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SPRING COVER_2021_FINAL2.qxp_Layout 1 2021-05-17 11:25 AM Page 1 THE ISRAEL PHILATELIST SOCIETY OF ISRAEL PHILATELISTS INC. SPRING 2021 DEVOTED to the PHILATELY of the HOLY LAND and JUDAICA q VOL. LXXII NO. 2 THE JEWISH COLONIAL TRUST by David Matlow page 30 IN THIS ISSUE Holocaust Plague Fighter 7 In Memory of Morris Rosen 14 Jewish Life in Germany 16 WWI Turkish Army in Palestine 21 Ben-Gurion 44 SPRING COVER_2021_FINAL2.qxp_Layout 1 2021-05-17 11:25 AM Page 1 THE ISRAEL PHILATELIST 2021 Society of Israel Philatelists Fundraising Campaign SOCIETY OF ISRAEL PHILATELISTS INC. SPRING 2021 Gifts directed to the Endowment Fund DEVOTED to the PHILATELY of the HOLY LAND and JUDAICA q VOL. LXXII NO. 2 KING DAVID Level MOSES Level MIRIAM Level Jonathan Greene Bruce Arbit Peter Rzepka Charles Barnett Arbit Family Gitte Finkelman-Cohen Tzedakah Fund of the ICF Vicki & Steven Galecki QUEEN ESTHER Level Richard Bendix, Jr. Dr. Errol Genet THE Melvin Chafetz Michael & Faye Bass Col. 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Spring * Volume 72 * Number 2 * www.israelstamps.com Devoted to the study of Turkish Palestine, World Wars I and II, British Mandate, Israel and Judaism Holocaust Society 2 SIP Leadership 2021 3 Editor’s Notes 4 Letters to the Editor 50 4 Classified Ad 8, 46, 58 Be in The Know 6 Pfizer's s CEO Tells His Parent's Belated Happy Purim 15, 53, 57 SIP at NOJEX 2021 Holocaust Story 27 2020 APA Chatty Awards P.J. 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Collectors examining the ball for insight into the future of philately. like to attend shows to meet and greet old/new friends. Thanks to the Covid 19 virus, the future looked cloudy a Collectors also like to browse through dealer stocks and year ago but is becoming into focus. So what do I see! haggle over prices. Zoom Presentations/Meetings In the future, I see hybrid shows. When it is safe to mingle, we will return to the traditional show formats. If shows have I knew about programs for connecting with other collectors technical expertise available, we will have virtual exhibits over the internet such as Skype and GotoMeeting. What my as well as physical exhibits in the frames. With two types of foggy crystal ball did not show me was the Zoom program. I exhibits, the show may need to have extra judges. heard through the grapevine about the program and dipped my weary toe into the application. After downloading the The biggest downside is the lack of opportunity to thumb program, I used it to set up a meeting with my local stamp through dealers' stock. group. Surprisingly, it was easy to use and proved to be very popular with the group.