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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.