TELFEP JANUARY 1999 VOL 25 NO. 1 A SOUTH AFRICAN ZIONIST FEDERATION (ISRAEL) PUBLICATION SPRINGBOKS AND SABRAS TELFED'S JUBILEE PACEANT INSIDE: FEATURE: •Students: speaking out about the strike PEOPLE: •Tzores at Tzora BUSINESS: •Update on proposed tax legislation BOOK REVIEWS.... AND MORE 46 SOKOLOV (2nd Floor) RAMAT-HASHARON Tel. 03-5488111 Home 09-7446967 Fax 03-5400077 Dear Friends, Certainly never a dull moment in our beautiful land — what with the Gulf, drought, elections, summer in winter — things are really topsy turvy. Gone are the days when I wanted to tell you about the "special" deals and "weekends" to Europe, Turkey, Cyprus, etc. Nowadays there are so many and they are so varied, it is only a matter of deciding where and, of course, if the bank account allows. Advance Notice: We are pleased to inform you that we are once again operating tours led by Brenda Miller. Brenda's music tours are a once in a lifetime experience, many people who have aready traveled with her can testify — simply unforgettable! April - 14 days - Russia June - 8 days - Prague September - 10 days - Paris Call Ilanit at (03)548-8111 to secure your place. Arthur Judes has left our office after eight years of service to many of you. I want to thank him for his loyalty, dedication, and wish him success in his new endeavours. Orith, Einat and Nili will be happy to assist you with all your travel needs. Please give us a call. Thanks for the continual support and I wish you all a great 1999. Best Regards, Terry Kessel Managing Director CONTENTS SETTINCTHESTAdE INTHEMAIL 1 Itis into10:30 thepm. foyerI am at theall Mannfired up Auditoriumas I step humout P E O P L E 8 ming and tapping my heels to the lingering lyri PACEANT 18 cal tempo of Irelands latest cultural export, "The Lord of the Dance." Greeting and nodding to fa T E L F E D T I D I N O S 1 1 miliar Southern African faces as I edge my way N U P T I A L S 2 6 through the crowd, my wife nudges me, " Hmm, a far cry from Cape Town." On our recent trip to KEREN TELFED 28 our former hometown, our customary pilgrimages N O T I C E B O A R D 3 0 to our old cultural haunts — the Baxter Theatre and the Nico Malan — left us stunned. We rec A R T S C E N E 3 3 ognized no one. B O O K N O O K 3 4 Fact. We are long part of a new community, one that is firmly rooted in Israel. As I take over B U S I N E S S B R I E F S 3 8 as chairman of Telfed, it is evident to me that the ECO-ACTION 41 primary focus of our activities should be cater F E A T U R E 4 3 ing to the needs and interests of our community in this vibrant land. To this end, we want to be in C O N D O L E N C E S 4 6 touch, and not lose contact with our landsmen in the towns and settlements throughout Israel. This CLASSIFIED 47 may not be logistically easy, but we were delighted to see how many of you made the effort to come from as far afield as Kibbutz Manara on our north- em border and settlements south of Beer Sheva PRODUCTION to attend Telfed's jubilee pageant, "'Springboks Editor: Becky Rowe and Sabras". Correspondents: David Kaplan, Becky Rowe We know from talk, faxes, telephone calls, email Editorial Committee Chairman: David Kaplan and your letters, that it was a night to remember. Design and Layout: Becky Rowe For those of you who unfortunately missed our Business Manager: Lena Nulman sellout performance, I suggest that to avoid dis SO-year Logo Design: MarkBlumberg appointment, you book now, for Telfed's cente Editorial Committee: Sharon Bernstein, David nary pageant. Couzin, Janine Gelley, Hilary Kaplan, Mark Kedem, David Kaplan Narda Korakin, Liana Koton, Sidney Shapiro, Chairman, Telfed D e b b i e Z a b o w Chairman of the Editorial Board Cover and Artwork: David Kaplan Advertising: Lena Nulman Proofreading: Marvyn Hatchuel, Harriet Levin, ADDRESSES Lucy Jacobson South African Zionist Federation (Israel) Extra or back copies of Telfed Magazine are Beit Clal, 5 Druyanov Street, Tel Aviv 61110 available at NISIO per magazine. Contact Lena. RO. Box 11556, Tel Aviv 61114 To advertise in Telfed Magazine, Tel. :(03 >6290131 Fax: (03 )6295099 email: [email protected]; webtwww.telfed.org.il phone Lena: (03)6290131 Regional Offices The views and comments expressed in articles in this Jerusalem: (02)5618135, (02)5634822 Ra'anana Merkaz Klita:(Wed. aft., call TA office for app't) publication are not nece.ssarily those of the South African Zionist Federation (Israel) or of the Editorial Board. The organisation is not South Africa responsible for the advertisers and the insertions in this magazine. Tel. 011-4851020, Fax: 011-646-1325 1 I N THE MAIL HELPING HAND ders of the Jewish State. I am including a photo of a big Reading the Telfed Tribune" 50th Jubilee Edi group of South African tion, I have been moved to put pen to paper and chalutzim at Shoval 50 years J)& pass on to you my deepest appreciation for all ago. There are many more that the "Fed" has done for my family and me since do not appear here. arriving here in 1960. We regret the unfortunate omission since we The 2nd person I met here was Simie Weinstein feel an integral part of the South African com- who helped me when I was a Idd in boarding school and later in the army. He became a valued friend to the family; marrying us, celebrat ing our births and burying our dead till his own passing. Leib Frank and Itz Stein were two others who helped us during our early years here. Over the years I have received finan cial help too, usually modest, but always at the right time and with an open heart. Starting with the 20 or 30 lira I got per month as a soldier, continuing when I re ceived bursaries as a student and today, my children are in university and they, too, have been generously helped. Taking a look at the South African con A group ojSouthern African chalutzim from Hashomer Hatzair in tribution (of which I am a proud part) front of the water tower (under construction) at Kibbutz Shoval. through your special edition has caused standing l-r: Sarah Ahlfeld (nie Beinart), Meir Sarid (Sherman), me to realize how lucky we all are - espe Sidney Joffe, Reuben Katz z"l, Shulamit Shur(nee Gutelevsky), Dovie cially the earlier arrivals, to have had you Frid (Dave Kaffet), Eliezer Rachilewitz z"l, by our side through the years. Abe Beinart z"l, Meish Reeb z'l, Zvi Tipper Please accept this donation to the Simie sitting l-r: Hadassah Ben Ami (nee Rosenberg). Ruth Kirschner (nee and Hanna Weinstein Scholarship Fund. Rosenberg), Yehudit Agassi (nee Webranchek), Arie Barel [Leon Pincus] Rachel Ben Hayam (nee Katz), Leish Joffe, Nina Selbsi (nee Eilat Herbstein), Jackie Gross munity here. We stand together towards our com LEFT OUT mon goal of building the State of Israel and achiev Many thanks for sending us your very impres ing security and a lasting peace. All three kib sive Jubilee edition. We appreciate the great ef butzim also share their sad fate together with the fort you have put into it. As you say:"to do jus fallen soldiers inscribed on the memorial site at tice to this vast subject in 48 pages was an im the Golani Junction. possible endeavour.." However, we wonder why With greetings and best wishes for the Jubilee there is no mention whatsoever of the three South functions. African kibbutzim, Shoval, Barkai and T h e S o u t h A f r i c a n C h a v e r i m Nachshon, whose impact on the development of Kibbutz Shoval Hityashvut across Israel is indelible. Shoval is • • • one of the 11 settlements that sprang up over Your 50th Jubilee publications stands out with night. This great operation was the most impor blatant partiality towards the kibbutzim of tant factor to include the Negev within the bor- Hashomer Hatzair settled in Israel from 1942. continued on page 4 li^oniebanks publicise their size and the variety of their business services. Others advertise their close personal and professional relationships with their customers. For our part, fortunately, we never need to choose between those options, since it is our tradition and privilege to supply both. So, stop by one of our branches today or dial: 1-800-8(H48(1. www.niercaaiile.co.il Mercantile Discount Bank ltd. I N THE MAIL Not a mention was made of scores of South Ulpan is large. We lived in wooden huts during Africans in kibbutzim like Shoval (settling within the very severe conditions of the 1960/61 winter, the first kibbush of the Negev), such as Kibbutz prompting my 5-year old daughter, Brenda, to point Chatzor, Barkai, Nachshon, etc. out to me that we were living "just like all those Was this a technical oversight or a deliberate other people battling it out in the ma'abarot." narrow political polemic? M a r c u s M a n d e l Stella and Leish Joffe Tel Aviv Ashdod Tzviya (Hazel) and Tzvi (Harry) Orlin J U S T TO S AY T H A N K S Kiryat Motzkin I want to express my appreciation for the years of pleasure I've received from reading Telfed WRONG PLACE Magazine - the nostalgia and reminiscing, the pride I must draw your attention to a serious error in achievements of landschaftsman in Israel.