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Greetings from our Chairman As we approach Pesach, the festival of freedom, we celebrate together as Jews living freely in a democratic, independent Jewish State. We tend to take this for granted, but recent events should remind us of the fragility of life. We live freely as Jews in our home country but are still surrounded by growing anti-semistism In Europe and continued rocket attacks in the south of the country. We live in a modern, advanced society yet nd ourselves at the mercy of a worldwide outbreak of a new u virus and raging wild res in Australia. These all remind us of just how delicate the balance of life can be on our planet and this de nitely includes our environment which we also tend to take for granted. In this edition of our magazine we chose to explore the topic of sustainability in Israel and how we should and can make a di erence to the environment. Our Olim are making exciting contributions in di erent elds such as environment friendly construction, recycling, sustainable gardening, solar power and beach clean ups. We are proud to share these stories with you and also encourage you to read and learn more about the various initiatives in Israel. Sustenance is de ned as ‘strengthening or supporting something mentally or physically’ and I truly believe this represents our role in Telfed. With our remarkable and unique sta and volunteers we continue to welcome, support and strengthen the Southern African and Australian communities in Israel. At the end of the day, this is our home and we should not take it for granted. Taking an active role to build, strengthen and ‘keep it clean’ is something we should be doing all the time - not just at Pesach.
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Contents Cover Stories 6 Crisp.Space.Wow
12 22 Events Wrap Up Recycling in Tel Aviv 24 Noticeboard 15 31 New arrivals Smarter plastics, 35 In the mail cleaner future 36 Honorary donations 21 39 Nuptials Power to the People 40 In memoriam 28 42 Recipe SA youth movements – the catalyst for Aliyah 43 Kids
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Contributing writers: Guy Lieberman, Daniel Shorkend, Rivkah Naomi Green, Richard Shavei-Tzion, Ephraim Gates, Eloise Hummel, Hila Kaufman Leibowitz, Dave Bloom, Sarah Vanunu, Jonathan Davis, Joshua Sher, Iris Lupu, Max Katz, Paul Mirbach, Natie Shevel, Leron Bernstein, Peter Bailey, Ami Steinberger Design and Production: Talia Sharon – www.taliasharon.com General enquiries: [email protected] Proofreading: Rae Galloon, Sharon Bernstein, Miriam Lipshitz Reception: +972 9 7907800 Advertising & Subscriptions: Ofra Yechiel 09 7907819/ [email protected] Toll Free from SA: 0800-997-495 Magazine Production & Community Awareness: Nicole Trope 09 790-7825; [email protected] Follow us on Facebook (Telfed Views and comments expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of Telfed - the South African Zionist Federation (Israel) or of the Editorial Board. Telfed - SAZF (Israel) is not responsible for articles and and Instagram (telfed_israel) advertisements which appear herein.
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SUMMARY
369 South Africans received food cards SOCIAL WELFARE 641 EMPLOYMENT each month, including the elderly, people physically or mentally ill, single benefitted parents and families-at- risk from Career (NIS 1.2M) Counselling in
Counselling sessions 2,320 3,000 sessions
LONE SOLDIERS + 194 1community8,0 members00 without families were turned to Telfed for supported by Telfed INFORMATION
SCHOLARSHIPS YEARS 601 476 OF SERVICE awarded to students (NIS 2.4M) new arrivals guided 16,800 looking after through their immigration hours of voluntary & absorption in Israel 300% community service undertaken by 25,000 ALIYAH & KLITA Increase in applicationsin scholarship recipients SOUTH/ERN AFRICANS in Israel, through a variety of charitable 2 6 Students in the Samson SASI program communal projects support ing South Africans studying in Israel
Up to below market-rate 2 30% Government 127% rental accommodation was Increase in AWARDS OF Aliyah over provided for olim EXCELLENCE last 5 years 213 HOUSING
290 60 4,734 NIS 8M VOLUNTEERS CHILDREN ATTENDEES TO RAISE
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Crisp.Space.Wow By Guy Lieberman
Thatch roo ng, dung oors, wattle and daub walls, have historically not been considered in conventional recycled wood furniture, solar panels… these are property development, things that carry ‘embodied’ the images that normally spring to mind when one energy into the construction. When we think of how hears the term ‘green’ or sustainable building. I was long it normally takes to build a home, that in itself imagining the same when I stepped into the very has a series of associated costs, like time, energy, polished Raanana high rise o ces of Crisp.Space, at the resources, water and huge amounts of waste. This practically autonomous WOPA building. After being has both economic and environmental rami cations, swept up several oors in a high-speed lift, it took and we’re addressing these issues head on.” about 40 seconds for me to be swiftly re-educated by Of the two, Pam is the trained architect who, among an impressive tag team presentation by South African other accolades, was Senior Project Manager on the Cape architectural visionaries, Pam Town stadium and Ian Davidson. Founders construction for of Crisp.Space, the Davidsons the 2010 Soccer are design adepts at the top of World Cup, their game, here to craft what heading up the they envision as the very near Environmental future of homes, buildings and and Sustainability cities. Portfolio—and “The terminology, like the Ian is a Design technology, has changed,” Entrepreneur, explains Pam. “The industry with a history of now speaks of smart buildings multiple inventions or smart cities. Yes, green and and innovations. sustainable is core—and Together they essential—but how can we make a formidable translate that into our design duo. In Ian’s words, and build practice? “Pam is the ‘Archi’ Within the rst few minutes and I’m the ‘Tech’.” of our conversation, my pre- So how do existing notion of sustainable architects address settlements went through the combined a metamorphosis; quickly challenges of dissolving were the visions of economics, o -grid villages with chickens, environment, goats, veggie gardens and resources and farmers in home-made hemp timelines—while garments chewing barley still keeping design stalks. Not that this isn’t a true as a priority? and perennial expression of Using language a green homestead, but it inspired by nature, Pam unpacks the process. “We look became clear to me that technology has been hard both upstream to see where our materials are coming at work trying to catch up with these principles. from, what they’re made from and how much energy, Ian jumped in to echo Pam, “A smart building or resources and water they use to create the materials high-performance home includes elements that required—and then downstream, which looks at the Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 7
overall waste and toxicity that some building materials Ian then brings out a pair of Virtual Reality (VR) goggles and processes generate. and slips them on over my eyes. “How about we tell We also need to think about the long-term environmental you more about where we see the industry is going, impact of running a home. To have a smart home while you walk around this Digital Twin design of tell you how much ours? This is a house we’re working on now, soon to energy you are using be built. It’ll start to make or producing—via more sense. This is how solar panels or wind we present our projects turbines—you need to to our clients. It makes a design these elements huge di erence for them into the home from to experience their future the outset. “ home from this highly accurate perspective.” I ask Pam to take me through a build from After a brief tutorial, I’m the ground up. navigating a beautiful double-story in Raanana, “First, let’s consider the while swivelling on a chair foundations and then in their boardroom. As I the build. We want to explore this remarkable VR entirely do away with rendering, Pam continues wet-works (think with my education. concrete sludge), and “In the past design and use manufacturing build processes have been principles to assemble traditionally held in silos. a building, rather than That means the architects, messily construct engineers, builders, tilers, it. Ultimately, the electricians, carpenters, all foundations can be work in loose association based on footings, with each other. The lack of like you do a deck. It communication between literally lightens the them is in part what load; less load, less costs the development wastage and so it time, resources, money, lowers the burden on waste—and endless the environment. frustration. Some years “We use light steel framing back the industry developed for the structure of the a methodology called BIM; building, ll it with hemp or Building Information Modeling mineral wool insulation and that looked to address these use high tech composite issues, to ensure that everyone panels for the walls. This was aligned.” method can see a massive Ian continued, “BIM has all the increase in the thermal information needed to construct and acoustic properties of a building on one platform, a home, which translates to where we had everyone sitting a saving of up to 50% to heat around the digital table, in one or cool your home.” room, as it were. What we’re doing at Crisp.Space is taking that platform to the next level—and you’re The design for high rises also includes earthquake proof experiencing that now.” structures. These are just a few aspects, but I found that they represent their thinking across the board. Pam brings it home, “Everything you see in VR can 8
be tapped on, and the informational back story can be seen. Look at that window, for example…”. With a click, a graph appears and there I see all the speci cations including the dimensions, insulation levels, cost and when the window will arrive on site. “What this does is create transparency in the process, something that’s unheard of in the industry. This programme speeds up the build considerably and does away with all friction with the homeowner, who has oversight on all the details. It’s this combination that makes what we do at Crisp.Space so exhilarating.” In reward for their genius, just over two years ago Pam and Ian won rst place in the coveted European Innogy iPrize for innovation, a €250,000 grant. If Europe is awarding a South African design couple living in Raanana, perhaps this signals a greener and smarter future for Israeli cities.
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Reuse, recycle, repurpose it’s time to re-educate Dr. Daniel Shorkend
I answered the knock on the door and was surprised vision, beyond simply punishing o enders. For example, when an orange bag was handed to me, along with while there are 8000 bottle collection cages in Israel at a brief explanation about recycling. Although this present, the aim is to increase that to 12 000 in the next would seem to augur well for an environmentally few years. Financial incentives for bottle exchanges conscious society, the prevailing perception is that are gaining momentum so that reuse is encouraged. Israel is lagging behind other developed countries Moreover, there has been an investment of 4 million NIS when it comes to environmental awareness. in the formation of educational activities on recycling and separation, collection and disposal in the country.
The state of our oceans Manufacturers are understanding the signi cance In 2019, the Ministry of Environmental Protection of being more “green aware” and environmentally committed 250 000 NIS to promote cleaner beaches. conscious, not only to avoid nes, but as a way to Fines of up to 750 NIS will be given to o enders. create a synergy with our environment. Individuals According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, have a responsibility to do the same. It begins with “About 90% of the marine litter in the seas o Israel is the individual and the simple consciousness that one plastic; most of it is not biodegradable. If this keeps is part of a larger process, that one’s actions impact up around the world, sea water will be richer in plastic scraps than in sh by 2050.” Easy breathing Beginning in Haifa in 2018, the Ministry of Environmental Limited to experiences in my home town of Haifa, I Protection introduced new measures to improve air spoke to Lynette Levinrad, a resident of Eilat, and quality. Since January 2020, Jerusalem is the second “nature mad” South African Olah. She related how Eilat city to bene t from this new ‘clean-air’ initiative. The created a program of coloured bins for various kinds two-step process began with the prohibition of heavy of waste a number of years ago. However, there is still polluting diesel vehicles (3.5 tonnes or more) in the a problem in the area and the locals lay the blame on Low Emission Zone or LEZ. In the second step, the ban tourists. Lynette is hopeful that things are changing. extends to light diesel vehicles (i.e. vehicles under 3.5 In June last year, the city of Eilat announced measures tonnes). The second phase is scheduled for July 2020. that would be implemented to reduce the devastating impact of pollution on marine life. Educating businesses the environment and even a small step in the right and banning disposables on city beaches were central direction can tip the scale for the good. Start small: to the municipality’s environmental plans. Education take the time to learn what the coloured bins around and awareness are critical if we want locals and tourists your city are meant for and separate your waste. Let’s to become more committed recyclers. show Israel some love. Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection has implemented several laws over the past few decades Environmental Emergency Centre Hotline *6911 with recent updates. Hefty nes have been introduced Call the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s hotline to encourage businesses and individuals to make to report hazardous materials, res, air pollution, soil environmentally friendly choices. The Ministry has a contamination or waste water Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 11
How to Care for our Coastline
By Rivkah Naomi Green @sunbirdlife
A day at the beach is Netanya municipality, that hosts environmental a pastime enjoyed by education meetups on the beaches and also conducts Israelis from all walks beach clean-ups. Judith explained that a beach clean of life. At any time up is not only good for the beaches but it is also of the year, you will good for Olim. One of the challenges that new Olim nd families, young experience is that of feeling isolation or loneliness. people, surfers, Volunteering presents a healthy and meaningful paddleboard enthusiasts, grandparents and everyone way to form connections in a new country. Through in between enjoying refreshing dips in the azure waters volunteering, Olim can make a positive impact of the Mediterranean and Eilat’s Red Sea, perfecting on the environment and, as Judith points out, it tans on the white sand, or playing the quintessentially is an amazing way for new Olim to “practice their Israeli game of makot on the beachfront. Sabras and Hebrew, feel part of something, and meet Israelis.” Olim alike love the beach! Don’t Buy New - Just Make Do! The less glamourous side of Israeli beach culture is “Don’t buy new, just make do,” is the mantra by which the impact that beachgoers have on the environment. Judith lives her life. One of the biggest environmental Israel is second only to the USA in the consumption of challenges facing Israel is the consumption of single- single-use plastic. Israelis use an estimated 4.5 billion use plastic items. Judith encourages everyone to seek disposable plates and utensils every year, according alternatives to avoid single-use plastic. In her day to day to Zalul Environmental Association. life, Judith’s go-to solution is to explore how she can make the most out of what she has by repairing what is South African Olah, and Tel Mond resident, Judith broken, buying second-hand, sharing and or borrowing Turiel, has witnessed the negative e ects of litter items for everything from picnics to special occasions. on the beautiful Netanya beaches. Judith, who has always been a nature lover, joined the Society for the The Tel Aviv region generates 21kg of plastic per Protection of Nature in Israel. In a serendipitous way, kilometer of coastline. This is the third highest in the or as Judith says, “min hashamayim,” this led her along Mediterranean region. When we work together in a new path as she connected with the volunteer group adopting better habits, such as picking up litter and Netan-Yam. It is through this organisation that she avoiding single-use plastic or reusing items, we can has found an outlet for turning concern into action! have a positive and measurable impact on the beauty Netan-Yam is a volunteer group, supported by the and conservation of our beaches and marine life.
South African Olim participated in Telfed's beach clean up at Poleg Beach in August 2019. 12
BLUE: Paper waste and thin cardboard Important: No milk cartons and no organic waste Recycling Blue bins in Tel Aviv are collected by the Sanitation Division and taken to KMM East sorting facility, where an advanced and rigorous optical sorting method removes contaminants. The paper is then in packed into huge cubes and recycled into newspaper or egg cartons. Tel Aviv:
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GREY "GLASS" BIN: PLASTIC RECYCLING CAGES: (look out for the PURPLE sticker in TLV 1.5L drinking bottles, plastic and for purple bins outside of TLV) detergent bottles including Important: Bottles should be empty shampoo, laundry detergent, soap. and without the lid Until recently, these bottles were Purple bins in Tel Aviv are collected by Amnir and sent recycled in Israel and used as raw to a sorting facility in Kiryat Ata. Transparent glass is material for the plastic industry. Since the recycled at the Phenicia factory, and coloured glass is “AVIV” plant was closed, the bottles are exported for recycling. The glass is shredded or melted, shipped to recycling plants abroad. providing a raw material for the production of new glassware, sanitary ware, road infrastructure and more. HELPFUL TIP: 13 Why not purchase your own composter? Tel Aviv Municipality o ers its residents discounts when purchasing composters. Organic waste accounts for 30% of the waste we produce. Composting organic waste is an e ective method for reducing the amount of land lled waste and can reduce environmental damage. It also means no more heavy, smelly garbage bags, and your plants will enjoy quality fertilizer. Residents can contact the Tel Aviv municipality for more information. GREEN: BLACK "COMPOSTER" BIN: diapers, (or brown bins outside of TLV) wipes, Organic waste, i.e. food scraps broken toys, Important: no meat, dairy or sh disposable dishes and cutlery
ORANGE: All packaging waste (without food scraps) Important: No glass or cardboard, no food scraps Orange bins in Tel Aviv are collected by the Sanitation Division and sent to KM, Rishon Lezion. Packaging waste is separated by advanced human and mechanical sorting technology, by type of material, and then transferred for recycling.
Metal is sent to “Steel Point” and “Judah Steel” plants where it is recycled into raw material for the There’s more! building industry. Hard Plastic and Plastic Bags are sent to KB Place folded thick cartons next to the Industries (recycling plant) where they are recycled bin or look out for special carton bins. into rubber sheets for the building industry. For large quantities, call your local Plastic bottles and beverage cartons are exported municipality for special collection. for recycling into a raw material for the plastic If you have moving boxes, post on social industry. media – someone may need them!
Up to one-and-a-half-liter drinking Electronic waste and batteries – look for vessels, i.e. cans, small plastic bottles designated collection points (ask local schools, and glass bottles can be returned to supermarkets for a refund. retailers, municipalities). Electronic waste accounts for 3% of waste Textile bins are but 70% of pollution! available for old clothes, shoes, bedding Thanks to Eitan Kochman from the and bags. Clothes are Environment and Sustainability Authority either sorted for redistribution, recycled in Tel Aviv Yafo Municiplity for sharing this or used for cleaning. important information with us! 14
Two Perspectives on Climate Change
You do not need to be a scientist to see, smell, taste and feel Three natural sources of Climate Change. Global the unmistakable and accelerating changes taking place in our climate change, often attributed to human activities, environment. is actually in uenced to a much greater degree by Nevertheless, today 97% of climatologists agree that humans natural causes. Three of these powerful, natural are generating global warming with catastrophic e ect, caused climate driving forces are brie y described below: primarily by emissions of carbon in the atmosphere through Volcanism extraction and burning of coal, oil and gas and cutting down In April of 1815, the dust from Mount Tambora, covered the globe when it erupted and as a result of and burning forests. We know this because CO2 contains data which scientists analyse to calculate how much comes from the attenuated sunlight and changes in atmospheric natural sources and how much from combusted fuel. The chemistry, 1816 did not have a summer. This event, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which occurred prior to widespread industrialization, states, "It is extremely likely that human in uence has been exempli ed the powerful in uence of volcanic the dominant cause of warming since the mid-20th century" activity on global climate. These ndings are not disputed by any scienti c body of The lack of sunlight became so severe that farmers international standing. lost their crops and food shortages were reported in The deniers are largely industrial corporations with vested Ireland, France, England, and the United States. This nancial interests and politicians with short term re-election was from a single volcanic eruption. goals. Solar output All credible scientists agree that the planet's average surface The sun varies in the amount of light it emits by temperature has risen by about 1 degree Celsius since the late only 0.1 percent over the course of an 11-year-long 19th century, with the decade just ended being the hottest by solar cycle. As tiny as this sounds, the light reaching far and the two warmest years on record being 2016 and 2019. the Earth's atmosphere provides about 2,500 times Antarctica loses about 130 billion tons of ice per year, with as much energy as the total of all other sources the rate of loss tripling in the last decade. Add deforestation, combined. This 0.1 percent exceeds all other energy pollution, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, overpopulation and sources the Earth's atmosphere sees combined, and overconsumption and the picture is as clear as it is bleak. has complex and profound e ects on the climate. We see the increasing number of extreme weather and related Orbital variation events, such as massive wild res, oods, food shortages and the The earth’s orbit is elliptical; sometimes the earth is like. closer to sun and sometimes the earth is farther away. The earth has gone through climate shifts before, but the It also precesses on its axis, which is tilted at roughly same changes which transpired over tens of millennia are now 23 degrees relative to the vertical. Variations in Earth's occurring over tens of years, less than a blink of history. Nobel orbit have been the primary cause of climate change Laureate chemist, Paul Crutzen coined the term "Anthropocene" for the last 1.4 billion years. to describe this new, man-made, fastest moving geological Milankovitch cycles are uctuations in Earth's age in the earth's history. At the present rate, our children will orbit occurring every 20,000, 40,000, and 100,000 experience devastating habitat degradation in their lifetimes. years, causing an ice age every 100,000 years or so. It is imperative for us to act now lest we be like the frog which Currently, Earth is in the middle of a warming period, luxuriates in the pot's steadily warming waters until it realizes and has been for the last 11,000 years. too late, that it is being boiled to extinction. Conclusion The in uence of human activity on global climate, while a factor in the dynamic, is signi cantly Richard Shavei-Tzion smaller than natural phenomena. Ephraim Gates Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 15
Smarter Plastics, Cleaner Future By Guy Lieberman
Plastics have got a bad rap. I say this somewhat in that made up a series of diner-style meeting booths. I jest, but don’t misunderstand, the plastics industry on had heard about Keter’s commitment to o setting its the whole has been a cause of some major ecological own global ecological footprint, which has historically damage over the years. Granted, while it’s more been substantial, and what I read by the design of speci c to single-use plastics, for much of its existence the workplace was that they were integrating the this man-made composite has been environmentally look and feel of their o ces with their intent to problematic, all the way through from extracting its position themselves as a leading player in the arena of raw materials, manufacturing processes, usage and sustainability. ultimate post-use decomposition. Since the birth of cellophane in 1908, until today, plastic has provided “We have been moving in this direction for quite a few the world with a highly malleable material with myriad years now,” says Steve, “but things really accelerated applications, but it comes at a great cost. with our new CEO who took over about 18 months ago. He’s serious about dramatically lowering our With this in mind, I made my way to Herzlia to the environmental impact, and has made this a major headquarters of global plastics giant Keter, to meet priority for the company.” with their longstanding International Sales Director, South African-born and bred Steve Taylor. The truth is Steve rst came to Israel from Jo’burg in the early that I went in ready for a robust debate on plastic and ‘70’s, just as he nished school. He went on Ulpan in its place in the world, imagining that I might be a lone what was then form three and returned from those voice in the building, speaking out for environmental few months in Israel with a re in his belly—one that integrity and a world beyond litter. Being a professional quickly spread through his convincing his parents hippie, I occasionally get like that. to make Aliyah as a family. In 1973 they made the move, landing in Israel about 6 weeks before the Yom I confess that on meeting Steve, however, I was Kippur War. So began Steve’s life in Israel, but it was immediately disarmed by the combination of his not a straight sail. He returned several times to South gentle manner, quiet intelligence and sincerity Africa—he was particularly close to his grandfather— regarding the cause for ecological stability (matched later to get his MBA, then his rst job. only by my own). I was also somewhat struck by the design of the Keter o ces. The triple volume shiny “I was working with Addis plastics back then, living a façade of your typical multibillion-dollar corporate wonderful life in Cape Town with my Israeli born wife, lobby, something one comes to expect, was instead Micky and our 3 kids. One Sunday, I was lounging a naturally lit, semi-industrial design, furnished with on my lilo in the pool at our home in Milnerton, upcycled materials; wood, ceramics, hemp cloth overlooking Table Mountain, as one does, when the and—of course—reversions of Keter plastic constructs phone rang. I ignored it but Micky answered. She came 16
SA-born Steve Taylor, International Sales Director, Keter International outside and said that there was someone calling from sales and is focused on the front-end of the business, Israel who wanted to speak to me. ‘But it’s Sunday, his appreciation rests on these two speci c pillars. can’t we speak tomorrow?’ I asked. She said he insisted on speaking now, so I splashed out the pool and, still “A few years back we initiated a campaign where dripping, reached in to the house through a window customers with old or damaged Keter products could and took the phone.” bring them to our stores and receive credit in exchange. Because our materials are 100% recyclable, we wanted This was his rst contact with Keter, it was December to experiment in closing the loop by bringing Keter 1992, and he discovered that he was e ectively being consumers into the store—and into the story.” recruited on that call. “Send your CV over, and let’s talk” said Tal Sender, the Executive VP at the time. He The other element that motivated Steve was the new sent it and was immediately own to Israel to meet designs. “The brilliance here is that as populations with them in person. Steve re ects that “it felt like the increase and city and suburban areas densify, living CV was a formality, clearly that they wanted someone spaces get smaller. Our designers have been creating in my position, an Israeli with international experience, storage units that have multiple uses” - think of a patio to return to the country and work on their business. I bench with a deep well that can hold and protect toys, was sad to leave Cape Town, but was delighted at the pillows, garden tools -“or a closet that could t smartly opportunity to be moving back and making a life in under a tight stairwell. Israel—and to be working with Keter.” The designs are intelligent and elegant. We’re now even exploring mimicking other materials”. Here he Over the past 15 years Keter’s factories throughout the shows me some Keter ‘tin’ and ‘ceramic’ experiments world—there are 29 spread across the globe—have that have remarkable likeness to the original, in look, made exponential changes in their manufacturing texture and weight. processes, lowering their carbon emissions substantially. Steve sums it up: “Leading retailers across the world are “Our approach includes sourcing and procuring choosing Keter. Why? These 100% recyclable products emission-free machinery in our factories, integrating are not only long-lasting, but the buyers particularly robotics and automation, and using solar power or appreciate that we’re lowering our carbon foo tprint cleaner-burning gas as an energy source.” by upcycling diligently, making our manufacturing processes that much smarter and cleaner, and What really animated Steve, however, was the recycling designing items that have many years of shelf-life. I programme and new designs. Perhaps because he’s in believe we’re on the right track.” Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 17
Israel, Chana works with a dynamic team supporting Reduce.Recycle. its mission. Optometrists and eyewear retailers assist with refurbishing thousands of frames that have been donated. RE-SPECS is a community e ort, with sta RE-SPECS! and volunteers who “share a vision to do good for By Rivkah Naomi Green @sunbirdlife others beyond just providing glasses,” says Chana. In 2008, Australian-born Chana Simon put her dream The tiny seed planted 11 years ago is ourishing: Chana into motion when she established RE-SPECS. RE-SPECS and her team have distributed 8000 pairs of glasses to is committed to ensuring that that no-one should go people in need, from 82 towns and cities across Israel. without glasses because they can’t a ord them. While most people think of recycling as a process that creates something new out of old material, RE-SPECS recycles eyewear by refurbishing gently used frames. These frames are then distributed to those in need. In North America alone, it is estimated that 14 million frames are thrown away annually. Chana began her project in Telfed's Moadon LeOleh in it's residential building in Ra’anana and over the years, RE-SPECS has grown into a nationwide eye clinic that administers free sight testing and makes a ordable Chana Simon (3rd from left) pictured glasses available to those in need. RE-SPECS works in with Re-Specs sta members close coordination with social service branches and If you would like to donate used eyeglasses, a RE- charitable organisations. SPECS collection box is located in the Telfed O ce Headquartered in Raanana, with branches across in Ra’anana. 18
A few well-placed owers can create an impressive Sustainable accent in your garden, just make sure that they have a separate irrigation system. Gardening in Israel Water Wisely Israel is a world leader in water By Rivkah Naomi Green @sunbirdlife conservation. In addition to equipping your garden I had the pleasure of a chat with Modiin resident and with drip irrigation Brett stresses the importance of horticulturist Brett Roome, an oleh from Durban, South watering according to the season. Adjust your timer Africa. Brett has had a long relationship with Israel and regularly to re ect the seasonal shifts. with growing great gardens. He studied horticulture Mulch, common to South African and Australian in Cape Town and completed his practicum in the gardens, is relatively new to Israel. This organic ground Sharon region in Israel in 1990-1991. Brett returned cover conserves water by allowing aeration while to South Africa where he established both his family preventing evaporation of moisture. As Brett says, and his career in landscape and garden design. it is “hugely practical and helps with weeds.” In 2008 he, his wife Tracey and their three children made a life- changing choice to make Aliyah A Solution to and continue their family’s story in Food Insecurity Israel. Over the By Rivkah Naomi Green @sunbirdlife past decade, they “The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to have integrated ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of into Israeli society the eld, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that and have set down drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters roots in the Jewish of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the Homeland. poor.” - Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Leveraging 18 Leket Israel has one purpose: to rescue healthy, years of experience in landscaping, Brett established nutritious food and, in partnership with charitable his business, Anglo Israel Landscape and Property organisations, distribute it to Israelis in need. Management, which has grown steadily through word According to a 2019 study one- fth of Israelis from all of mouth. Brett’s business began with an unusual rst segments of society, including working households project, a gravesite beauti cation. and immigrants, su er from food insecurity. Paul Whether you are creating a garden in front of your Leiba, V.P. of Resource Development for Leket Israel, home, on your patio, or on your rooftop, here are maintains that “we could address nutritional insecurity some tips from Brett on sustainable gardening in Israel: if we could rescue the food.” Plan A successful garden begins with meticulous Paul made Aliyah from Australia after graduating from planning. Brett is adamant that the rst and most university, and Israel has been his home for the past important step to a sustainable garden is detailed 37 years. Paul, who is married with three children, planning, that takes location, soil quality, growing began his career as a Social Worker but decided to conditions, user needs, and maintenance requirements take a leap and, 16 years later, he continues to be into consideration. Plan rst, then build the garden in inspired and energised by his work with Leket Israel. sections to accommodate all budgets. Leket relies on volunteers from all countries to help Use Water-wise Plants Choose plants that are adapted execute food rescue in Israel. Paul reiterates that to Mediterranean growing conditions. Brett’s pro-tip rescuing food is a simple concept that is good for is to look around your neighborhood and take note of the environment, good for the recipients and it is plants that you see growing well in your area in order good for volunteers. A day of picking oranges will to incorporate them into your plans. It is not imperative forever change your own relationship with food… I to say goodbye to your favorite water-loving owers. know it did for me! Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 19
Israel’s Blooming Community Gardens MATMON By Eloise Hummel In the last 15 years, the community garden MANAGEMENT movement has gained momentum in Israel, with an estimated 300 gardens planted. Locals are making Offering services to practical choices, growing herbs, fruit trees and Olim and Vatikim vegetables (including potatoes, cucumbers, chili peppers, tomatoes and corn). Employment – know your rights - reviewing your employment contract and facilitating Community gardening encourages cooperation employment negotiations and the lost art of sharing between neighbours. Banking – Assistance in opening bank accounts Neglected spaces between concrete jungles are – understanding procedures, facilitating becoming oases of community cultivation, so much tax and international banking issues so, that many have become tourist attractions. They Housing - reviewing rental contracts, provide escape from the hum-drum of city life, while purchase and mortgage adding beauty and charm to seemingly endless Insurance and Pension - Review and rows of concrete. Participants and visitors are optimization of insurances and pensions Income Tax learning about sustainable living, social awareness and Bituach Leumi and giving back. Community gardening continues Full Accounting services for small businesses to foster positive relationships between citizens and the nature of their living environment. Ronnie Cohen | email. [email protected] 36 Keren Hayesod Jerusalem Tel 02 566 0322 12 Hachoresh Street Raʼanana Tel. 050 740 0876
in the Jewish state was unquestioned. From them, I Planting the Seeds developed a deep love of Israel and an appreciation My name is Hila Kaufman Leibovitz. I was born in Cape of the importance of community. I am now married to Town. When I was six months old my family and I made Shlomi and we are bringing up two children - Rohan Aliyah. My parents, Ronny and Ruth Kaufman, met and Ariane, and I want to continue to share the values here in 1967, at Amishav 31 (then known as the Hostel), that I learned from my parents. on a visit to Israel. As the 2nd generation carrying the I work with young children and believe in teaching scars from the Shoah, coming to Israel to build a home respect, kindness, contributing to a community and protecting the environment. I have seen the bene ts of cultivating a community garden and it is a wonderful way to set an example. We have an opportunity to care for the environment, to think of others, to give and contribute rather than take, and to develop the skills to take care of ourselves. Joint community activities that take place in Telfed’s buildings bring the community together. We celebrate holidays as a community and we build friendships with our neighbours, from the youngest to the oldest, some are new in Israel with no other support. The Telfed Telfed is excited to join in the community Amishav tenants were excited to celebrate Tu B’Shvat garden movement with a new project in by planting the rst fruit, owers and vegetables in our Amishav gardens. Spearheaded by our our new garden. We are excited to work together to tenants, and in celebration of Tu B’Shvat, maintain this community garden, knowing that our the rst seedlings were planted in February. community will continue to bloom. 20
The debate as to whether not be mass destruction Environmentalism has Sustainability- by ood. In addition, God value in Jewish law and speaks for himself, not for ethics rages on and the A Jewish Imperative mankind. jury on this issue will By Richard Shavei-Tzion However, the argument probably forever be out. is moot, for nowadays Proponents point to the there is a greater Jewish Tanach with its many references, for example Noah’s imperative for sustainability. Many eco-systems on imperative of biodiversity, the laws of shmitah, water’s which we depend for our sustenance and health are in ability to cleanse, zoning of open spaces around cities mortal danger. Judaism places the commandment of and many more. “Pikuach Nefesh” at However, there are the tip of the Halachic great sages who argue pyramid and as that Judaism has little such, believing to do with interaction Jews are obliged with the natural to work towards world. In Pirkei Avot the protection of Rabbi Yaakov states, life, especially as a “One who walks along people which places a road and studies, great emphasis and interrupts his on the welfare of studying to say, ‘How its o spring. The beautiful is this tree, magni cent work of how beautiful is this Israelis such as Yosef ploughed eld!’ is Abromowitz and regarded by Torah as Mikhael Mirashvili if he had forfeited his with their resultant life”! “Kiddush Hashem,” is a welcome bonus. Many religious people dismiss the Hilary Hertzberger, world’s sustainability born and educated crisis, believing that in Johannesburg and after the Flood, God living in Jerusalem promised that He since 1977, is a would never destroy the world again. The problem with shining example of commitment to the preservation this thesis is that all He promised was that there would of God’s creation and the notion that mankind has an obligation of stewardship rather than the right of domination over the environment. She has been at the forefront of the successful movement to save, against Rabin Golan Saidman all odds, the Mitspeh Naftoach eco system from the Adv. & Notary housing developers. Quoting Genesis 2:15, “The Lord Civil Law Real Estate Contracts Trusts God took man and put him in the Garden of Eden to Wills Inheritance Litigation work it and preserve it,” she says, “The environment and ADV Boaz Rabin sustainability need to be part of our daily consciousness 054 481 9624 in everything we do.” As Jews, it is our sacred responsibility to act now to preserve this jewel of creation!
Office +972 3 624 1718 Fax +972 3 624 1798 Migdal Hachsharat Hayishuv The author wrote the widely recited “Prayer for the Jabotinsky 9, Bnei Brak Preservation of the Environment.” Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 21
Power to the People By Dave Bloom
My story starts almost 100 years ago when my maternal grandfather, Moshe Waldman, arrived in Palestine in 1922 after being recruited by Pinhas Rutenberg to help set up what was eventually to become the Israel Electric Corporation. Moshe, The hydroelectric power who trained in Poland, was an expert in heavy-duty plant in Naharayim was electrical networks and infrastructure. the largest source of that all workers of the electricity from 1932 until A former WW1 Prisoner of War, Moshe married my company would be given 1948. At the start of the grandmother, Rose Linhard, and they had three free electricity as part of War of Independence, Iraqi daughters. Moshe was a member of the General their salary package. At forces captured Naharayim. Zionists in Boryslaw and jumped at the opportunity the time, there were fewer An attack on the Jordan to move with his young family to the edgling than 100 workers but the River Valley communities Jewish State and o er his skills to the new country. policy lived on in infamy. was foiled by opening the He worked on several projects including the rst sluice gates at Degania hydroelectric power station at Naharayim on the As of April 2017, my wife Dam, making the river Jordan River. Unfortunately, the station was later Gail and I are the proud impassable. Naharayim was bombed and destroyed by the Jordanians in the War owners of a 10 KWP given to Jordan as a part of of Independence. But it was certainly a pioneering photovoltaic solar system the 1994 Peace Treaty and, project in renewable energy production. on our roof. It consists of up until November 2019, 30 roof panels, pictured this land was leased to Israel. Moshe was appointed Chief Engineer of the rst above, and a power main diesel-powered electric station on HaChashmal inverter (made in Israel) Street, Tel Aviv. According to family legend, he was with the capacity to convert power from the panels and send it to the grid, while monitoring and reporting its production and performance via the internet. Under a contract with the Israel Electricity Company (called Meter Netting), we currently generate enough p o w e r t o Elka, Moshe, Lala, Rose and Betty Waldman, Tel Aviv, 1922 cover our usage. Our given a room in the power station before running costs my grandmother, my mother, Lala, and are negligible her sisters arrived from Boryslaw. He and within had to be on location and available for 8 years, the maintenance. After a couple of months system will living in the room in the power station, have paid for he received a bill for usage of electricity. Moshe Waldman and Pinhas Rutenberg, pictured with itself. Insulted for being billed, he appealed to other employees of the Electric Corporation. the workers’ committee for the charges on the basis Although this project was nancially motivated, it that he was living on site and required to work 24/7 is gratifying to know that we are doing our small to maintain the generators. After much debate, the bit to reduce global warming. We are maintaining a bill was cancelled but they took the recommendation family tradition in helping to produce electricity for a step further and eventually management agreed the country using renewable technology. 22
Jerusalem Rabbi Alex Rosin, a Kindertransport Holocaust survivor, shared his story with a Jerusalem audience. A delegation from Zimbabwe was invited to participate in this fascinating lecture on tragedy and healing, co-hosted by Wits Alumni.
Telfed, the Zionist Federation of Australia and World Mizrachi hosted a community Chanukah candle lighting on the 3rd night of Chanukah (pictured left). Participants were entertained by SA Oleh, Shloimi Samowitz. Through his book, “The Un nished Diary”, Rabbi Wolgelertner shared the life story of his father, Chaim Yitzchok z”l, who was murdered during the Shoah, and brought to Israel for reburial decades later.
Netanya In December, Telfed’s Netanya Regional Beit Shemesh Committee hosted a fascinating lecture by In collaboration with Partnership Together, Danny Limor, commander of ‘Operation South African and Australian Olim were Brothers’. Danny shared the story of the invited to attend a live performance evacuation (and Aliyah) of Ethiopian Jews, as of “Simba: The Musical”. Over 170 Olim told in the Net ix drama “The Red Sea Diving attended this entertaining Chanukah event. Resort”. Ashkelon In celebration of Ashkelon’s 70th anniversary, South African Olim from across Israel attended the festivities, paying tribute to the invaluable South African contribution to the founding of the City of Ashkelon. Guest speakers included Mayor Tomer Glam, Avraham Infeld and Dr. David Breakstone. Three South Africans were honoured for their contributions to the founding of the city: Selwyn Lurie (former CEO of Afridar and Afrihon), Jack Shneider (Water Engineer) and Ruth Ben Amar-Saretzky (Nurse and Educator). David Zwebner launched his new book, “The Founding of Modern Ashkelon", documenting the remarkable SA contribution to the State of Israel. Pictured L-R: Dorron Kline (Telfed CEO), Raphi Bloch (head of Telfed's Ashkelon Regional Committee), Roy Scher (head of Telfed's Jerusalem Regional Committee) and David Zwebner at the Ashkelon celebrations. Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 23
Raanana Tenants in Telfed’s Schwartz Street building participated in a fun and festive Chanukah gathering, with singing, candle lighting and activities for the children. The community was invited to celebrate Tu B’Shvat with a community tree- planting at the Telfed O ce.
In January, Telfed and the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Tel Aviv Soldiers (AWIS), hosted an inspiring event on Tenants in how to support Lone Soldiers. Peter Bailey Telfed’s Amishav introduced his new book, “Men of Valor”, a tribute buildings enjoyed to the 40 recipients of Israel’s Medal of Valour. a community Chanukah gathering with candle lighting, sufganiot and arts and crafts for the children. Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, on a visit from South Africa, shared highlights of his travels in Africa
In celebration of Tu B'Shvat, Amishav residents Hila Leibowitz and Sarit Neve, who spearheaded this initiative, planted the rst seedlings in our new Telfed community garden.
Modiin Once again, Telfed was a proud supporter of Modiin’s Annual Challah Bake (pictured above). The Huge Challah Bake took place ahead of the international Shabbat Project in mid-November. Negev Telfed’s Tiyul (Travelling) Team arranged a captivating tour to the Negev. The itinerary included a visit to Sde Boker, the home of David Ben Gurion, Ashalim Power Station and the Negev Agricultural Research Centre. South Africa In February, Telfed CEO, Dorron Kline, attended the Israel Centre’s Aliyah Expos in Johannesburg and Cape Town, expending advice and information to over 400 people in just one week. 24
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Sending Bush re Relief Downunder from the Promised Land: A story of giving back By Sarah Vanunu
It was Henry Kissinger, the U.S. Diplomat, who getting o to a formal start, someone in the crowd famously said “I am American rst, Secretary of State bellowed out at the top of his lungs a heartfelt second, and then a Jew.” Golda Meir, former Prime “Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!” Naturally, hundreds chimed Minister of Israel, said “That’s ne. In Hebrew we back immediately, “Oy! Oy! Oy!”. At that moment, read from right to left.” 14,000 KMs from my home away from home, I had I made Aliyah from Sydney almost 14 years ago, and never, in all my life, felt more Australian. despite feeling like an Israeli, for it is here where I As the res raged on back at home, it became very got married, built my life, my home and am raising clear that members of the “Australians Living in a family, I know my reish will never roll like a proper Israel” Facebook group that I co-manage were eager Israeli’s and my ayins will lack oomph. I will always to “do something”. Gideon Shavit, JNF Australia nd myself at the end of queues. Just as Sting representative in Israel (and former JNF Shaliach sings about being an Englishman in New York, I in Sydney), contacted me with the idea to do a know I will always be an Australian in Israel. And on fundraising event and I jumped at the opportunity. Monday, February 3rd, at the Australian Bush re In the space of 3 short weeks, as a true collaborative Relief at Hangar 11 at the Tel Aviv Port, an event e ort between the Zionist Federation of Australia, which I am proud to have co-organised, surrounded KKL and JNF Australia, the Israel-Australia, New by an audience of 1,000 people, as the nal packet Zealand & Oceania Chamber of Commerce, the of Tim Tams had been sold, the didgeridoo played Australians Living in Israel Facebook Group, Tel on stage, and the evening’s proceedings were just Aviv University, TimTam, Billabong and Teva Neot, Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 25
we managed to pull o a truly memorable event songwriter and keyboard instrumentalist sang the (“the largest-ever Australia related event in Israel”, Australian anthem and performed an emotional according to the Jerusalem Post). We reached our rendition of “I Am Australian”, and Jeremie Bracka, a target and raised over 100,000 NIS toward the Melbournian-Israeli human rights lawyer comically World Wildlife Foundation’s Australian Bush re co-hosted the event. Australian Ambassador to Emergency fund. It was especially heartwarming to Israel, H.E. Chris Cannan, paid homage to the vital see Israeli representatives show up from the many work of the re ghters and rst responders. projects that Australia supports in Israel, from far- Like most Australians living outside Australia, I feel ung towns and kibbutzim, from the Negev and homesick and deeply saddened by the images of along the Gaza Strip, including members of the devastation. Many Israelis simply cannot appreciate Bedouin community. These are communities who or fathom - either because they haven’t been to have su ered no shortage of their own tragedies Australia or because they live in a country a third and hardships and they took the opportunity to of the size of Tasmania - the sheer seriousness of “pay it back”. what has been destroyed; the severity and scale of The headlining act was Koolulam, a social vocal decimation of Australia’s distinctive wildlife. initiative, and together we sang Bob Marley’s “One Australia has a warm and close relationship with Love”. It was an amazing and uplifting experience Israel, which is supported strongly by Australia’s to sing together as one, amongst strangers, waving active Jewish community. From the Lucky Country Australian and Israeli ags. Savannah Zwi-Navon, to the Promised Land, I hope that we may rejoice a former Sydney sider Israeli musician, singer, together again in happier circumstances. How former Cape Town Emissary discovered SA student needs at IDC Herzliya By Jonathan Davis Having begun with only sensitising ourselves to the one South African student needs of SA students. By in the Raphael Recanti accepting matriculation International School in exams as our yardstick, 2001, we have come a realising that psychometric long way. 20 years later, exams are culturally biased the RRIS has over 80 South and that studying in Africans at IDC Herzliya. Hebrew is overwhelmingly As a former Aliyah challenging even for Jewish emissary to the Western day school graduates. Province Zionist Council, Jonathan Davis, Head of the RRIS and Vice President for External In addition to prioritising a I recall the frightening Relations and Stephanie Miller, Head of Admissions at the RRIS situation in 1980’s South high level of tender loving Africa. Amidst the uncertainty, I had the task of care, RRIS sta provide a assisting 50 South Africans a ttend a “mechina” at a “home away from home” aiding them to acclimate distinguished university in Israel. Of the 50 that left, to their new environment in Israel, with Stephanie 45 returned back home to SA, because of Hebrew Miller, my former Olah from Cape Town, at the helm. and psychometric inability. Today I can con dently predict that we will have We have come a long way since then and speci cally over 100 students from SA registering in the next IDC Herzliya. We have worked hard in re ning and academic year of 2020-2021. I would like to thank Telfed for giving us the opportunity to spotlight two IDC Herzliya students studying for their BA in Government and Sustainability. We hope you enjoy reading their stories. 26 Studying sustainability: a perspective from a SASI student By Joshua Sher
Sustainability is de ned broadly as the ability of our sustainability. It feels like a dream to be absorbing so current global population to use and consume natural much information from such amazing people – the resources in a manner that does not diminish future people who are doing the most incredible things generations’ ability to use and consume these same outside of lecture halls. natural resources. This de nition was drilled into my and my fellow classmates’ heads from day one. Despite After my studies I hope to enter the broad industry of not fully knowing what a sustainability degree was or sustainability, gain some necessary work experience what it entailed, I enrolled at the IDC to study a three- and, ultimately, I hope to use sustainability to make year degree in Sustainability and Governance. a positive environmental and social change in our world, particularly on the African continent, as this is My reasons for doing so were multi-dimensional. On where my passion lies. I see a very close link between one hand I wanted to leave the safety and security the adoption of sustainable practices and the ability of living at home and push myself to grow, learn and to achieve positive social upliftment and I hope to be live independently – a decision I am proud of and fully able to play my part in this. promote to anyone back home. On the other hand, I have always been in touch with nature, growing up in Israel is taking necessary steps to become more a city such as beautiful Cape Town it is hard not to be sustainable as a nation and reach their future goals. in tune with nature. I was aware that our surrounding However, being one of the biggest consumers of natural environment in Cape Town was slowly single-use plastic, Israel still has a long way to progress deteriorating. Plastic became more conspicuous, before catching up to leading countries in terms of everywhere, and we had no water! I knew this was sustainability. In terms of R&D and technological related to humans and our impact on the environment innovation, Israel is de nitely one of the world leaders and I knew this was where my passion lay. and in the academic eld, our teachers are the best of the best. My course is extremely relevant and future- orientated. Every lecture sparks passion and interest. The greatest advice I received, and would like to We are lectured on topics such as advanced water pass on, is to go with your heart. If you feel a calling management, energy, security and the viability of to the world of sustainability jump on it. Don't look renewables as well as air, water and soil pollution in for more “conventional” degrees like a BCom or Law the 21st century. Our lecturers are pioneers and among degree because sustainability has just been put on the the most recognised individuals in the Israeli academic academic table and will only increase in relevancy in and scienti c communities, particularly regarding the years to come. Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il PesachPRAS 2020 Student, Iris Lupu, explains why 27 she has chosen to study sustainability and explores her future plans What led you to study sustainability? What do you plan to do after your studies? When I was little I wanted to study architecture with I want to work in organisations that promote a specialisation in green construction. Ultimately, I sustainability in weak communities in the world. hope decided not to study architecture because of math. I that the fact that I speak additional languages can help discovered that there was a degree in sustainability, a me work in local communities in third world countries concept that was once unfamiliar. This is something that to promote sustainable practices with the support is now mainstream of large, in uential and a natural t for organisations. I am me so I decided I also interested in needed to learn green technologies more. My post-army and projects that trip to South America can advance a just con rmed it. circular economy. I saw what was I think we are at happening in the a critical point in world and realised time. I also think that with knowledge that the issue about sustainability, of sustainability things could be can actually help improved. promote weaker Why did you decide communities. to study at IDC? Where does Israel IDC is the only stand and what can university in Israel Israeli citizens do? that o ers a BA in sustainability and the curriculum is Unfortunately, I don’t think our leadership in Israel takes based on other successful programmes in the world. In sustainability seriously enough. On technology, there addition, there are loads of options and opportunities is no question that we are leaders in green technology beyond the studies. It’s hard for me to pick one area of – this is probably a result of our climate in Israel. For my studies that I love most, because I love it all. This is the average person, you don’t need to be an expert a three-year degree and I’m doing a double major with on the subject to take important steps. government. I did not expect to enjoy government Small changes like reducing consumption, xing studies as much as I do. I was concerned about this things, and buying secondhand can be signi cant course but it is so interesting! in themselves.
Iris is a student who takes part in Telfed's PRAS scholarship and community service programme. This year, she volunteers with SA Olah, Ruby (pictured above). On the subject of PRAS, Iris added that she has enjoyed getting to know Ruby and her family. “They took me in as a part o f the family and I can’t thank them enough for this.” Sign up today Telfed's PRAS and Financial for the Need Scholarship applications SASI Programme! for the 2020/21 academic Registration for the 2020/21 academic year open in July. year closes on 1 May 2020. For more info, or to apply, Visit www.telfed.org.il/SASIProgramme visit www.telfed.org.il 28
SA Youth Movements - the catalyst for Aliyah
NETZER- My journey to Israel I basically grew up in what was then Maginim, and became a madrich at the age of 16. A lot of our programme was about Zionism, creating a positive view on Israel and promoting Aliyah. I remember my rst camp very clearly: one day there was a huge party (tekes) marking the Aliyah of a group of older madrichim. There was a sense of wonderment and pride as these were our role models and they had chosen to live in Israel. I still see them now that I am in Israel and wonder if they knew how their Aliyah in uenced my own. When I was chosen to go to Israel on Machon, it was very exciting. I was given an opportunity to see and experience Israel myself. Again, Machon’s programme focused on highlighting the best of Israel. Throughout the programme, we explored Israel’s history, the people, the land, and her strengths and weaknesses. The more I learned, the more I fell in love with Israel and knew that this would become my home. I felt a particular connection to the Arava valley, which I consider my spiritual home in Israel. I have chosen to make Beer Sheva my home. I love Israel, warts and all, and know that this was the right decision for me. I am grateful to Netzer for opening my eyes and guiding me to Israel. Max Katz HABONIM By Paul Mirbach For ninety years, Habonim (and later, Habonim Dror), Jewish youth have passed through the shichvot of has been a part of the landscape for Jewish youth in Habonim Dror, generation upon generation. Many South Africa. Norman Lurie, inspired by Sir Wellesly bogrim made Aliyah and contributed to the building Aaron, who founded the Jewish youth movement of the State of Israel including kibbutzim, moshavim, in Britain, while he was studying at University in the towns and in a wide variety of professional, industrial United Kingdom, brought the idea back to South and academic spheres. While we may age and grow Africa, in 1930. His charisma and inspiration ensured out of the youth movement, the ethos, the experiences that Habonim quickly grew into the largest, most and the education of the movement which shaped popular Jewish Youth movement in Southern Africa our characters, never leave us. It is a part of our in the twentieth Century. Originally, along with Cape identity, to be a boger of Habonim. The movement Town-born Bertie “Sandpiper” Stern, Habonim was continues to ourish and in December 2019 some 900 envisioned as a scout movement, and it adopted motifs youth attended its summer camp at the Onrust site and facets of the Scouts; embracing a closeness to near Hermanus in the Cape. nature, learning survival skills, uniforms with scarves, Habonim Dror Southern Africa (HDSA) turns 90 in toggles, belts and berets and principles of “good 2020. This important milestone will be marked by citizenship”. However, the historical circumstances a unique seven-day program in Israel based at the of World War II and the establishment of the State of Yearim Hotel in the forests just outside Jerusalem: Israel, quickly transformed it into a Zionist movement Sunday October 18 to Thursday October 22, 2020 - committed to building the edgling state and Kaleidoscope – a multi‐dimensional exploration educating South African youth about Israel - and its of Israel through a wide-angled lens challenging importance for world Jewry in general and South participants to critically examine what they see, hear African Jewry in particular. and experience. Since those early years, hundreds of thousands of Friday October 23 to Saturday October 24, 2020 Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 29
Peer leadership gave us that intuitive understanding of the value of shared knowledge and experience, and that all-so-important nuance of being able to work together to become e ective educators and leaders. It taught us how to listen to each other’s feedback, the value of constructive criticism, of how to deal with failure and setbacks. To this very day, we see and feel the e ects of that in our families, workplaces and communities. Looking back and - The Habonim Ultimate Gathering (HUG) – around me today, I am a magical multi-generational gathering celebrating continuously humbled yesterday, today and tomorrow. This will be a by the large numbers of combination of fun, debate and meeting up with Betarim from South Africa, irrespective of our varied old friends in the true spirit of the movement. ideologies and politics, who have led and continue Organisers are hard at work to ensure Kaleidoscope- to pay-it-forward, contributing so signi cantly across HUG will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience and urge their elds of endeavour in Israel. all current and former members to register via the We all recognise the “Israel E ect” that drives the website www.habo2020.com. modern day “Start Up Nation” in our adversity driven culture, attening hierarchies and elevating informality. Now it’s nally time to also re ect on the “Youth Movement E ect” that so signi cantly in uenced so “THE BETAR EFFECT” many, promoted Aliya, and strengthened Israel and My fellow Betarim and I have often considered how the Jewish World. incredibly fortunate and privileged we were, to Natie Shevel have enjoyed the rite-of-passage that we had – as channichim, madrichim and leaders of the movem ent in South Africa – and the tremendous extent to which it so positively impacted our characters, value systems, core-skills, and futures. BNEI AKIVA SA Communication, teamwork, creativity, responsibility, problem solving, self-management, resilience, WRITING THE BOOK ON con dence, re ection, drive and motivation, empathy, LEADERSHIP AND ALIYAH willpower and the capacity to listen are those all-so- BY LERON BERNSTEIN, ALIYAH - DEC 2019 essential life skills that we learned and soaked up in the movement as teenagers and young adults, not just by doing but from the fabulous role-modelling of “Kadima Bnei Akiva, Heidad B’Maaleh”. It is my great all those madrichim and shlichim that literally set the zchut to be a living example of the power, vision and tone and led by example. dream that is Bnei Akiva South Africa. It was those skills and experiences “learned” in Betar I was eleven years old when, following a chance and not in our schools and universities, that enabled encounter with Zev Krengel (then Rosh Machaneh), us to become the leaders, change makers and positive I found myself at my rst Bnei Akiva Camp. This in uencers that so many of us became – each in their experience set me on my way to living a life inspired own way, in their own communities and professions, by the Bnei Akiva dream of “Am Yisrael b’Eretz Yisrael and in their circles in uence – in Israel and around the al pi Torat Yisrael”. 24 years later, this journey has Jewish World. reached an incredible crescendo, with my making The movement provided the psychological and Aliyah in December 2019 along with my wife Sarah physical environment, experience and stimuli that (from Sydney) and our children, Yehuda and Eliana. were so conducive to creativity and true learning. It was at Bnei Akiva Machaneh that my love for 30
Religious Zionist values was nurtured and this largest SA Jewish Youth Camp in history at the time, latent spark was fanned into a proud ame. After with 820 chanichim. six machanot (as a chanich and madrich), I attended I returned to Israel on the Mizrachi YAD leadership MTA - Bnei Akiva’s gap year Israel programme and programme for ve years, to prepare for shlichut in leadership incubator. South Africa, eventually serving as the Managing Our MTA group was the rst to be hosted for a Director of the prestigious Yeshiva College schools. Shabbaton by former rosh machaneh, Darren Bnei Akiva South Africa has led the eld in Platzky. At the time, exemplifying the Bnei Akiva developing the key leaders of South African and SA vision and devotion to community building, he global Jewry. It gave me great nachas to attend my was establishing an Anglo community from scratch. 17th Bnei Akiva machaneh in December 2019 as a The Tel Mond Bnei Akiva Shabbaton has continued Rabbi. Bnei Akiva is steadfast in its position as the for the past 18 years. I moved through the ranks of largest and most powerful promoter of Israel, Aliyah Bnei Akiva, serving as rosh machaneh in 2006 to the and Jewish identity. “Aloh Na’aleh!” More than half of Bnei Akiva’s Gap year Hachashara programme participants eventually make Aliyah, a signi cant number serve in the army or sherut leumi. Bnei Akiva Olim have settled in communities across Israel, and have been founding members of a number of these communities. Advocating for Aliyah, and teaching the values of caring for community and contributing to the State of Israel, Bnei Akiva: passing on the ame many years after Aliyah, our Bnei Akiva Olim Zev Krengel - rst camp: 1983; rosh machaneh: 1995 continue to celebrate the blessing of being in Israel. Leron Bernstein - rst camp: 1995; rosh machaneh: 2006 Yuval Harton-Hotinsky - rst camp: 2006, rosh machaneh: 2019
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Carpooling in Israel By Eloise Hummel
The Transportation Ministry launched Israel’s rst-ever carpool lanes on Friday, 4 Did you know? October 2019, in a bid to reduce tra c congestion in the centre of the country – a In 1994, Yoram Gur Arie 22-kilometer stretch of the Ayalon Highway and a 30-kilometer stretch on Route established SunTank in 2 between Tel Aviv and Netanya. Pretoria as an importer The idea is that carpooling or ridesharing will reduce the overall number of cars and distributor of Israeli on the roads, thereby reducing congestion at peak hours. To use the carpool lane, manufactured solar a car must have 2 or more passengers. Regular tra c caught using the carpool geysers. University of lane may be subject to hefty nes. Johannesburg Prof Vivian So far, the response to the new carpool lanes has been mixed. In a recent poll on Alberts developed thin Telfed’s Facebook Page, approximately one third of participants were opposed lm solar cells in South to carpool lanes. The sections of highway where the carpool lanes were added Africa in 1993, with were not altered to accommodate the new initiative; an existing lane was simply Israel rapidly using the technology to produce demarcated as carpool. Essentially, regular tra c now has one less lane to use. photovoltaic cells for As such, those continuing to use private vehicles are paying the price with their the solar generation of commutes becoming signi cantly longer. The Transportation Ministry is hoping electricity. This mutual this move will encourage more and more people to turn to carpooling. exchange of solar The carpool lane is demarcated with a yellow diamond and 2+ (or in some cases, 3+). technology has bene ted Additional blue signs are located along the side of the highway. both countries. Hot water, please! For most of the year, we take hot water for granted. For our new Olim, when winter arrives, remember to turn on your dud shemesh before you step into the shower. As a rule of thumb, the water should be heated for 30 minutes per person. In the 1950s, high fuel prices and exorbitant electricity prices motivated Israeli inventor, Levi Yissar, to nd a solution to heating water. Using a resource that Israel has in abundance, sunshine, his sun-heated water tank (or dud shemesh) took shape. The dud shemesh became more e cient with the addition of Dr Harry Zvi Tavor’s ‘selective black surfaces’ technology. By law, all homes are required to have a dud shemesh. In 2007, over 90% of Israeli homes were using this environmentally-friendly and cost-e ective heating mechanism. As a result, it is estimated that Israel saves two million barrels of oil each year. Helpful hint: consider installing a timer on your dud shemesh. Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 33 פינה של עברית מבית אולפן לעניין Hebrew Column by Ulpan La-Inyan’s Daily Dose of Hebrew
אישה - ישראל היא מדינה ירוקה ביותר. .Woman - Israel is a very, very green country גבר - ירוקה? מה פתאום? יש בה ?Man - Green? What are you talking about כל מיני צבעים! כחול, לבן, אפור, חום… ,It has all kinds of colors! Blue, white, grey brown… אישה - נכון, אבל כשאני אומרת מדינה ,’Woman - Right, but when I say ‘green country ירוקה, אני מתכוונת לכל מיני מיזמים I’m referring to all kinds of Israeli initiatives ישראלים כמו ”נתיב פלוס“, שימור מים, like the carpool lane, water conservation, drip השקייה בטפטוף, גינות קהילתיות… …irrigation, community gardens גבר - אולי הגינות ירוקות, אבל בנתיב Man - Maybe the gardens are green, but in the ובמים יש רק אפור וכחול carpool lane and the water there’s only gray and blue.
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which refers to the initiative ,יוזמה comes from the word ,מיזם - cial) initiative Hebrew’s word for an (o - מיזם .entrepreneur - יזם one takes to get something done. A related word is literally, plus lane. The idea is that in this lane, only cars - נתיב פלוס Israel’s carpool lane is called - ”נתיב פלוס“ with more than one person in them may ride. .meaning keeping or guarding ש.מ.ר whose root is ,שימור The Hebrew word for conservation is - שימור מים can of preserves (such as pickles, olives, etc.) comes from - קופסת שימורים also appearing in the phrase - שימור .to conserve or to preserve - לשמר the verb - השקייה to water the garden. Its noun form is - להשקות את הגינה is to water, as in להשקות - השקייה בטפטוף .(meaning a drop (that which has dripped טיפה dripping, comes from the word - טפטוף .watering or irrigation .literally, irrigation by dripping - השקייה בטפטוף So drip irrigation is - גינה קהילתית is a community. Put them together and you get קהילה .is a garden גינה - גינות קהילתיות .community gardens - גינות קהילתיות a community garden. More than one of these become
Glossary for a greener Israel: By Ami Steinberger, founder קיימות - Sustainability and CEO of and author of Your Daily Dose of Hebrew חד-פעמי - (Disposable (single-use שימוש חוזר - Reuse /to subscribe, visit ulpan.com) דוד שמש - Sun-heated boiler מחזור - Recycling .(your-daily-dose-of-hebrew קומפוסט ביתי - Home compost זיהום - Pollution איכות הסביבה - Quality of) the environment) קנס, קנסות - (Fine(s 34 Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 35 @ In the mail
I wish to c omment During the period 1949/50 she provided medical on the article in your services to the 10,000 Yemenite refugees in the tent Chanukkah Issue town of Rosh Haayin which had been established to titled “Israel’s War house them. Mary Gordon was the solitary doctor of Independence, providing desperately needed medical services in a the contribution of tented hospital which she established and is reputed medical volunteers”. to have delivered hundreds of babies during her tenure Additionally to those in Rosh Haayin. She was suitably recognised when the mentioned, I feel that Dr. Mary Gordon Maternity Wing was opened at the any article about the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. medical contribution Dr Jack Penn was the foremost military plastic surgeon, of the South African having honed his skills treating injured RAF pilots volunteers making no mention and others during the Battle of Britain during WW2. of Drs Mary Gordon, Jack Penn and Arthur Helfet Penn was a Machal volunteer, saving countless lives must be considered incomplete. These three doctors and making a normal life possible for many who were rendered exceptional service in their respective elds dis gured from their war wounds. He is considered of medical practice. Brief pen pictures of the three as the father of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery doctors follows. in Israel. Dr. Mary Gordon, born in Lithuania and schooled in Dr. Arthur Helfet, an orthopedic surgeon and also South Africa, was one of the rst ladies to qualify as a Machal volunteer served on the headquarters sta doctor in South Africa and the rst female physician of Palmach Commander Yigal Alon as well as being a at the Johannesburg General Hospital. She provided special adviser to IDF Medical Corps Commander, Dr. medical care to wounded strikers during the 1922 Chaim Sheba. Acting on Sheba’s instructions, Helfet Miners Rebellion and later joined the Union Defence prepared detailed plans for the command structure Force Medical Corps during World War 2, becoming a for medical care in the event of Israel having to ght a Major at the military hospital in Pretoria. After the war prolonged war. Besides providing specialist orthopedic she joined the 30,000 refugees who found themselves services in Israel, Helfet was also sent to Britain and interned on Cyprus after being callously classi ed as South Africa where he recruited specialists in diverse illegal immigrants to Palestine by the British Mandate medical elds to join Machal and provide their much Authorities. Working in the British hospital on the Island needed services to the soldiers of Israel Defence Forces. she rendered invaluable medical care in the period between the end of the war and Israel’s Independence Peter Bailey, Hod Hasharon in 1948, after which she joined the IDF Medical Corps. In response to the article in the last magazine on private health insurance, I wanted to give my take on the situation in the north, I guess the south as well. It is impossible to get appointments to see specialists unless you wait for 2, 3 or even 4 months or if you are prepared to travel to Haifa (1.5 hours away), Kiriat Shomona (over 1 hour away), Nazareth or Beit Shean. In other words.....yes the Israeli health system is good but not good enough, de nitely not in the north. I recomend that all olim who can, should take out a private health insurance. If you don’t live in the centre of the country you need it to give yourself more options. Yours sincerely Anita Habib, Kibbutz Alumot
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In memoriam Cecilia Harris z”l By Suzanne Suckerman man she referred to as “Daddy” was actually Isaac Ochberg. With great sadness I learned of the passing of Cecilia Harris - she was Celia was slightly built and less 101 years young. Fate brought us than 5ft tall. She wore a oppy together in a sherut in Haifa in 1990 sun-hat and carried a trolley. She when I heard her South African fed the stray cats and read the accent. She became a surrogate Jerusalem Post from cover to cover granny to our two children. Celia daily. She traveled on the bus and was a strict vegetarian and knew Cecilia Harris at my son's birthday party in 1996 shopped at the shuk. She made every homeopathic remedy conceivable. She never fresh fruit and vegetable juices took any medication - she never needed to. before juicing was a fad. She recycled everything. She would eat boiled sh but not cooked tomatoes. She All we knew was that Celia was born in a small village never ate more than one fruit at a time. She said “eat somewhere in Eastern Europe in the 1920’s and that them alone or leave them alone”. She told her boss she and her 3 siblings were orphaned during the not to do business on Shabbat. She did stretching pogroms. Somehow they made their way to South exercises after every meal and made us stretch with Africa where they made new lives for themselves. her, instructing us to breathe out as we stretched She made Aliyah from Johannesburg when she was and said “as you exhale, say eeeeeeeeeeh!” She had in her late 70’s to take care of her elderly sister, Lisa. a display case in her lounge and in it was a very old If Celia spoke about her childhood and “Daddy”, her green, push-up puppet toy – a gift from “Daddy”. voice would crackle and her eyes misted up. Some years passed and we read a tribute to Isaac Ochberg She was quite a character, independent and headstrong and some 200 orphans he saved and adopted after yet her zest for life was contagious. Today she rests WWI. Celia was mentioned in that article. We were in peace in Jerusalem alongside her beloved brother. gob-smacked. It was then that we realized that the May her memory be forever blessed.
Prof Allie Dubb z”l was born in Port Barry Omsky z”l made Elizabeth in 1930. A former 1956-7 Machal Aliyah from South Africa as volunteer, Allie made Aliyah in 1978. a teenager. His successes Remembered as an outstanding lecturer on the squash court and in and teacher at Israel’s leading universities, business were surpassed and a devoted family man, Allie passed by his commitment to the away peacefully on 17 December 2019. betterment of society. Barry Sorely missed by his wife, Erika, and supported Telfed projects children, Illan, Jonty, David and Simon, for SA youth at risk, and and of course by his many grandchildren, became a founding member great grandchildren and extended family. of Squashbond.
Telfed Chairman Batya Shmukler members of the Directorate, Executive Council and Sta express heartfelt condolences to families whose loved ones have passed away in recent months. Adriana Neethling (Tel Aviv) Joel Katz (Herzliya) Ruth Trappler (Even Yehuda) Cecilia Harris (Jerusalem) Kenneth Greenblo (Netanya) Selwyn So er (Ashkelon) Cyril Glicksman (Beit Shemesh) Prof. Allie Dubb (Beer Sheva) Shirley Cowan (Rishon LeZion) Dov Schmidt (Rishon Lezion) Prof. Reuven Yagil (Omer) Sonia Budow (Netanya/Tel Mond) Frieda Sarnak (Herzliya) Rabbi Dr. Lionel Mirvis (Petach Tikva) Vivian Shapiro (Ein Harod Ichud) Haylee Varenberg (Jerusalem) Rabbi Zev Kraines (Jerusalem) Charles Seligman (Ra'anana) Telfed Israel www.telfed.org.il Pesach 2020 41
Hayley Sevitz Varenberg z”l 35-year-old Hayley Varenberg was killed in the 947 bus crash on the rst night of Chanukah. She was on her way to a gathering of her husband Eli’s family when the bus she was on swerved drastically from its path and crashed into a bus stop, killing her and three other passengers. I remember Hayley from our student days. The only two Jewish students on our campus, we were both studying to become teachers. We had come from a Jewish world into a very secular one, and we reacted so di erently to the challenge. I would talk about being Jewish, answering questions and debating, I wore my badge loudly, if that makes sense, ready on my soapbox. But Hayley really lived her Judaism, quietly and determinedly. She was modest, kind, considerate and non-judgmental. She was comfortable with being a Jewess. Younger than me but wise beyond her years. The world is truly poorer not having her in it. In a tribute sent to the CJC, her parents, Alan and Pauline Sevitz, wrote the following: “The tragic passing of our beloved Hayley has left a massive void in our family. Hayley came into her own in the eleven years since she made Aliyah, facing life challenges courageously and with a smile. Having sat shiva in Israel we were privileged to learn about her dedication to her shul community, and to the boys high school where she taught. Her mentoring, kindness and warm personality touched so many people.” Hayley is survived by her husband Eli, parents Alan and Pauline, siblings Belinda, Ariella and Joshua, uncle Aubrey, nieces and nephew . Abridged obituary, originally published in the Cape Jewish Chronicle. Lindy Diamond Hayley was a member of Telfed's Jerusalem Regional Committee.
Rabbi Ze’ev Kraines z”l The message he shared with his sons on those walks My friend, Rabbi Ze’ev Kraines, exempli ed a healthy to shul was: These are some of the experiences and relationship with his past. At the shiva house, I discovered people who shaped me into whom I am today, and that all his children knew the story of his abbreviated made it possible for me to make the decisions I have. valedictory speech at his Fairfax High School graduation That attitude made it possible for him to successfully in the Hollywood Bowl — abbreviated because the re-channel his natural talents. His poetic side remained school administrators had him pulled ever present, and in the love of Hashem, he from the podium as he launched into found his true subject. a litany of typical early-’70s attack on Reb Ze’ev’s comfort in his own skin as a baal the Vietnam War and a host of societal teshuvah made it possible for him to maintain ills. The rest of the 1,200-strong class and convey a nonjudgmental attitude to every (largely Jewish) then sat down and Jew he met. The most frequent comment at started chanting, “Let him speak,” as the shiva house was: “He was not only my Rav, police helicopters circled above. When but my friend.” Rabbi Kraines never sat at the he told me the story a few years later, Reb Ze’ev took head of his Shabbos table, but always in the middle so particular delight in the scene of his mother running that he could interact personally with all the guests and after those hustling him away, shouting, “Don’t hurt children. Reb Ze’ev and Nechama built and sustained my Warren.” a shul and community where none had existed for 27 Over the years, I’ve noticed that the most successful years, even as they guided many of those who began baalei teshuvah are often the ones who see the changes in the shul toward Aliyah or to one of the thriving Torah in their lives as an outgrowth of the values with which neighborhoods of Johannesburg. they were raised and particular parental virtues — His comfort in his own skin as one who did not grow commitment to truth, concern for others, pride in up in an observant home helped protect him from being Jewish. Reb Ze’ev’s oldest sons, Zechariah and any trace of being judgmental of others from similar Meir, related at the shiva how he would share stories backgrounds, and made him that much more e ective of his youth — how he was orphaned of his father in guiding them to Torah observance. when he was eight, and how his mother raised two Abridged obituary, originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 795. Yonoson sons alone with great strength. Rosenblum. 42 Recipe CHOOSE YOUR FLAVOR CRUST-LESS QUICHE Lisa Starr, Meatland
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