperson, Kfar ShmaryahuWerner Gruebel, S.A./AustraliaYael Veig, Ramat PolegGidon LevitasTelfed mourns the passing ofGidon who, for many decades,served on a number of Telfed’scommittees. With his socialwork background and experiencein the field, his contributionswere invaluable in theEducation, Endowments andScholarships, Senior Citizensand Klita committees.In his quiet and unassumingway, Gidon set guidelines uponwhich to deal with less fortunatepeople with specific needs,whether they were financial,social or emotional.Gidon devoted his life tovolunteering and tending tothe well-being of SouthernAfrican aliya and Israeli societyat large.Condolences to his wife Ergaand family.Sidney Shapiro•The Telfed Kfar Saba RegionalCommittee expresses heartfeltcondolences to Andrea Armist- a longtime valuable memberof the Committee - and familyon the sad and untimely lossof her husband Brian.Collector’s ItemContact Chonnie Romm 054 - 8059776Siddur and Pirke Avotin Hebrew and AfrikaansTwo volumes by Rabbi Dr. Moses Romm z’l, formerlyChief Rabbi of the Orange Free State (1930s-1940s)39

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