"le voice of the Southern African Community in Israel cjv-idi) ® m m n a i l Mf10 ° a WMifc 0DD ra?scjipses Telfed's newest housing project appeals to veteran and new immigrants alike. T ■ asa "rZ ' ■ ^ , / C " ™ ■ m laMgaaW ■ t„ ■ ^ m ■ 11 ■ - T B " " ■ 'II ■ M '-^mm ■' K.jL m mm* f mm » I ■ > w m ■ ■ w ■ ■■:l ' Education and the Law iEATiURE^lHam The past revisKed Femme Fatale lossad legend laid to rest Denunciation liMliljMi Maureen Fain depicts the palft i The Wondering Jew Dr. Isaac Kaplan's entertaining anecdotes ■NUPTIAl^.i^NE-W ■ARRIVALS.; A South African Zionist Federation (Israel) publication ' TELFED MAGAZINE "The voice of the Southern African Community in Israel" Thirty years of connecting with the community. 1975-2005 With its finger on the pulse, Telfed magazine has for three decades kept its readership abreast of news of interest to the Southern African community in Israel. The mouthpiece of the SAZF (ISRAEL), it has served in bringing to the attention of the community its projects and activities, as it is presently performing in promoting Teifed's iatest housing project in Modi'in,(See enclosed flyer) Please join us in ceiebrating this momentous milestone by placing" your personal or business message of good wishes in the next Telfed Magazine. Your contributions will help our magazine main tain its high standard and hopefuliy expand its horizons. 1. Add your name to the good wishes page NIS 50.00 2. Send a personal or business message 1 / 8 p a g e N I S 2 0 0 . 0 0 1 / 4 p a g e N I S 3 5 0 . 0 0 1 / 2 p a g e N I S 6 0 0 . 0 0 Full page NIS 1000.00 ' Reserve your space for your message in Teifed's Celebratory Issue for June 2005 by contacting Sharon at Telfed office 09-7446110 ext 201 or sharonb(g)teifed.org,ii or fax 09-7446112 Payments can also be made easily by credit card, SUPPORT THE MAGAZINE THAT SUPPORTS YOU 6( YOUR COMMUNITY Contents 2005 I N T H E M A I L 2 The year began with a new Telfed Execu tive and Chairman, Itz Kalmanowitz. It also P E O P L E 6 marked the launch of a new and exciting COVER STORY 14 housing project for Southern Africans in Modi 'in, where there is a growing commu feature 18 nity of some 65 families. (See Cover Story) N O T I C E B O A R D 2 0 The year also celebrates the 30'^ anniversary of TELFED MAGAZINE and for our next FOCUS ON TELFED 21 issue we invite you to send messages of N E W A R R I V A L S 3 0 support for a publication that has stoutly served the community in bringing news & BETH PROTEA 31 views of interest to our Southern African B O O K N O O K 3 2 community. (See inside cover opposite). A R T S C E N E 3 6 We have had a bumper crop of visiting groups from South Africa (See Focus on N U P T I A L S 3 8 Telfed), and despite talk of a lack of interest KEREN TELFED 40 in aliyah amongst the secular community, some ten graduates of Habonim Dror are I N M E M O R I A M 4 6 making that most decisive step this year. C L A S S I F I E D S 4 7 2005 also marks the 75'*' year of Habonim Southern Africa, which will celebrate this event on the 30* June on Kibbutz Yisrael Production (See Notice Board page), joined by young Editor: David Kaplan sters from the Movement currently in Israel Design and Layout: Becky Rowe on programmes. Correspondents: David Kaplan, While there is much talk in the news Fonda Dubb (Eilat), Haim Miller (Modi'in) about 'disengagement', Telfed's phi Editorial Committee Chairman: losophy in relationship to its community David Bloom is one of engagement. We look forward Editorial Committee: Sharon Bernstein, - with your support - to strengthening this Debbie Chitiz, Janine Gelley, Hilary Kaplan, partnership. Sidney Shapiro, Michelle Wolff Cover: David Kaplan, Becky Rowe David E. Kaplan illustrations: David Kaplan Editor Advertising: Lena Nulman South African Zionist Federation (Israel) Proofreading: Sharon Bernstein, Marvyn 19 Schwartz Street, Ra'anana 43212 Hatchuel, Ralph Lanesman, Harriet Levin, tel.: (09)744-6110, fax: (09)744-6112 Leon Moss, Sidney Shapiro, Marcelle Weiss [email protected]; www.telfed.org.il Extra or back copies of Telfed Magazine are available at NIS 15 per magazine. Please Note: The date on the right comer of your mailing label Contact Lena at (09)744-6110. indicates the date of your last payment for Telfed Magazine. If no date appears, we have not yet received payment from you. Views and comments expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the South African Zionist Federation (Israel) or of the Editorial Board. SAZF (Israel) is not responsible for articles and advertisements which appear herein. __ . N The Ma Max Bineth with Egyptian President Mohammed Naguib, HOW IRONIC 0ft Dear Editor, struggle against raci- Thank you for ism, the club was active in the wonderful fea the All African Convention ture you did on my and opposed the 1936 racist late parents, entitled "Native Bills" of the Hert- "Our Man in Cairo." zog-Smuts government. [Ed. The stoiy of Jane Bineth. former South At the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies African married to an Israeli spy stationed at UCT, a photo exhibition of "Jews in the in Egypt] Since the article appeared in the October issue, I found this picture of Egyp struggle for human rights and democracy in SA" included a photo of him amongst a group tian President, General Mohammed Naguib, oflike-minded young people in the 1930s, all honouring my father, Max, for his contribution to the rehabilitation of Egyptian soldiers who Yiddish-speakers with socialist ideals. His had lost limbs in the 1948 war. 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He listened patiently, said he appreciated the voluntary Dear Editor, work I do and called in his secretary to bring Fundraising is not an easy task, but some him his cheque book and gave me a handsome times it can be heart-warming. A few days contribution for our fund. before the end of the year I called on a very I thanked him and he thanked me! He said busy colleague in Tel Aviv whom I had not seen for many years. Still, I believed that I had given him the opportunity of doing a milzvah and was grateful to me. He added my appeal for a contribution to Keren Telfed that I shared in the milzvah. would not fall on deaf ears even though he is not a former South African. He does, however, What a marked contrast from the reaction have clients from our neck of the woods. of some others He made time for me. We spoke about many The fact is that there are many profession things and then I put on my K.T. hat and told als in our community who have established him what Telfed was doing for our people who themselves here because of their Southern African clientele.