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The Voice of the Southern African Community in Israel Telfed February 2009, Vol. 35 No. 1 inside: •Southern Africans in rocket range •Two Art Retrospectives •Aliya Update •Historical Travel Guide •Nuptials, Focus on Telfed and more View from former South African, Rene Weinberg’s apartment in Ashkelon. Red Alert A View of the War in Southern Israel A South African Zionist Federation (Israel) publication Contents Notice Board ............................................................... 2 Telfed Editorial .....................................................................3 South African Zionist Federation Focus on Telfed.............................................................4 (Israel) 19 Schwartz Street, New Arrivals .............................................................. 16 Ra’anana 43212 tel.: (09)790-7800 Art Scene ................................................................... 18 fax: (09)744-6112 [email protected] www.telfed.org.il 20 Cover Story .................................................................21 21 Production Editor and Chief Correspondent: David Kaplan Book Nook ................................................................. 27 Design and Layout: Becky Rowe Editorial Committee Chairman: Dave Nuptials .................................................................... 28 Bloom In The Mail ................................................................ 33 Media Committee: Dave Bloom (Chair), Sharon Bernstein, Gershon Keren Telfed ..............................................................36 Gan, Pearl Feldman, David Kaplan, Neil Schwartz, Maurice Ostroff Proofreading: Sharon Bernstein, Marvyn Hatchuel, Jack and Rae 39 Galloon, Ralph Lanesman, Harriet Levin, Leon Moss, Sidney Shapiro, Marcelle Weiss Advertising: David Kaplan People ....................................................................... 39 (09)7672404, In Memoriam .............................................................46 [email protected] Extra or back copies of Telfed Magazine Classifieds ..................................................................47 are available at NIS 15 per magazine. Contact Sharon at (09)744-6110. Views and comments expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the South African Zionist Federation (Israel) or of the Editorial Board. SAZF (Israel) is not responsible for articles and advertisements which appear herein. 1 Notice Board Diarize this exciting event! Telfed’s own Champagne Breakfast on-line magazine in Ra’anana www.telfed.org.il Cookery demonstration For topical, up-to-date by Lisa Brink information on aliyah, klitah, Krugersdorp Reunion Friday 15th May 09 special projects, the com- For information and tickets, munity and much more. Open to all who lived in phone Sharon Pop in and see for yourself! Krugersdorp or attended at Telfed (09)7907 801 Krugersdorp High School Venue: Raanana Bowling Club Improve Your Hebrew at Telfed Alzheimer’s Therapists Date: Sat. 21st March, 8 p.m. Been in Israel a while & still Trained English-speaking Entrance fee: 30 NIS per struggling with conversational volunteers are available person. Come see familiar Hebrew? Feel awkward conversing to work with sufferers of faces, enjoy reminiscing with Israelis? Telfed has the dementia and/or Alzheimer’s and catching up. Visitors solution. disease in the community. from abroad are more than Tues:11.00am - 12.15pm, This free service covers 1-2 welcome. Maggie Baruch, our National hours weekly of stimulating Coffee and tea will be served. Service Volunteer, will be offering one-on-one therapy aimed If you can bring a plate of conversational Hebrew lessons to at improving cognitive, biscuits or cake, it will be Southern African Olim no longer communication and greatly appreciated. in Ulpan. The lessons will take behavioral skills. Please inform me when you place in the Moadon Le’Oleh in the respond. Anyone have a good Contact: Telfed building on 19 Schwartz St, Marlyn Butchins (054)6477834 recipe for koeksusters? Ra’anana. For further information, R.S.V.P. to call Maggie on (09)790-7810 or or Oran Aviv (057)5533856 Shirley (Ziman) Peled, email [email protected] [email protected] Registration is essential. Young visitors from South Africa enjoying Telfed magazine. We are sure you do to. Show by paying your annual subscription. Only NIS 60 for the year. Send a check to the Telfed office or phone and pay by credit card. Sharon Bernstein 09-7907801 KEEP CONNECTED! Looking for a suitable gift for overseas friends or relatives? Take out a subscription to Telfed Magazine Telfed’s Employment Service Contact Lena (09)7446110 x208 or is always looking for good jobs for Southern African olim, from care-givers and warehouse workers to secretaries, medical personnel [email protected] and hi-tech professionals. If you have, or hear of, a job which might suit an oleh, please contact Telfed. Call Sharon Bernstein (09)790 7801, [email protected]. With your help, we can help other Southern Africans. 2 Editorial Under Fire received near Gaza, a parcel packed by his aunt at the Table to Table warehouse ake no mis- Editor David Kaplan, pointing out the previous day in an Israeli retaliatory attack on Beit t a k e w e Raanana. Like the military operation, Hanoun in Gaza minutes after a the ‘Home Front’ too was working like “Mw o n t h i s Kassam was fired at Sderot war,” said Professor clockwork. Asher Susser, Director of the Dayan Centre While Telfed is an organisation that cares for Middle Eastern Studies at Telfed’s and acts, it requires the wherewithal to do Netanya Regional Committee inaugural so. In the wake of the global financial crisis, lecture. Referring to the three week offen- ‘our Fed’ has been beset by decreasing sive against Hamas, he inferred too that we income coupled with increasing demands. simultaneously won the Second Lebanese Today your community needs your help. War. Hezbollah had the opportunity and See report and appeal in the Focus on the incentive to open a second front and Telfed on page 4. chose not to do so. “There were a lot of All said and done, while the world fiery speeches from Nasrallah but no firing economy is on the down, aliya from South of rockets.” The immense might and the Africa is on the up. If 2008 was a busy political will of Israel to defend its people year, Telfed’s staff and volunteers have had sunk in. their sleeves rolled up for an even busier The hope now is that it will bring some one in 2009. level of calm and tranquillity to our south- David Kaplan, Editor ern region that has endured eight years of constant rocket attacks. Amongst the brave and long suffering residents of the south, are Joffe-Jankelowitz many former Southern Africans. “Every day Insurance Services I went to work I felt I might never see my Specializing in all branches of Insurance family again,” expressed 21 year old Dana Bar-On from Kibbutz Nir Am. In our Cover Elementary: Car, House, Business & Travel Story we tap into the lives of our community Private Health: Health Insurance & Frail Care (Siudi) and hear about their experiences. Life: Life Insurance, Pension Funds, Kupot Gemel & Keren Hishtalmut We also cover the response of Telfed’s volunteers. It was gratifying to hear that a Mark: [email protected]; Harold: [email protected] soldier of Southern African parentage had Tel: 03-9292793/4 Fax: 03-9292733 3 Focus On Telfed Compiled by Telfed Staff Now More Than Ever Keren Telfed needs your support. Give Us a Ring Telfed was founded with the State of Israel in 1948 to assist in the absorption of Southern Africans We have a new making Aliya and to encourage members of the phone number at Southern African community to fulfill the Zionist Telfed: (09)7907 800 dream of Aliya. Today Telfed provides a full spectrum Herewith the individual of advisory and support services in these areas. staff numbers – you can What is far less known about Telfed is our dedica- phone the staff member tion to supporting the welfare of Southern Africans you need without going in Israel with critical financial and other needs. through a switchboard: Today, Keren Telfed works tirelessly to support (09)7907 800, or directly 159 needy families. We are a lean organization, 801-Sharon keeping our administration costs to a minimum so 802 -Sidney that over 92% of the funds donated to us, reach our 803 -Nava recipients. We are proud of this fact as not many 804 -Susan organizations can claim such a high ratio. 805 -Tzippi 806 -Pinchas To date, Keren Telfed has been able care for our 807 -Gerald needy with support from the Jewish Agency, interest 808 -Lena/Sharon income from Telfed-administered endowments and 810 -Magi trust funds, and your generous donations. 818 -Dorron Regrettably, the situation has now dramatically 820 -Helayne changed. As of last year, the Jewish Agency no longer 821 -Louise supports us financially. Endowments and trusts that The old number will provided for our needy are not providing enough remain in operation for income to cover all our allocations and the number some time. of people requesting our assistance is growing at For further information visit an unprecedented rate, especially as a result of the the Telfed website. global financial crisis. We are receiving increasing requests from the elderly, as our community ages and income shrink. 4 Focus on Telfed There are many single mothers who receive help from us, inter alia, child care subsidies that enable them to go out and work. In addi- tion, numerous sick people receive financial support for vital medical
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