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party was a treat. His friends and formercomrades came from all over as did hisbrother from the USA. A presentation ofphotographs from the various periods ofhis life was screened. In addition, Hermanwas presented with a personal messageand a signed photograph from ShimonPeres, who as then Director-General ofthe Ministry of Defense, visited Hermanand presented him with a Tanach. It standson his bookcase to this day.”Harold presented ‘Baby’ with a certificateof trees which had been planted by hisfriends as part of a project to rehabilitatethe forests in the north that had been burntduring the Second Lebanese War.Raymond says that Herman enjoysmeeting with old friends. “I invite thosewho have not seen him in a while, to givehim a call at 03-6350948.”Teething ProblemsMost people today are aware of thepopular programmes of Birthright andMASA, bringing thousands of youngsterseach year to ‘experience’ Israel.But what is there for the seniors? Dr.Anthony Widmonte is a dentist in Johannesburgand is the first South African tovolunteer for a programme in Jerusalemthat has been running since 1980. DVIor Dental Volunteers for Israel is a freedental clinic in Israel for children of need.“Because dental health care costs are notcovered by the government’s health services,our non-profit clinic is the only meansDr.AnthonyWidmontetakescare of apaitent.by which Jerusalem’s underprivilegedchildren can receive oral health care,”explains Debbie (an Australian marriedto a former South African from BenoniEvan Fishman) and who works for DVIencouraging overseas dentists to volunteertheir professional services for periods of1-4 weeks.The volunteer dentists from abroad areprovided with a furnished free apartment- many bring their families - and join theirIsraeli colleagues in performing between1000 - 1200 treatments each month.During the past 28 years over 4,500 dentistshave participated in the programme.“Weneed to publicize the programme more inSouth Africa.” Continues Anthony, “Withmy kids and grandkids living in Har Nof,it’s great to be able to visit my familywhile at thesame timecontributem e a n i n g -f u l l y t othe societyhere.””As muchas peoples a y I ’ mdoing goodwork, believe me, I’m the one that feelsenriched.” Anthony will be back laterthis year, hopefully joined by fellow SouthAfrican colleagues.For more information, visit www.dental-dvi.org/il or contact Debbie atDebbie@dental-dvi.org.il45