3 Ed itorial Editorial on th e TelfedMove The Face of Telfed South African Zionist Federation (Israel) 19 Schwartz Street, Ra‘anana 43212 “He may not have made th e covers of Tim e, Rolling Stone or 4 Focus on Telfed Tel.:(09)790-7800; Fax: (09)744-6112 Huisgenoot, but Sid Shapiro has done far better - h e is on th e [email protected]; www.telfed.org.il www.facebook.com/telfed cover of this issue of Telfed Magazine!” 10 New Arrivals his is the first moved into the “Ra’anana Sun” time Telfed Merkaz Klitah in 1987. Announcement 12 Noticeboard MagazineT has de- As has been pointed out, TELFED AWARDS FOR voted its cover en- one of Sid’s most stunning VOLUNTEERISM tirely to one per- achievements was in having Contents Later this year - date still to be finalized - son, but where in served - some might say - “sur- Telfed’s illustrious Telfed will salute the dedicated volunteers vived” under 13 chairmen, no in the Southern African community who 64 year history, has one individual Feature - Madiba 14 mean feat! have given of their time and/or expertise 7 so devoted over four decades of his As Chairman of Telfed (1999- freely in the service of their community life so entirely to Telfed? As former 2002), I worked with Sid on and/or Israeli society. Should you wish Telfed chairman, Hertzel Katz, re- to nominate a worthy candidate, please many varied and innovative Keren Telfed 18 marked in his address at the func- complete the form inserted in this magazine projects, but the most chal- tion celebrating Sidney Shapiro’s 70th or which appears on our website and send it to lenging in gaining approval Netta Steiner, Telfed’s Head of Volunteerism: birthday, and his retirement as direc- both in South Africa and in [email protected] Book Nook 22 tor after 30 years: “Telfed and Sidney Israel, finding budget and then For further information call: 09-7907805 were synonymous; when you spoke of enjoying the far-reaching and the one, the image of the other imme- enriching results, was our creation of ond was none other than the new Nuptials 17 diately emerged.” 24 The Israel Centrein South Africa. In CEO of Telfed, Dorron Kline who Sidney took over the reins of Telfed partnership with the Jewish Agency, it this March has taken over the reins 26 22 in the heady days of the mid-1980s energized again the spirit of Zionism from Sidney. Passionately believing, Religion when Aliyah from South Africa was that had been flagging. A beacon of “There Is No Business Like Aliyah peaking. This writer should know inspiration, its new ‘direction’ came Business,” (see page 8), Dorron takes as his small family was one of some in the form of carefully selected and pride and joy “in enjoying the fruits 28 Feature - Danger forty Southern African families who talented directors of whom its sec- of my labour” in noting the multitude of well-integrated olim in Israel that he had counseled in South Africa all 32 People Meet th e Press those years earlier. Telfed takes pride in representing 38 all of these Southern African olim; In Memoriam from Telfed’s 2014 honourees Smoky Editor and Chief Correspondent: David E. Kaplan Simon and Morris Kahn (see page 4), Design and Layout: Becky Rowe to the young singles who are starting 40 Classifieds Media Committee: Dave Bloom (Chair), Sharon Bernstein, Gershon Gan, out their lives in Israel. Neil Schwartz, Maurice Ostroff, Linda Barron, Jodi Reichenberg, Barbara Meltz-Kahn, Dorron Klein, Rolene Marks, David Kaplan, Becky Rowe Our community’s future in Israel stands to be no less illustrious than Proofreading: Sharon Bernstein, Marvyn Hatchuel, Linda Barron, Rae Galloon, Mark Reichenberg, Leon Moss its past. Meet the Press: Representing Telfed, its former Chairman and current editor of Telfed Advertising: David Kaplan (09)7672404, (050)7432361; [email protected] Magazine, Dave Kaplan (second from right), seen here with former South Africans Dr.Les Chag Pesach Sameach, Cover Poster: This large caricature was commissioned in Magazine Production: Yonit Weil (054-464-9406) [email protected] Glassman and Steve Linde, editor of The Jerusalem Post, with Nonhlanhla Mpofu (a South Dave Kaplan, Editor 2002 by the Telfed Events Committee on the occasion Subscriptions: Nikki Leviner (09 7907819) [email protected] African student at Tel Aviv University) and Bongani Siqoko, Editor in Chief of the Daily Dispatch of Sidney Shapiro’s 30 year service at Telfed. The setting Accounts: Dafna Rosenfeld (09)790-7808; [email protected] Newspaper at the “Meet the South African Media Delegation” at the residence of Ambassador Sisa was his favourite place of relaxation – his pond at home. Ngombane and Mrs. Thathanyana Ngombane in Ramat Gan. A 10-strong high-profile group of South Africans in the media (print and television) visited Israel to learn first-hand about the “real” Israel. Views and comments expressed in this publication are not necesarily those of the South African Zionist Federation (Israel) 2 or of the Editorial Board. SAZF (Israel) is not responsible for articles and advertisements which appear herein. 3 Focus on Telfed Men of Destiny. Smoky Simon and Morris Kahn receive Chairman’s Report Telfed’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Bar Ilan, Ben the Jewish Agency to rec- “May you live in interesting times” Gurion and the Weizmann Institute, ognize the vital role Olim or- is an old Chinese curse which en- and now, just for good measure, you ganisations play in absorbing joys positive resonance for the many Telfed’s Spectacular Gala Evening are involved in the international com- immigrants from all over the varied events and projects at Telfed petition to assist Israel in being the world, and to strengthen their during recent months. first country to get a robot onto the partnership with the Agency In very brief terms - read more in this issue and web- (Article on Morris appeared in moon.” for improving Aliyah. “After site - I am proud to report that Telfed received an Telfed Magazine July 2013) all,” stressed Dorron, “suc- award for ‘Excellence in Volunteerism’ by the Ministry Packing a lot of superlative achieve- cessful absorption is the es- of Absorption and Aliyah; over 300 people attended a ments into his 94 years, Smoky re- sential ingredient for suc- Telfed gala dinner honouring Morris Kahn and Smoky vealed that when in May 1948, he cessful Aliyah. One cannot Simon with Lifetime Achievements Awards, and soon “came on honeymoon with Myra” over-emphasize the need to Telfed’s building in Ra’anana which is in its final phase to fight in the War of Independence, strengthen the Olim organi- of major refurbishment, will offer to the community “this was my finest hour and the most sations which fulfill this vital eight additional duplex apartments with balconies of- thrilling experience of my life.” function through their profes- fering stunning views. sional Klitah counselors and How many people can proudly say However, it is Telfed’s “On the Move” view of its journey volunteers.” In this regard, they participated in the greatest adven- ahead that inspires, and ‘all aboard’ the SS Telfed is our Telfed is acknowledged to be ture for a Jew in 2000 years? Related outstanding crew of staff and committed volunteers. in the vanguard of successful Smoky, Chairman of World Machal: Over two hundred people joined in celebrating Sid olim organizations. th “On Friday afternoon of May 14, at Shapiro’s 70 birthday and retirement party held the very time that Ben Gurion was de- The message struck home! in March. The evening, which I had the pleasure of claring the establishment of the State Agreeing to Telfed’s sug- MC’ing was themed “This is Your Life”, and a special of Israel, the late South African Boris gestion, Dr. Danny Lamm, book was prepared telling the story of Sid’s life from Senior as pilot, and myself as navi- the Chairman of the “Aliyah childhood all the way through his illustrious career of gator with an Israeli aerial photog- and Rescue Committee” an- 42 years at Telfed. rapher, flew in one of the Bonanzas nounced that at all future “The fact that Telfed has grown and flourished with smuggled out of South Africa on BOG’s conventions there Sid at the helm for 30 years says much about his lead- the IAF’s very first operational mis- will be a presentation from ership,” said Naomi Stuchiner, founding President of sion for the purposes of reporting to the Olim Associations repre- Beit Issie Shapiro. army HQ on the strength of the in- senting the 23 Olim organi- Many members of the audience expressed how proud vading Jordanian forces.” Disturbing sations in Israel. “These pres- they were to participate in honouring Sid’s contribu- as their reconaissance report was, the entations,” explains Dorron, tion to Zionism, the Southern African Community in A Breed Apart role of the volunteers from abroad “will highlight the absorp- Israel, Telfed and the State of Israel. Morris Kahn and Smoky Simon and Smoky. Smoky said it best about Morris, would help shape the destiny of the tion work done by the Olim With Sid officially having stepped down as Director, are two exceptional individuals who The next day the emails came flood- referring to his co-honoree as my Jewish People for all time. organisations and bring ap- we wish the new CEO Dorron Kline along with COO not only reached the pinnacles in their ing in praising “the wonderful atmos- “young friend”, who at eighty-four It was night where Telfed was proud propriate recommendations Nava Lapid all the very best in taking over the reins professional fields but both made mon- phere”, “terrific venue”, “great food”, was ten years his junior: to honour two outstanding members to the Jewish Agency.” of our prestigious organization. We look to the future umental contributions to the security, “Leah Zinder as MC was sheer class”, “You are a phenomenon. You have of the Southern African communi- knowing that Telfed is in very capable hands. advancement and enrichment of the “It was nice reconnecting with Telfed”, succeeded in capturing the mysteri- ty who are still as active as ever in Telfed – A Class And like our refurbished and reinforced ‘spanking State of Israel. “The best was seeing people I had 6not ous and elusive formulae of how to their quest in enriching Israeli society. Act new look’ Schwartz Street building, our organisation It was little wonder that over 300 seen in years”, “We learned so much successfully combine pleasure and re- too is solid, firm in foundation and ready to proceed Telfed’s Endowments and members of the community packed about Telfed and the work it does” and, laxation with philanthropy, establish- ahead with revitalised energy fueled by a new gener- Telfed Makes the Case Scholarships Committee into the reception hall in Tel Aviv “it made us feel so proud of our com- ing social projects, promoting medical ation of professionals. Addressing the “Aliyah and Rescue (E&S) recently granted bur- for Telfed’s 2014 Gala Dinner munity hearing of the contributions of and scientific projects together with Chag Sameach Committee’ of the Jewish Agency at Louis Ariel and Lifetime Achievement Award Smoky and Morris”. your business activities in one great saries from The its Board of Governors (BOG) con- Goldschmidt Memorial Fund Dave Bloom Celebration to honour both Morris And the contributions stand as in- package. Little wonder you have been vention in Jerusalem, Telfed’s Director, spirations for future generations. honoured by the universities in Haifa, to ten Ethiopian students at Dorron Kline argued strenuously for continued on page 7 4 Focus on Telfed the annual Peirot Ha’Ilan Ceremony After everyone had satiated them- students from South Africa, “Telfed limb aboard and join us for a ride of Sid’s life,” invited Telfed held in Petach Tikvah. The Telfed selves on a sumptuous IDC spon- is there to support you,” said Telfed “CChairman Dave Bloom to a packed auditorium at the IDC Herzliya bursaries were awarded to students at sored breakfast - which one smart Vice Chairperson Batya Shmukler. th ‘Super Sid’ as he opened the evening to celebrate Sidney Shapiro’s 70 birthday and the Jerusalem College of Technology Government & Diplomacy student “We are a South African family and honor his contribution to Telfed as he retires from the organisation he and represents Telfed’s philosophy of suggested “why not repeat this out- Telfed is here for you.” served for 42 years, thirty as Director. “not only serving the Southern African standing project on a daily basis” - Particularly interesting for South “Wow, this is something like an emotional rollercoaster,” remarked community the participants got down to the se- Africans, expressed Stephanie Miller, Sid as video messages were shown from the Zionist leadership in but contribut- rious business at hand. a former South Africa, as well at messages read from the Mayor of Ra’anana ing to enrich The host,Jonathan Davis, Head South African Taking on the task of Ze’ev Bielski and Morris Borsuk, followed by speakers taking to the the broad- of the International School spoke and the IDC’s spearheading Telfed’s er Israeli socie- impressive ‘Media Machine’ microphone as photos of the past flashed onto the screen. There was glowingly of the strong Southern Recruitment is Yonit Weil a “Google former Telfed Chairman Hertzel Katz who praised Sid “for having ty,” says Batya African “love affair” with the IDC. and Admission qualified teacher” who survived working under 13 chairmen - poor man”; Sid’s cousin and sister Shmukler, “Only 12 years ago there were four Coordinator, moved back to Israel last who testified to Sid’s early obsessions -thankfully - with Zionism; a Telfed Vice year from Johannesburg and Man of the Moment: Sidney Shapiro (2nd left), students; today we have over sixty, “is that we are who has shifted into top chaver from his ‘Mowbray days’ who “we walked together to shul little Chairperson with former Telfed Chairman itz Kalmanowitz, meaning we are Israel’s premier ac- now offering gear managing the ‘techno knowing where those walks would later lead us,”; Amnon Becker who Michelle Shapiro and Karen Hesselberg. Toda Netta Steiner recently and Chair ademic ‘Absorption Centre’ – We law degrees nuts& bolts’ of the Telfed took over from Lina of the E&S Magazine, Telfed Website was the driver at Telfed when Sid first joined, Solly Sacks who related have the largest number of students in English. boyhood pranks when they shared a tent in Bnei Akiva; Cherie Hadani on devising innovative Aliyah and Klitah programmes, Michael and Sheila Zetler Tarna as head of Telfed’s committee. and e-newsletter. Yonit Volunteerism Department. from South Africa than any other ac- The language sums up Telfed’s atmosphere who praised Sid’s role in Telfed when the ‘Manof Project’ was just a mound of rock and they had to literally and figuratively “move mountains” to get it “Volunteerism is the chain “Your gener- ademic institution in Israel. Many of the glob- when she says from her own moving; long-time friend Joel Klotnik who spoke about recent Telfed fundraising events which began when they were both university rag chairmen in connecting the individual to osity,” said one have gone on to further their stud- al business experience, “Telfed is a warm 1968, Joel at Wits and Sid at UCT; Sid’s former secretary Debbie Chitiz on the “hectic and exciting days when work-overload was the order of the day and society,” she says. Her goal and friendly environment; student speak- ies at the finest universities abroad world today we loved it”, and concluding with Nava Lapid and Dorron Kline, Telfed’s new leadership – Nava as Chief Operating Officer and Dorron as CEO who both is “to guide, support and everyone has made me feel empower our volunteers to ing from the very welcome.” testified to Sid’s guidance in preparing them for the future. while others have found top jobs is English and A LeChaim to Sid. Solly Sacks, Dave Bloom, Gita Sacks and Hilary Kaplan. engage in effective social podium, “has in Israel. This is great but it can be law is an inte- and educational work One could always depend on ‘responsible Sid’ so it was little not only helped better – after all, if we have basket gral compo- wonder that back in 1969, Sid was selected to be Ben Gurion’s within the Ex-South-African community and the broader us financially ball teams on campus why can’t we nent of this so driver when ‘the old man’ visited Cape Town in 1969 when Sid was community in Israel.” to pursue our have a rugby team?” we are look- Chairman of the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS). dreams but has With that ‘priority’ settled, all agreed ing forward It started on a nervous note. “I couldn’t find a decent Israeli flag shown us how people can help peo- to ‘tackle’ the issue and encourage to many more to position in the front of the limousine so I found a small plastic ple in need, and I only hope that one young Jews in South Africa to con- students from ‘Degel Yisrael’ left over from Yom Ha’Atzmaut that I attached. day I will be able to give back to so- sider the IDC option. Clearly, there South Africa However, all the way from the airport, bits and pieces of the plastic ciety, either financially or by volun- is a trend reflecting the increasing opting to study law now that we of- crumbled under the pressure of a howling south- easter, so by the teering to help others.” time we reached the Mount Nelson, all that remained was a bare popularity of being able ‘to study fer it in English.” stick.” Somewhat embarrassed, Sid found solace in that “It was the “It is such words,” says Batya that in Israel in English’ and for these The cost of tuition should not be first time I had ever stepped foot into the Mount Nelson and here I “cements Telfed’s commitment to our an impediment “to someone from was having my own room.” The only snag was, “I had an inter-leading door to Ben Gurion’s suite because he was known to pester his drivers in the middle young generations who will be our South Africa who wants to study in of the night to take him for drives.” It was a good lesson! leaders of tomorrow.” • Israel,” said Davis who said schol- Being on hand at a moment’s notice has been Sid’s position at the helm of Telfed through trying For more information on Peirot Ha’Ilan see arships are available both from the and tumultuous times. And so it was as ‘driving’ not Ben Gurion but Telfed for 30 years as its Telfed website. continued on next page director that has taken the organisation that in January 2014 received from the Absorption Minister Sopha Landver the 2013 prestigious award for “the best organisation utilising Academic Smorgasbord volunteers in the field of Aliyah Absorption.” Good food, good company, good One of the most memorable moments of the evening was the message written from an ailing vibes and talk of “good days ahead” Working Breakfast. Director of Morris Borsuk who sadly passed away before the function. “I praise your commitment to Marketing at the International School, excellence. After all these years, I will need to adjust that you will no longer be in the office. I - all appeared on the ‘Annual IDC- Mimi Laufer (4th from the left) with truly hope we will stay in touch.” For Morris that was not to be but all the Southern African Telfed Breakfast’ menu for Southern South African students at the IDC- community of Israel would share Morris’s sentiment that African students at the IDC’s pictur- Telfed breakfast. you remain “in touch” with your beloved “Fed”. esque open-air cafeteria. All Cool. Some of the over 60 Southern African students at the IDC Herzliya waving goodbye before going Sid’s Retirement & 70th Birthday Party to classes. “She could move mountains and frequently did.” Behatzlacha 6 Sid and his long-time secretary, Lina Nulman. Focus on Telfed Illuminating. Recent oleh, Brett Goldman (centre) in the role of ‘Lumiere the candlestick’ The Curtain Rises in the Beauty and the Beast. IDC as well as from Telfed. From Linksfield Telfed Deputy Director Dorron Johannesburg, Kline explained what Telfed had “There’s No Business 37 year-old Brett to offer particularly in the area of like Aliyah Business” Goldman made ali- scholarships, while Telfed’s PRAS yah four years ago and Coordinator Dana Levy-Tavor spoke hat’s the truth,” says is living on Kibbutz of Telfed’s flagship programme where- Telfed’s long-serving Revivim in the Negev. by students mentor new olim for a “TAliyah Counsellor Susan From being a wed- higher Telfed bursary. Sharon. She has known olim ding dress designer It was then time for the students since their arrival on Aliyah in Johannesburg to from Southern Africa, seen to talk. Mainly from Johannesburg Ladies Man. Telfed Chairman Dorron Kline addressing female students at the Yeud Girls week from members of our commu- working in a sophisticated hatchery and Cape Town, one-by-one the Seminary in Jerusalem on ideology driven Aliyah. their children educated, married and nity to Telfed’s well-wishing letters in the desert, “that places eggs in students took the microphone and making lives for themselves. “Can on the anniversaries of their Aliyah,” incubators where they are hatched there be anything more rewarding spoke about their experiences stud- PRAS the PRAS bursary students spent with says Susan, “They are still smiling.” and then sent on to the farmers” is than having contributed in this ev- ying in Israel - “incredible social life” A letter says it all him. We are all so grateful to Telfed Over and above the Australian Olim “a mind-switch of massive propor- and how and when they first heard of er-evolving Southern African saga?” tion.” This was particularly so as the “I want to express our extreme grat- for all the kindness and help.” Name that Telfed now processes, there is the IDC Herzliya. Some “by word- From names on a factual file to choice at the time was either Paris or itude to the PRAS Student Bursary Withheld • consistently about 200 olim a year of-mouth”, others “when Stephanie faces in the flesh, Telfed has met Milan, “certainly not Israel where I Programme of Telfed who helped from South Africa. “Secular, reli- addressed us at King David School,” “these wonderful adventurous peo- had never been.” And then a good our son when we made Aliya in gious, young singles to families and or, “Herzlia School”; some saw it first ple”, helped them through the in- friend in Haifa said, “Consider Israel”, 2009. Aliyah out of Choice seniors – it’s very much a mixed bag,” on Facebook, another, “read about it itial stages of absorption, assisted and now “my only regret is why I did What motivates Jews from across the says Susan. in a copy of Telfed Magazine lying Over the years 2011 and 2012, with finding accommodation, em- not make the move ten years earlier.” the bursary students who came over world to make Aliyah when there are To find out how our newcomers in my parent’s lounge,” and quite a ployment and counseled on educa- Kibbutz Revivim “has been great,” to help were the highlight of my no push factors such as anti-Semitism, are faring, Telfed Magazine spoke few revealed, “When we visited the tion as well as providing scholarships he says; “Instead of one mother, I son’s week who was struggling inte- persecution or dire economic conditions? to four relatively recent Olim. IDC before our matric year on the when required. “And as we can now now have six.” However, still “a city Encounter Programme”. grating both socially and academi- Expounding on this issue, Telfed see from the replies pouring in each cally. The PRAS students however, Director, Dorron Kline recently ad- continued on next page All agreed that before next year’s were wonderful, intelligent young dressed the Yeud Girls Seminary in IDC-Telfed breakfast there should be men who formed a close bond with Kiryat Yovel in Jerusalem. Telfed’s more South African students enrolled. him. They helped him learn to invitation to speak is part of a pro- The worst that can happen con- speak Hebrew, gain confidence and gramme to educate native-born Israeli Sharon’s Sterling Service cluded Davis with glee, “I will order adjust to his new environment. students on the role of Zionist ide- It would be hard to find a Southern African living in Israel who is not familiar with the welcoming voice of a bigger breakfast.” Bon Appétit! • From a child who was never happy ology in inspiring Jews from the Sharon Bernstein, the Telfed staff member who answers the primary Telfed phone. Paying tribute to Sharon or successful in school, even in South Diaspora to make Aliyah. for 25 years of service, a Telfed luncheon was recently held in her honor where her family, friends and col- Africa, my son finished school in 2013 “The presentation was a revelation leagues journeyed back down memory lane to an era when electric typewriters and telex machines were the Outgoing Director winning the top prize for diligence to our Sabra students who rarely last word in technology. Sidney Shapiro and and study. Such a turnaround could Dave Bloom, Sidney Shapiro, Dorron Kline, other members of the Directorate and staff members praised Telfed Chairman Dave question why Jews who are happily never have Sharon’s talents. Guest Narda Korakin, who recommended Sharon for her first job at Telfed as secretary to the Bloom, received the Well Deserved Telfed settled elsewhere in the world, vol- 2013 prestigious been pos- untarily choose to come and live in Isrentco administrator, also had complimentary words to say. award for “the best sible with- Israel,” explained the programme’s There is almost no job that Sharon has not done at Telfed. Her present responsibilities include: employment volunteer management out the in- Madricha, Shalhevet. counseling and organising of employment workshops, secretary to the Directorate, Board of Governors and in the field of Aliyah valuable Absorption.” The award The Yeud Girls seminary has hosted Sharon Bernstein recieving a Executive Council, Keren Telfed correspondence, assistant to the Director and Deputy Director, secretary to the was presented by the hours that certificate of recognition for 25 Media Committee, Telfed magazine proof-reader and contributor and stationery supervisor. All this is accomplished many South African girls including years of service. Minister of Absorption whilst she is answering the phones and responding to Telfed’s “info” e-mails. Where would Telfed’s staff be without and Immigration the Bnei Akiva South Africa MTA Minister Sopha programme, who spend their gap her systematized spirit supporting us? Landver, at a special year studying in Jerusalem. • For generations of olim, Sharon’s voice on the other end of the phone has been a pleasant reminder of their Southern African heritage. We wish Sharon ceremony in Jaffa. good health and further productive endeavours in the years to come. 8 By Louise Geva 9 Thanks to the RE/MAX Real Estate School, N ew Arrivals Aliyah business... conti. Daniel boy at heart” he plans to move to Beersheba Jerusalem or Tel Aviv in order to I made Jacobson in the near future where he hopes to return storm the ‘Bastilles’ of Israeli bu- to designing wedding reaucracy, “it eventually paid off.” In dresses.” 2012 he obtained his license which NIS In the meantime Brett was followed last year by obtain- 25,870 Johannesburg is integrating well. From ing the all-important ‘heavy cur- in one month Ackerman, Cayla starring last season as rent’ license. Aginsky, Kerith Ann-Louise Nissen the ‘candlestick’ in ‘Fully charged’, Brett currently You too can sign up! Bird, Jamie-Lee LOGON’s (The Light holds a top position at Lime & Stone Boni, Illan Opera Group of the near Zichron Yakov. “I can honest- Nadav Blackman Eisenhammer, Daniel Negev) Beauty and the ly say today, Israel is my home.” (Johannesburg) Glass, Jonathan Beast, Brett is the star Arriving with no Hebrew and only RE/MAX agent, Haifa Gur, Michelle and Tali in this year’s, ‘The Man staying on the ulpan for two weeks of La Mancha’ playing IDC Herzlia graduate, “because I needed to go out and 052-277-8188 Hazan, Raphael Aaron Tait Don Quixote. By the Kayda Prodgers work,” today my Hebrew has come Jacobson, Daniel time you read this article, viewers may well a long way and most of our friends www.remax.co.il 1-800-211-311 ext. 5 Kaler, Amber-Rose have met Brett on stage. are Israeli.” Penn, Natasha I’m in the Army Now Jonathan’s wife Lorren has too ex- Rabinowitz, Shalav celled. Working as a sales representa- Nice Work reviewing and revising CVs, providing Raik, Bradley In her mid-twenties, Kayda Prodgers is now tive and in customer service for Green During 2013, “over 150 people contacts within the Southern African in the IDF, having recently graduated with Shapiro, Ariel Smoke - manufacturers of electric cig- turned to the Telfed Employment community, referring to recruitment a BA in Psychology from the IDC Herzliya. Sharon, Dalia and Gal arettes for people trying to quit smok- Advisory Service for assistance in agencies and publishing articles in the In 2008, she spent a year in Israel on the ing - there recently appeared an arti- finding suitable employment,” says employment field. • Shrock, Hillel and Karen, Danya, Sarah, Jacob and Aaron Habonim Shnat programme, and on return- cle on her in the Daily Telegraph in Telfed Employment Advisor, Sharon Smith, Hillel and Elana ing to Cape Town where she started study- the UK praising her superlative ser- Bernstein. The majority she says “were Colouful Cotler Solomon, Dennis and Annette Cayla Ackerman ing at UCT, “I decided to make Aliyah and vice. Most important, says Jonathan, secretaries, graphic designers, editors, Having visited South Africa on nu- Varkel, Kas so I upped and came. This is where I want- “Both the kids are doing great. Evan sales and hospitality industry person- ed to be. Israel is a very exciting and chal- merous occasions from the time of has completed his army service and nel, travel agents, business managers, being invited to be part of the legal lenging place to be, particularly for those in is studying while Dean is now in the teachers and accountants.” their early twenties; there is so much happen- team headed by Issie Meisels to free army. They love Israel.” Visitors to Israel are encouraged to Cape Town ing, this place jives.” Kayda is all praise for Nelson Mandela, to his daughter mar- Gropper , Osnat meet with Sharon to discuss their the IDC. “It’s more than just a great school; Love Letters rying into a South African family and Honor, Michael employment options. “Of course, my who live in Israel, “I feel tonight I it’s a great community for young people who And Telfed is hearing a lot these Kazansky, Moran primary advice to prospective olim is am addressing Mishpocha (family),” have made Aliyah like I did, or for those con- days from those who “love Israel” in to focus on learning Hebrew and not said Canadian MP and international Nissen, Ann sidering Aliyah. Through the IDC, I made response to its open-ended ‘Staying to open one’s own business too soon Irwin Cotler friends from all over the world – the States, in Touch’ well-wishing letters to human rights activist after making Aliyah.” Europe the UK – you name it. And now that Southern Africans in Israel on the to a packed auditorium in Ra’anana. Rustenberg, I am in the army, I now have many more anniversaries of their Aliyot (Date of Workshops are organized in conjunc- continued on page 12 Chatzekelowitz, Caroline Israeli friends.” immigration). tion with Human Writes 2008 Oleh, Byron Gerber: “I Resource profes- ‘Family Gathering’: Telfed Milka Electryfing sionals — watch am really doing well here in Tel Aviv. Chairman Dave Marcuson Jonathan Scheftz the Telfed Press Adrienne ’s Aliyah has been one It has proved the best move I have Bloom (r) presenting Kaplan of grit and determination that has admira- done. Thanks to Telfed for being there for details of future Telfed’s publication and bly paid off. Arriving in Israel in 2010 from when I needed assistance and thanks workshops. Some on the history Martin Johannesburg with wife with two children, to the strong Israeli Shekel that has of Telfed’s services and contribution Stoller include advertis- of the Southern with Jonathan had a long and arduous journey made my holidays to South Africa ing positions on its African community their dog. in obtaining his Israeli license as a qualified relatively cheap. Good on you both! to Israel - ‘Story electrician. Living initially in Haifa and hav- “So to all of you - a very big thank website, Linkedin of Achievement’ to ing to arise frequently at 4.30am to travel to you, and a Chag Pesach Sameach.” and Facebook sites; Irwin Cotler. 10 11 Noticeboard THINKING OF TRAVELLING? Good news!! Telfed has a New Initiative Contact IAN WALDBAUM Tel. 09-7744235 day or night for efficient service and Now you can pay for personal help in your home. 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Fea tu re two occasions, both times in the pres- ing which housed Sidelsky’ law offic- by David Kaplan ence of his late grandfather. “At the first es had segregated elevators, “my uncle meeting we were discussing the differ- would ride with Mandela on the one Mbeki and Raymond Mthlaba, who ence between a terrorist and a freedom reserved for blacks,” says Lennie. were sentenced with Mandela at the Rivonia Trial and served many years fighter when Mandela remarked, “You In his memoirs, Mandela describes with him on Robben Island. know, they used to brand me a ter- “Natie” as his first white friend who rorist and now they say I was a free- dragged him to his communist get-to- Michael may well feel personally in- dom fighter”.” gethers. He amusingly records how Nat debted to Mandela. “It was 1948 and This fluid definition unsettled Daniel gave him his first lesson in Communism my Dad, who was articled to Dave Throughout the days until his second meeting! over a lunch break in Sidelsky’s office: Snaier, used to hang out with all the of Mandela’s passing it His grandfather lay desperately ill “Nelson, hold the other side in hospital when Mandela paid him of my sandwich.” rained incessantly. So a visit and to lighten the atmosphere “Break,” he says. too in Israel! During the he jokingly asked: “And so I broke.” memorial service at “Lazer, what are your plans when you “Now eat,” he instructs. the residence of South get to heaven?” “So I ate.” “Granddad was in no physical condi- “You see, we share every- Africa’s Ambassador, Days of Rain tion to answer so Mandela continued, thing we have - you have Sisa Ngombane in “When I arrive in heaven the first thing now had your first ‘bite’ of Tel Aviv - attended I plan to do is join the local ANC and Communism.” meet with millionaires to raise money Mandela had little ‘appetite’ by representatives of Goodbye ‘Madiba’ for schools in Africa.”” for communism and noted with The distinction to Daniel was clear. both amusement and insight, Transformers. Mandela with Lazer Sidelsky who articled Telfed - the heavens him at a time when no white law firm in apartheid South “They were a spirited bunch but more opened. Within hours of Madiba’s passing, and Telfed Magazine. Dov relates that “Here was a man after a lifetime of Africa would have done so. Telfed Magazine was inundated with when his father visited the “world’s struggle and sacrifice - not for himself focused on class than race.” It was said in tributes that as emails and calls from members of the most famous political prisoner”, he but for his people - and his thoughts Sound Advice other articled clerks together during rain brings “life, rejuvenation South African community in Israel was introduced by Mandela to his and concerns about the hereafter re- relating anecdotes followed by the warden as “The only white man I will mained still only for others. There was Michael Jankelowitz from Jerusalem lunch breaks.” and hope,” so too “has Mandela’s sending of photographs. In a tribute ever call Boss.” no thought of what he in heaven de- and former Spokesman for the Jewish It was at one such lunch break that Agency remembers the politics of the life on earth been a fertile to Mandela, we tap into the stories Born of Xhosa regal stock, the late served; only how he could continue to “Mandela asked my dad straight, struggle against apartheid “having of some of these individuals whose Walter Sisulu once remarked that if serve.” This is a far cry, asserts Daniel, “Colin, when are you getting mar- source of inspiration for all grown up in a home where my late fa- lives at one time or another connect- it had not been for Sidelsky hiring from those who welcome heaven ex- ried?” When my dad replied that he ther Colin Jankelowitz, a lawyer in Port mankind.” Others interpreted ed with the “Rainbow Nation’s” icon- Mandela, “South Africa may have had pecting rewards “like 72 virgins.” had not yet even proposed, Mandela Elizabeth, defended local ANC lead- ic liberator. another tribal chief rather than its great- told him, “You better hurry up or she the excessive rain to tears - “of a Uplifting ers from 1958 until 1964.” Among his est president.” It was Sisulu who ap- will find somebody else.” world in mourning.” Dream the Impossible Nat most noted clients were the late Govan pealed to Sidelsky in the early 1940s Lennie Pearl’s late uncle Rabbi Dov Sidelsky from Jerusalem Bregman served Top Class to employ “this young man from the Class of 50. The final year law graduates at Wits in 1950 which includes Mandela (top 2nd from was hounded by the local Transkei” at a time when, says Dov, “it articles togeth- the left), Joe Slova (top right), Helen Goldfoot (centre) and the renown professors Hahlo and Khan. Helen Goldfoot media. The son of the late was very difficult to attain work even er with Mandela from Herzliya Comrades in Lazer Sidelsky in Sidelsky’s law Pituach was Articles. Former who hired as a white clerk – for a black clerk, al- articled clerks at Mandela as an articled most impossible.” firm and “remained Secretary of the Lazer Sidelsky’s clerk in the forties, Dov close friends until Faculty of Law at Well, as Mandela used to famously law office, Nat was interviewed live on he passed away in the University of Bregman (l) say, “It always seems impossible until Israel English TV News, 2011.” Lennie, who the Witwatersrand remained lifelong it’s done.” friends with Channel 33 and Arutz lives in Netanya (Wits) when Mandela (r) until HaKnesset as well as The Good Heavens! has many photo- Mandela graduat- he passed away in Jerusalem Post, The Times graphs of the fam- ed in 1950. “He Lazer Sidelsky’s grandson Daniel 2011. of Israel, Yediot Acharonot, ily with Mandela. was the only black who made Aliyah from Johannesburg Ha’aretz, HaMishpacha in his class that in- in 2012, relates meeting Mandela on While the build- 14 Fea tu re Editor of the Rand Daily Mail is side of a large sheet of glass, in walked ership in Johannesburg. Solly, who lines “I have cherished the ideal of a the director of Yakar’s Center for Nelson: his hair grey, his face lined, but at the time, was Chairman of the democratic and free society in which cluded Joe Slovo. I was present at the Social Concern in Jerusalem which looking in good health and as impos- SAZF, further recalls how Mandela all persons live together in harmony meeting of the senior professors who he founded. ing as ever.” was astounded to hear that there were and with equal opportunities. It is an met to discuss the final year grades He recalls that in the early days Pogrund sensed a change about the only 100,000 Jews in South Africa. ideal which I hope to live for and to and I remember Prof. Morris Kahn “there was this image of Mandela man. “Although he was the same warm Acknowledging their contribution, achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal emphasizing how unlike all the white in the ANC as being a bit of a and friendly person I had known all “He believed the community was clos- for which I am prepared to die.” playboy and ladies’ man. The those years before, there was now an er to 1.5 million,” and recognizing She described Mandela’s address as whisper among some of the rank No Longer Meeting in Secret. Former Deputy-Editor of added gravitas to him. He had come their potential, expressed, “I want the displaying “immense courage and the Rand Daily Mail Benjamin Pogrund today a resident of Jewish people of South Africa to stay and file was that he was not real- Jerusalem with Mandela shortly after his release in 1994. through the fire, and was steeled and voiced the pain of millions of Africans.” ly to be taken seriously. It sprang strong. I noted that he had an au- in South Africa and contribute to its Reinforcing its support for Mandela, from his imposing appearance - sending messages through trusted peo- thority unusual in a prisoner.” In all future.” Most memorable says Solly, tall, handsome and always impeccably ple. We met at the home of Adelaide the years working for The Rand Daily was listening to the reminisc- dressed in a suit.” and Paul Joseph near Joburg’s city Mail, “I had never before come across ing, “Especially between Helen, Mandela and Issy Maisels.” In While the majority of blacks then centre, or I parked my car at night a prisoner whose attitude and behav- truth says Solly, “They were were labourers, mainly working in the in a dark spot in a quiet street and iour were not that of a prisoner. On good friends of long standing mining industry, “Mandela was a pro- Mandela would appear. His disguise - a subsequent visit with my wife, the and comrades in the struggle.” fessional - an attorney with his own which did little to conceal him - was prison’s officer in the room deferred a worker’s boiler suit.” to him. When we were saying good- Messages from Israel: Marcelle Sheiman, car. This was a rarity among blacks at Epilogue Chairperson of the Israel-South Africa Chamber of the time.” What struck Pogrund was “how he bye in the entrance hall, it was hard While anti-Israel forces today Commerce signing the memorial book at the memorial projected such purpose and determi- to believe that this was a man who service at the South African Embassy in Ramat Gan. This perception was to dramatically falsely besmirch Israel for its ex- available at Gefen Publishing. nation. He deliberately walked away was going to be locked in that night. change following the Sharpeville mas- aggerated association with South from a comfortable and secure life at It would be another four years before students, Mandela had to return home sacre on 21 March 1961 “which test- Africa during the apartheid years a level to which very few blacks could he was released.” each day to a hut in Soweto where ed Mandela to the ultimate. The ANC – infinitesimal compared to other Guest of Honour. The late philanthropist and Jerusalem resident ever have aspired to. Leaving behind there was no electricity and had to and the rival PAC – whose call for ac- Camaraderie nations who were doing a roar- Mendel Kaplan showing South Africa President Nelson Mandela around the South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town, which was study by candlelight.” The signs were tion had precipitated Sharpeville – were Winnie and their two young daugh- Former Telfed Chairman Solly Sacks ing trade with the apartheid re- opened by Mandela in 2000. (Shawn Benjamin/Ark Images) banned and the government was seizing ters, he put his life on the line and already there “that here was a young from Jerusalem recalls with amusement gime – it is interesting to note man, defying all the obstacles and was and jailing the leaders. Mandela dis- there was never a single word of com- the great parliamentary anti-apartheid how Israel rose to the occasion the Israeli Foreign Ministry roped in driven to succeed.” Helen still recalls, appeared; he went underground and plaint or regret.” campaigner Helen Suzman once re- in supporting Mandela when he faced philosopher Martin Buber and Israeli “How charming he was.” began to plan a stay-at-home strike His steadfast character was all too evi- buking Mandela for constantly refer- the gallows in 1964. author Haim Hazaz who addressed a against the government. The entire dent in later years to the apartheid lead- ring to his colleagues as “comrades’. According to the documents recently letter to the government of South Africa ‘Playboy’ to President police force hunted him but he elud- ership who, afraid Mandela might die “Stop this nonsense,” she said. declassified by the Israel State Archives, to protest the regime’s crackdown on Spanning a career of reporting on ed them. He was known as the ‘Black in prison and emerge a martyr, made Israel sent a letter to the South African the ANC. “Talk to them. Listen to them. apartheid, Benjamin Pogrund was Pimpernel’. The playboy nonsense was repeated offers to release him, “pro- “I suppose if Mandela could com- government urging it to negotiate with They have something to say. You will not frequently investigated by security po- never heard again.” vided he agreed to retire to the vassal fortably call the Queen of England ‘Elizabeth’, then Helen, who was one Mandela and the other accused. The silence their voices by hanging them. ... lice, put on trial several times, experi- Following the failure of the strike, Transkei Bantustan.” of the few people who had visited him letter also criticized the regime’s seg- From the land of Israel, we ask you to enced prison once and had his passport “he phoned me saying he believed Mandela rejected all offers coupled in prison, could get away with being regationist policies. assert your faith in the nobility of man, revoked. Today the former Deputy- there was no longer a place for non- with compromise and insisted on the so blunt.” What’s more, she said it two Israel’s foreign minister, Golda whatever the colour of his skin. And if violent resistance to apartheid. Shortly unconditional dismantling of apartheid. days after his re- Meir, urged you’d do unto others in accordance with Times Were A’Changing. Chairman of the SAZF after, he led the ANC in switching to a For Mandela, there were no degrees Solly Sacks at a reception he organised for Harry lease in 1990 at Israel’s charge this faith, the future is yours, and theirs policy of armed Schwartz when of freedom - one was either free or a meeting with d’affaires in ... and the worlds.” resistance.” he was appointed one was not. the Jewish lead- Cape Town to South African How Mandela, when he took the His life there- Many years would pass before Pogrund express Israel’s oath of office in 1994 as the first black Ambassador to Presidents and the the United States after until his again met Mandela. “I kept applying displeasure president of South Africa, must have capture became Physician. Syd Cohen (r) is during the country’s for a visit and was refused. Then, out seen here in 1994 when he with the trial reflected on those words he uttered transition to a game of cat of the blue, it was agreed. I was to be accompanied the President of and praised from the court room 30 years before, majority rule and and mouse. allowed to see him as a friend, not as Israel, Ezer Weitzman (centre) which Mandela was Mandela’s open- for although “the ideal of a democratic a journalist, and had to promise not as his personal physician to guest of honor . “We set up se- the inauguration of Nelson ing address to and free society” was an ideal he “was cret meetings by to write anything. Mandela (l) as South the court, noted prepared to die for”, destiny decreed “In the interview room, on the other Africa’s first democratically for its closing it was an ideal that he “would live for 16 elected President. and achieve.” • SKY MASTER * DIRECT US TV Keren Telfed Keren Telfed and Other Funds Please remember Keren Telfed when you are celebrating happy Tired of YES? 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Smilingly his resultant participation of Meir, the late Chief Rabbi of the we build in Israel, so we must build hornets’ nest. The Mechalelei Shabbat friend replied: “What you our Community in the Cape, South West Africa and Northern in Chutz La’Aretz (the Diaspora). (Desecrators of Sabbath) vehemently lack Rebbe, is not a theme, upbuilding of our nation- Rhodesia (Zambia), came alive with the There must be constructive parallel- denounced him for meddling with but vertebrae. Have a lit- al home.” tle backbone; critics you reading of extracts from his sermons ism between the two. There must be matters outside his legitimate sphere. This was an issue that will always have.”” 40 years on, and essays, a PowerPoint journey into a rhythmic response in the Diaspora Sabbath observance, they insisted, was Abrahams carried forth the past, a riveting address by Derek to the heart-beat of life in the histor- an economic question; the preacher not only in word but in his legacy still Perlman, a goose-pimple popping ic homeland. We are divided by po- should keep to his proper task – On edu ca tio n deed when he made Aliyah with his rendition of El Malei Rahamim by litical and physical barriers, but unit- religious instruction. It was little wonder that Rabbi wife Rebbetzin Estelle Ethel Abrahams shines Chazan Solly Goldberg (a former ed by spiritual bridges. We are one The following Sabbath, the Rabbi Abrahams fought so strenuously for in 1973. student of Abrahams) and the most faith, one in Hebraic culture, one in chose commercial morality as his the establishment of the Jewish Day A moving of all, impromptu emotional historic memories. This unity is vital topic. But the howl of protest was School in Cape Town. In an essay revelations by people in the audience. to us. We must nourish it.... In every even fiercer. “Cobbler stick to your ‘Jewish Education: Its Aims and Wise Wh isperings Settling in Jerusalem, Rabbi Abrahams Synagogue, in every Talmud Torah, in last!” was the burden of criticism from Problems’, he wrote, “Jewish educa- All who spoke attested to the Chief joined the Yeshurun Great Synagogue every Jewish Society, above all, in every all quarters. “What do you know of tion enshrines the secret of Jewish Rabbi’s brilliant sermons and that his where he sat next to no less a colourful Jewish Home, let us build the eter- ‘Geshaft’? Business is of no concern survival. It is the link between gen- insights and erudition gave pride to personality - MK Joseph Burg, found- and helped shape a vibrant Jewish and nal City of God, the universal State of yours!” eration and generation...and should Leading of Israel – shel Ma’alah.” Next the Minister ventured to speak serve as the cornerstone of our com- Zionist community. munal structure, constitute the pri- Son-in-law Meir, a retired Israeli dip- on Zionism. But lo, some would have mary objective of our collective en- lomat, proudly revealed he was not none of it. This was an unpardonable Minding or deavour, and should be the supreme averse to quoting from his esteemed desecration of Jewish Sanctities. In ideal to which Jewish parents dedi- father-in-law when the occasions pre- no unmistakable terms the spiritual Meddling? cate their holiest efforts in the rear- Light sented themselves during his overseas “Should Rabbis Participate in Politics?” leader of the congregation was to ing of their children.” postings. One can understand why. is a question that is relevant today no understand that Zionism must in The sentiments expressed by Rabbi less than when “Rabbi Yohanan ben future be regarded as Streng verboten. Most significant, and a far cry from Abrahams remain timeless – as valid Zakkai made peace with Vespasian,” Sadly, the Rabbi perceived that many rabbis in the Diaspora today, today as they will be tomorrow and or “Rabbi Akiba set the nation aflame human affairs were altogether too dan- Zionism was an integral component as they were when they were first so in support of Bar Kochba in his trag- gerous to be discussed in the synagogue. of Jewish education. “A factor that has Meeting of Great Minds: Rabbi Abrahams and ic resistance to Hadrian.” Israeli rab- played a vital part in fostering Jewish SA Prime Minister Jan Smuts eloquently articulated. Utterly dejected, the preacher ap- bis today participate in politics from consciousness in South Africa, espe- pealed to his one remaining friend both the pulpit and Knesset podium cially among the youth, has been the in the community for counsel: What er of the National Religious Party. Israel Reborn which begs the question: What are successful propagation in our midst Renowned for his sharp erudite wit, On the first Rosh Hashanah after the parameters - if any - of rabbinical journalists used to dub Burg’s Knesset independence, Rabbi Abrahams’ political power? Are they minding or appearances as “Burgtheater,” after the sermon captured the excitement and meddling in the affairs of state? Dr. Rosalind and Meir famous playhouse in Vienna. One expectation of world Jewry as well as On this intriguing subject, Yarom Romen holding two of Rabbi could only surmise on the enriching here are few Southern African noting the immense responsibilities Romen, Rabbi Abrahams’ grandson Abrahams celebrated works, and entertaining exchanges between Jews that have not heard of ‘Living Water’ and ‘Pathways that lay ahead. and a lawyer, read from the Rabbis’ these two great rabbis between daven- Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams – even in Judaism’. “This is a solemn, infinitely responsible essay citing the following story to ing. This writer would be most eager if they were not from Cape Town. He wrote a history of the T moment in our history. We enter a illustrate the point: Jews of the Western Cape to hear from anyone who sat in ear- So it was not surprising that mem- New Era. We embark on a new life. from its beginnings until the shot of those conversations. bers of the SA community in Israel “There was once a Jewish preacher Its keynote is construction. We must end of the Anglo Boer War, packed into the Telfed boardroom one who, in his desire to please his and translated the scholarly They could prove enlightening for an build again. But every constructive October night to honour his memory congregation, resolved to preach works of Prof Umberto enthralling installment on ‘Rabbinical endeavour must have a foundation. only on subjects that met universal Cassuto from Hebrew into Revelations’! • On what basis shall we erect this new favour. On the first Sabbath, he took so English. 26 27 FeaFea tu tu re re

is life in Syria today! “The city func- Clearly they were not planning a be fighting Arabs not Jews!” Clearly tions – people shop, there is traffic in family reunion anytime soon! “This it was an easier sell to recruit under the streets and the schools are open – fighter made it clear – should their the marketing banner of liberating but there is an atmosphere of death paths cross, brother would not hesi- Palestine than saving their kinfolk lurking, maybe in the next street or tate to kill brother.” from Arab tyrants. around a corner, outside important The women are no less entrenched And by the time they realize they state or civic buildings and most cer- in the schism. “We spoke to a young had been duped, they would be in tainly at Yarmouk Camp.” man whose wife’s brothers were sym- the thick of battle and adherents to A district of Damascus, Yarmouk pathetic to Hamas while he was a the old adage: is a battle-scarred Palestinian refu- member of Fatah. Before the civil “Ours is not to reason why but to gee camp. “It is also on the front war this was not a problem and the do or die.” line and is reminiscent of a bombed couple got married.” Following the out European city from World War outbreak of hostilities, the romance The Streets of Yarmouk II with fighting constantly occurring turned deadly and the couple, now Paula’s crew spent a day with a amongst the grey rubble.” divorced, are sworn enemies.” Palestinian fighter supporting Assad. “You move from street to street – it The Walking Dead Most illuminating, “was the change in attitude of many Syrians towards is in complete rubble, and despite Danger in Damascus “Interviewees in Yarmouk told us this, you see families are beginning Palestinians who they feel have be- that the civil war changed everything trayed them. They will argue, “We to return.” – it shattered families. If political af- Danger and Destruction: Paula interviews a resident stood up for their cause more than “To what?” I incredulously ask. filiations between Hamas and Fatah most other Arab countries; we gave who has lost his loved ones and possessions. might not have been a big deal be- “It is the luck of the draw as to them refuge and now look how they whether the returning family has a Currently based in Tel fore the war, not so thereafter! It ig- quickly turned on us”.” Paula opens the interview clarifying cameras rolling. nited a communal implosion that led home still standing. We found one Aviv as Russia TV’s Middle Compounding this labyrinth of such ‘lucky’ family in their trashed that journalists cannot “switch sides” No sooner had they arrived, “Two to Hamas supporters taking up arms convoluted thinking, Paula reveals home – it was a shambles but at least East Bureau Chief, this in Syria – you either report embed- bombs went off three minutes apart with the “rebels” while Fatah went that many of the foreign volunteer it had walls and a roof. The wife told plucky South African ded with the rebels or the forces of between the Four Seasons Hotel where with President Assad. Brother turned fighters “who are poor, young, un- of their experiences being out in the Bashar al-Assad.” There is no “cross- the UN inspectors were staying and against brother. One Palestinian fight- spent two weeks this past educated and misinformed” believed open for ten weeks sleeping on pave- ing over” from one side to the other the Syrian State TV building. There er told me, that he and his one broth- November in war-torn they “had signed up to fight for the ments. She said she will never leave – that’s not only a dangerous game; was much speculation as to who were er were fighting for Assad while his Palestinians against the Zionists. They again - nothing is worse than being Syria. Having previously it’s an impossible one.” Paula’s team the intended targets.” While the in- three other brothers were fighting had no idea Israel had nothing to do homeless.” reported from war-torn reported from the perspective of the ternational concern was for the in- for the rebels.” with this war and that they would Afghanistan, turbulent President, and was well received and spectors, “we believed the attack was Her first task, as with all the re- assisted by the Syrian regime. Egypt during the directed at Syrian State TV to intim- idate journalists supporting Assad.” overthrow of Mubarak, Where Angels Fear to Tread Paula bases this on local journalists The drive from Beirut to Damascus 24-hour and the raging Civil War showing her websites put out by the while anxious was uneventful; not so express in Libya, Paula Slier opposition listing the names of pro- thereafter. Amnon Plumber service admits to Telfed Magazine, Assad journalists and the photographs “We went in November to cover the “This time I was a little with the word ‘WANTED’. Next to arrival of the UN appointed chemi- those that had been assassinated, there Telephones (direct) scared.” • Expert in locating and repairing leaks cal inspectors but that turned out a appeared crosses. “We interviewed a • non-starter - they were out of bounds 050-5308104 She had good reason woman reporter whose name was on • Bathroom renovations to reporters.” However, that did not the list. She had no doubt that the • to be. send Paula and her TV team back bomb near her TV station was send- • Installation of hot water boiler systems and geysers (09)7715556 to Tel Aviv; there was no shortage ing a chilling message – go on the air • of ‘explosive material’ to keep their for Assad and you are DEAD. ” This • Agreements with all insurance companies (09)7749016 28 H T OFF THE PRESS PROTEA HOME CARE … Beth Protea has extended its warm and loving care as well as its services to the community at large. The goal is to provide security and peace of mind to senior citizens (and their families) who PREFER TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN HOMES. FeaPeople tu re This exciting new project is called Protea Home Care. It is a modular program where each client chooses which services turning families “was to barricade street there would be fighting and in be dead.” He was only 18 years old.” best suit their particular requirements. any openings with rubble against the next, young soldiers playing foot- There is a long list of services available which include: Epilogue snipers. Residents have made holes ball with kids.” • Personal “Case Manager” who visits each client on a regular basis and is available 24/7 in their walls between properties so One of the soldiers who had laid A sobering thought for Israelis: • Appointed Social Worker for support coordinating community services they can move around the camp to down his rifle to kick a soccer ball, “Do something, write, tell the • Minor Home Repairs avoid stepping outside and becom- told me that, “his dream to become world,” cried out Dr. Arieh Avidan, • Homemade Food Delivery ing targets for snipers.” a professional football player went deputy director of the ophthalmol- • Shopping There were snipers on both sides. quite literally up in smoke, He said ogy department at the Rebecca Sieff • Laundry Hospital in Safed who was haunted “We interviewed a divorced moth- he had to fight so that kids today • Nurses & Caregivers er of two who was a sniper in the could fulfill their dreams of one day by the image of a 15-year-old Syrian • Physiotherapy, Dietician, Optometrist Syrian army. She would wake up in become footballers.” boy who arrived at the hospital with a For further information, please contact Amichay. the morning; put on her make-up, Leaving Homs, “one of the soldiers missing hand and both eyes shattered. Tel: 0526-849-998 dress into her army uniform, walk handed me a crucifix that he had While Israel was treating Syrian twenty minutes to the Yarmouk camp picked up, and said “keep it. When refugees trickling across the border, Email: [email protected] where she took up a strategic posi- you look at it, please pray for me be- this humanitarian news was blocked tion to shoot at snipers from the other cause when you return to Syria, I will from reaching the Syrian public. “The OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW … A STAR IS BORN … side. If she survived the day, she re- Syrians we spoke to refer to Israelis December 2013 was a month packed with flickering Who would have thought that the magical voice of Rose turned home, attended to her kids, as “Zionist occupiers”, and despite candles, music, latkes & art. Chanukah celebrations Osanga would be the next winner of the National TV On the Frontline. Paula’s TV ate and then went to bed.” the brutal war with Arab killing included a concert with Ahia Rubin, traditional candle reality show “X Factor”. Rose, a close friend of several of our crew and two of Assad’s She would need her rest. These are Arab, “the hatred towards Israel runs lighting, delectable traditional treats and the residents caregivers here at Beth Protea, made her debut singing for soldiers in a devastated deep and we found NO support for long days ‘at the office’! well known Art Exhibition proving once again that our the residents & Filipinos at their annual Christmas parties neighbourhood of Homs. any peace talks between Israelis and talented residents’ handiwork simply gets better year after both in 2012 & 2013. She later became the “hot” favorite Hell in Homs Palestinians.” year. Before we could catch our breath, 2014 was upon candidate on this popular television show and won the “We were told by the army that the This visceral hate in the Arab world us. A sensational party for New Year’s Eve and farewell to competition in January. road to Homs was safe; and it was. Paula found even more bizarre in However, two days before there had Egypt. “Egyptians I interviewed there Clive welcomed in the New Year. Health Day on January 1 been ambushes. You never know; sit- blamed the Zionists for the revolution ensured both staff and residents would start the year off on uations fluctuate and one’s safety is and then blamed them for its failure.” a healthy note. dependent partly on Intelligence and Go figure!• partly on Lady Luck. We spent a day embedded with a Syrian army unit on the front line. Like any army in the world, these were boys 18 and 19 years old. The situation in Homs was similar to that in Yarmouk with families returning to what was left of their homes. It was bizarre – in one

BETH PROTEA – The Pride of Israel’s Southern African Community 5 Asher Barash Street, Herzlia, Tel: 09-9595222, Fax: 09-9595300 Email: [email protected] 30 Website : www.bethprotea.org.il People Aharon Granot Medical School, Prof. Gerald Brook recently received Retrieved from the Ashes. Israel Society of Silversmith Rescued from the burnt-out two awards. The first was from the Bulawayo synagogue, the bust of Internal Medicine “for his contribution to the advance- out of Chaim Weizmann by SA Jewish ment of research, education and treatment in the field of Busting sculptor Herman Wald now at the Internal Medicine in Israel” and the second from the Israel Restoration and repair of antique Bulawayo Weizmann Institute in Rechovot. Medical Association Society for Research, Prevention Silverware and Judaica ChaimWeizmann who visited Rhodesia in 1932 and Treatment of Atherosclerosis “in recognition of his left a lasting impression on the Jewish community. long standing activity on behalf of the society, and for Kibbutz Yizrael 052-5225962 his contribution towards producing a new generation of [email protected] When the Bulawayo Synagogue sadly medical excellence in Israel.” burned down in 2003 destroying an irreplaceable collection of generations Gerald focused mainly, he says, “on cholesterol and li- pids (fats in the blood stream), one of the main causes and of memories, in the rubble and smold- Please note our new office address (as of 25/4/14) ering ash lay the bust of Israel’s first risk factors of hardening of the arteries and heart attacks.” State President Chaim Weizmann. It Having come on Aliyah in 1960, Gerald looks back Joffe-Jankelowitz was found by Ilan Elkaim and Mervyn with pride as having been one of the founders of both Insurance Services Trappler - one of the few treasures that the Haifa and the Technion Medical Schools and looks Elementary: forward to the day when Southern Africans in the medi- survived the devastating conflagration. Car, House, Business & Travel cal profession would again make Haifa their home. “After Stored for many years, the statute Private Health: all,” he says, “Rambam is one of the premium hospitals was shipped in 2012 to the Weizmann Health Insurance & Frail Care (Siudi) in the country - it’s third largest with an outstanding in- Institute in Rehovot who were curious as Life: Heading to Israel ternational reputation.” to the identity of the artist and so contacted Life Insurance, Pension Funds, Kupot Gemel & Keren Hishtalmut former Zimbabwean and Telfed Chairman Dave Bloom. If the epitaph of the burning of the Bulawayo Initial enquiries drew a blank until Dave posted photos of synagogue read in 2004, [email protected] the bust on the Zimbabwe Facebook page and responses “100 years of Jewish history up in smoke,” it is a fitting Tel: 03-6329112/3 Fax: 03-6329116 poured in – “it was the work of the late Herman Wald, epilogue that the surviving bust of Weizmann that had over Israel 32 Shaham Street, Kiryat Matalon, Petach Tikva so watched over such a vibrant Zionist community in Wings a famous SA Jewish sculptor from the forties and fifties.” “I’ve always been interested in birds,” says74 year-old central Africa has finally come on Aliyah and settled at Dave then tracked down the sculptor’s son Louis Wald Gerda Israel (nee Perlson) of Jerusalem who recently the Weizmann Institute whose groundbreaking research in London who confirmed that the bust had been pur- received a 2013 Senior Citizen’s photo: Ruth Schueler is destined to continue transforming the landscape of chased from his father by the Bulawayo Jewish commu- Volunteer Award at a special cer- Lady of th e Rings nity in 1954. the Jewish People and beyond. emony at the Knesset for her life- The activity for which Gerda was recently honoured That year commemorated the sixtieth anniversary of the long contribution to the environ- is known as ‘Bird Ringing’. It is so called because of historic meeting of 21 Jewish pi- ment through her study of birdlife. the light-shaped tag placed on its leg when captured oneers who gathered in a canvas Reaching the Presenting her with the award was by enthusiasts like Gerda who are known as ‘ringers’. tent to ‘officially’ proclaim and the Speaker of the Knesset, Yuli When a bird is caught, it is usually weighed and meas- open the Bulawayo synagogue Edelstein and the Minister for ured before being released. The idea is that somewhere even before the area where the Senior Citizens, Uri Orbach. WhenPinnacle it comes to the contribution to else they will be captured at another ringer station and tent was pitched had been offi- No sooner had Gerda landed in medicine in Israel, Southern Africans the information will be sent back to us providing in- cially proclaimed a town. Israel from Port Elizabeth in 1960 have been in the forefront from even formation on destination, the time it Ahead of their time were these as a member of Bnei Akiva, she before independence in took for the birds to arrive there and hardy pioneers as was Weizmann, herself commenced pouncing on Haifa 1948. It is a trend that Gerda Israel and a their physical condition. In this way or- who when visiting Southern Africa birds landing in Israel. These new arrivals blackcap warbler. Heavyweight. has continued ever since. nathologists will build up a picture on in the 1930s, was promoting ‘the Award winning - unlike Gerda - were not ‘making Aliyah’; birds migration patterns.” dream’ of a future Jewish state! Prof. Gerald Former head of Internal they were merely popping in “to rest and fuel up” be- Brook one of the So which are the most frequent migrants? Medicine Department at fore moving on their way to better pastures – either in founders of both Rambam Hospital and a the Haifa and the Europe or Africa depending on the season. “The Blackcap Warbler from Europe Technion Medical Professor at the Technion that stops en route to Ethiopia and Kenya. It never goes Schools. continued on next page 32 People photo: Ruth Schueler Bird Ringers. Gerda Israel and young enthusiast at the Jerusalem Bird Observatory

as far as South Africa. Its small; weighs about 15 grams and does not fly in flocks. They are individ- ual travelers, each bird for him- self. Unlike the big birds such as the storks, pelicans and cranes that migrate during the day and fly in flocks at high altitudes so as to catch the thermal winds, the little birds have to fly low with no ther- mals to easy their flight. These lit- tle fellows have to constantly flap their winds, using a lot of energy and therefore need to rest during the day and travel at night when it’s cooler.” No wonder they never reach Cape Town! Possibly if they did, they would not bother to schlep back. Comfort’ when you are compelled to swim, ride and then Its for th e Birds still run. But this is what some 1200 panting and per- So where in Israel does Gerda catch them? Basically where spiring participants did last October in the international everyone else - one way or another - gets caught in Israel 2013 Eilat Triathlon. Amongst this hardy lot of fighting – fit enthusiasts were two former South Africans – Keith - “the Knesset”. The Jerusalem Bird Observatory is a lived in Eilat for 18 years and is Wainsten from Eilat and Gordon Bloch from Ra’anana. small green island right next to the Knesset. “Had we not married with four kids. Following grabbed it in 1996 and set up this important sanctuary it Keith, the pool manager at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel, has a puncture, Keith rode the last would probably be a car park today for our politicians.” ten kilometres on the bare tire rim. “My coach screamed that I Possibly playing on the minds of Knesset Speaker Ready to Splash. Gordon Bloch and wife Edelstein and MK Orbach as they congratu- Melanie at the Triathlon starting line. was crazy, but I felt I could not lated Gerda: “Hmnn...So this explains why we afford to sacrifice five minutes have to park a little further in the morning – fixing a puncture.” Despite the her birds have preferential parking!” flat, Keith still managed to go And why shouldn’t the environment too not ‘flat’ out and came sixth in his enjoy some proteczia! age group. The entire Wainstein family was there to support their “hero”. Will you have to buy a new rim? “Thankfully, no!” he sighs. Br ea th ta k i n g “Each rim costs NIS1500. Galit, Eilat my wife, has a nervous break- and back and in September, “I ride from one end of the And not only because of its stunning views down every time I’m off to the bike shop. She had a fit country to the other - Eilat to Mt. Hermon.” when I bought my last bike which costs way more than One would hardly market Eilat as ‘Southern Tough to Beat. Father Keith Wainstein hugs daughter Shaina our car.” One can understand why Keith requires “top continued on next page after the race. wheels”. Every February he rides Eilat to Mitzpe Ramon 34 35 People The Men from Machal: Smoky Simon, Maurice Ostroff and Dr. Syd Cohen (z”l) at Machal Reunion at Beth Protea. Bloch buster While Keith - sponsored by the mega-ho- tel chain ‘Isrotel’ – officially participates in five Israeli triathlons a year, Gordon enters “in nearly every one; that’s well over fifteen,” and has the trophies to prove not only his participation but his performance. “I have over one hundred cups, ninety of them for triathlons.” Gordon is thankful he says, “To have his full team in support at each race,” which means his loyal and devoted wife Melanie. Currently supporting a bright orange hair- do, she appears on the side of the road as Gordon’s “guiding light”. Her illuminating support clearly pays off. Continuing his streak of collecting metal, Gordon took sec- ond place in the Men’s Olympic Distance (Age “The essence of Syd was a combi- Group 65-69) in the Eilat Triathlon. • nation of skill, unflappability and modesty. I was flying next to him over El Arish when his Spitfire was hit. 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He was a cool customer in the [Ed note: Dr. Jossy Faktor, originally from Pretoria, participated as the IAF (054)431-5005 cockpit as the late President Ezer Weizmann attested. doctor on the famous Entebbe Raid in 1976] [email protected] 36 In Memoriam Morris Borsuk in the garden of the newly married pleaded the case for South Africans Telfed expresses heartfelt condo- Borsuk’s home, Morris and his Zionist to club together to build a civilian lences to wife Pauline and their On the front page of the comrades began burning mounds of airline. We set up a company called two daughters Arlene and Janice Telfed Tribune, published in Telfed chairman Dave Bloom, members of papers they had carted from the SAZF Westair with Colin Legum and my- and their families. • 1998, mark- the Directorate, Executive Council and all staff office. An anxious Pauline, who did self as co-directors. We operated ing Israel’s and Dave Kaplan not understand what was happening, twice weekly flights to express heartfelt condolences to families whose Telfed’s jubilee phoned her father in a panic, “Dad, Tel Aviv from South loved ones (listed below) have passed away in was a photo- Morris and his pals are burning pa- Africa and after the graph taken in recent months: pers in the back of our garden.” passengers alighted 1946 of Morris and cargo offloaded, Borsuk, aged “I warned you about marrying that we flew urgent food 21 standing bloke,” he bellowed at his distraught and military supplies behind South daughter thinking his son-in-law was to kibbutzim in the Africa’s Chief up to some criminal activity rather south, cut off by the Rabbi, Louis than fighting for Egyptian army.” I. Rabinowitz. a Jewish state. The iconic photo captured That fight was Starting with a fleet the mass demonstration of only the begin- of three Dakotas “we Abe Zegal (Karmiel) Marilyn Opert (Ra’anana) Johannesburg Jewry at Balfour ning. One of later added a fourth. Park denouncing the British the most stir- In due course, we Albert Amdur (Netanya) Morrie Benjamin (Caesaria) changed the name Government’s harassment and ring chapters in Joe Grossman (top left) is seen here on a Tefed Executive Counsel Arthur Schiff (Givatayim) Morris Borsuk (Tel Yitschak) arrest of leaders of the Jewish the history of the to Universal Airlines and with- tiyul visiting Southern African communities in the south. in six months of the founding Avaraham & Channa Levi (Rehovot) Natalie Rosenzweig (Herzlia) Agency in Palestine. Morris SAZF was the felt proud watching the Chief establishment of the state, Universal Airlines was Joe Grossman Ben Greenblatt (Amazya) Ollie Gordon incorporated as a founding mem- Rabbi tear off his British war of Universal It was with deep sadness that Morris Borsuk standing ber of Israel’s new international air- David Margolis (Ra’anana) Pauline Judeiken (Raanana) medals and throw them to the behind Chief Rabbi Airlines. A Telfed learned of the passing of Joe line, El Al.” ground while shouting to the Rabinowitz (l) at Balfour fully fledged Grossman, a member of its Board David Singer (Rehovot) Pearl Green (Herzlia) crowd, “I am ashamed to wear Park, Johannesburg in airline owned Morris, who had been treasurer of of Governors (BOG), and followed these!” The scene was set. “We 1946 demonstrating and operated the SAZF in South Africa, served Estelle Joffe (Protea Village) Rael Kolnick (Jerusalem) against Britain’s harsh shortly afterwards by his beloved wife are marching on the road to in- by the SAZF, it as Chairman of Telfed (1982-1986) Flora Wade (Gesher Haziv) Sammy Sher (Johannesburg) treatment of the Jewish Josie. Joe had been an active mem- dependence,” remarked Morris Agency’s leadership in went on to be- during a period when Aliyah from ber of Telfed, serving on its Executive Franks Sacks (Karmiel) Shai Newstead (Eilat) at the time. mandate Palestine. come the foun- SA was on the rise and oversaw the Counsel, the Loans & Assistance dation stone of programme to provide incentives and Gerald Weil (Raanana) Steve Abro (Netanya) Since then, Morris marched Committee (L &A), which he chaired steadily on the long road of the Israeli airforce and El Al. “I at- facilities for new immigrants. for many years as well as serving on Helen Katzman (Tel Mond) Susan Ramage (Mevasseret Zion) service to Zionism and Israel tended a meeting when Louis Pinkus ISRENTCO, Telfed’s property man- Itzik Scher (Tel Aviv) Sylvia Edelson ((Yanuv) right until his final days serv- The Borsuk family agement company. ing as the President of Telfed’s together with the Joe and Josie Grossman (Tel Yitschak) Tamara Arons (Binyamina) Former Telfed Chairman, David Board of Governors. “Telfed Family” at a special ceremony Kaplan recalls Joe at meetings “as a Joyce Morris (Shoham) Ugo Franco (Ra’anana) Shortly before the War of at Telfed honouring feisty debater, a straight-talking deep- Judy Gafen (Australia) Willie Benninghaus Independence broke out in Morris. thinking individual as well as a pas- 1948 “when recruitment by the sionate Zionist who always brought Kurt Field (Ra’anana) Wolfie Kangisser (Kfar Saba) SAZF of volunteers began fol- to the discussion, reason, experi- Lily Feinblum (Ra’anana) Ze’ev Stoller (Raanana) lowing secret contacts with the ence and a caring for those requir- Palmach, we had a tip-off that ing assistance.” Marigold Bergman (Herzlia) Zelda Penn (Tel Mond) a raid on our offices by the -se Telfed expresses heartfelt condolenc- curity services in Johannesburg es to the children and their families.• was imminent.” Late that night, Dave Kaplan 39 Classifieuds All classified advertisements have to be paid in advance of publication. 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