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A J O U R N A L F O RSOUTH AFRICANS

I N I S R A E L T E L F E Dedi to r ia l

REAL VALUES NOT DEVALUED

Our preference for a slogan for the times for Israeliswould be a cliche like "roll up your shirt-sleeves",or even "put your shoulder to the wheel", ratherthan the currently hackneyed "tighten your belt".We are waiting for the break-through in whichappeals will be made to work harder (and longer?)rather than repeated warnings about lowering ourliving standards. After all, it can be made to bemore inspiring to see the job through all day ratherthan to jettison many of the comforts which aretaken for granted in western societies.In fact, if there is one reason why South Africanimmigration has been welcome and successful inIsrael over the past three decades, it is that theSouth African oleh, generally speaking, is accustomed to a working day which extends beyondthe early afternoon hours, even into the late afternoon. and he (or she) may have had a toughtime of it, convincing our fellow Israelis that whilei t is correct that we play hard when we play, wel i k e t o w o r k h a r d w h e n w e w o r k .

S l o g a n s a n d t h e o r i e s a p a r t , h o w e v e r , o n e f a c temerges more clearly than ever in these tryinge c o n o m i c t i m e s : t h e r e a l v a l u e s o f c o m i n g t o

Israel, living in Israel and staying in Israel arestable, in spi te of devaluat ions, gal loping inflat ion,n e w t a x i m p o s i t i o n s a n d u n s e t t l i n g u n c e r t a i n t i e s 'in the labour, consumer and financial areas of life.

We know why we came here. We know what wei i a v e t o d o h e r e . A n d , w i t h o u t l o o k i n g a t I s r a e las if it were one of the shopwindows of the world,o r even a showcase fo r the Ga lu t , we recogn isethe endur ing sa t i s fac t ion o f a l i yah , and the evengreater sat is fact ion in k l i tah.

These values, like the validity of Zionism itself,h a v e n o t b e e n e r o d e d !

Z I O N I S M i S N O T D E A D , B U TD O E S I T L I V E I N I S R A E L ?

L e t ' s l e a v e a s i d e t h e s e m a n t i c s a n d d e f i n i t i o n s —'the Jews and the Jewish State are being assai ledand endangered.

We need dynamic action to inspire Jews throughout the wor ld to meaningful educated ident ificat ionand endeavour and al iyah, but more than anythingelse, we need to Zionise the Jewish State. Let usput Zion in order.

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A P lace to L i ve and a P lace to D ie : a nove l byLaszio Deutsch and Harry Brodie: Bronfman.I t took immense, even ep ic courage fo r Is rae l totu rn the tab les on i t s enemies a f te r the surp r i seattack of 6 October, 1973. It took. I 'havdil, anotherkind of courage for two Israeli writers — one ofthem Harry Brodie, born in South Africa — toattempt to write a fictional version of those weeksin Israel which was indeed a p lace to l ive and aplace to die at the t ime.T h e j o i n t a u t h o r s , D e u t s c h a n d B r o d i e , d e s e r v epraise for their venture, but not only for the enterp r i s e w h i c h h a s s e e n t h r o u g h t h e p u b l i c a t i o n i nO c t o b e r . 1 9 7 5 , b u t a l s o f o r t h e s h e e r m e r i t o f t h e i r

s t o r y. I t b e g i n s o n F r i d a y m o r n i n g , 5 O c t o b e r ,when we meet one of i ts heroes, Ur i Ishboneh, astudent in the Middle East Department of the TelA v i v U n i v e r s i t y, w h o k e e p s a t r y s t i n a R a m a tAv iv apar tment w i th A l i za , h is g i r l f r i end . I t i s aromantic start to the story, which ends on 7 November, i n t he home o f U r i ' s pa ren ts i n He rz l i a ,w h e n A l i z a s t i r s e m b e r s f r o m t h e a s h e s o f t w ob r o k e n l i v e s .

I s t he he ro i sm s imp l i s t i c , a re t he even t s bana l?If you were here at that time, if you were partof the Israeli family which suffered through theseterrible days and nights, you will applaud Deutschand Brodie for telling it simply, as it happened,without pretentious recourse to literary conventions or ambitious aspirations to write a masterpiece.By skilfully using the facts as they unfolded themselves and weaving into the documentary materiala feasible, even authentic tale of high courage andd e e p t r a g e d y, t h e a u t h o r s h a v e s h o w n c o m m o n -sense, discretion and compassion.The principal protagonists in the fictional presentation, apart from Uri and his younger brother, Gadiand their two girl friends, Aliza and Rina, are theb o y s ' p a r e n t s , S h o s h a n a a n d M e i r I s h b o n e h a n dtheir closest friends, Shula and Chaim. They arewell drawn, emerge as real people in action anddialogue, and play out the authentic drama oftheir lives, lived at such a desperate pitch, withoutany semblance of h istr ionics.Lasz io Deutsch, a pro fess iona l wr i te r and c l in ica lpsycho log i s t f r om Ruman ia , and Ha r r y B rod ie , abarrister from Cape Town, a tourist guide and apioneering businessman, may have a very goodseller on their hands, in their first novel, u o

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A group of 91 members of the South AfricanWomen's Zionist Council's 1975 Tour (some accompanied by their husbands) arrived in Isrealt o w a r d s t h e e n d o f O c t o b e r f o r a n i n t e n s i v e 3 -week, in depth tour of the country.Two JNF groups — one Adult and one Youth —consisting of more than 200 participants, will arriveIn mid-December for a tour of almost 3 weeks.

Arrangements are in hand for a Tnuat Aliyah PilotTour to arrive in mid-December for 3 weeks. Participants will see the country, participate in seminars and, through the offices of Tour VeAleh,meet with heads of enterprises and organisationsto discuss employment, housing and other pert inent a l iyah mat ters .

Prominent S. African personalities who recentlyvisited Israel include: Judge and Mrs. NormanAddleson; Mr. Japie Basson, M P. and Mrs. Bas-son; Mr. J. van Zyl and Mr. Bob Hitchcock ("RandDaily Mail ) to attend the Military Symposium;Mr. Plet Gillie, Editor "Die Burger"; Mr. ThomasLangley, M.P. and Mrs. Langley; and Dr. J. Poorter.Editor, "To the Point".

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I t i s t h e m a n h i m s e l f , n o t a n o c c a s i o n , w h i c h

ca l ls for th is t r ibute to Major S imie Weinste in , o fthe Fed. 's Tel Av iv office, This in tensely pat r io t ic ,

deep ly re l i g ious Jew, bo rn i n the wor ld ' s os t r i chcapital, Oudtshoorn, South Africa, has been livingin Israel for almost twenty years and still Is tnm a n y u n e x p e c t e d w a y s t h e e p i t o m e o f a c i v i lservant who excels in service to the public at theconscious sacrifice of self, a loyal subject — inSimie's case of an ideal — whose greatest satisfaction derives from the knowledge that he is privileged to serve his people,S im ie ' s fi rs t schoo l i ng was i n Oud tshoorn a t t hefirst Jewish Day School establ ished in that "Li tvak

outpost", where he began as a pupil and went ont o b e a t e a c h e r t h e r e .

In the years just before the outbreak of WorldWar II, Simie, while teaching at Hillel College andstudying at the U.C.T., came under the influenceof the late Chief Rabbi Prof, Israel Abrahams.His various activities in Zionist Youth work typifiedhis personal inclination to the practical, ratherthan the political aspects of the cause.

Volunteering as a medical orderly on the outbreakof war, Simie was appointed First South AfricanChaplain to the Expeditionary Forces, and wascommissioned (Lieut.) in Kenya, with Gen. Dan

Pienaar's First S.A. Brigade. Promoted to captain,he saw service in Abyssinia, Somaliland, Egyptand in North Africa. Reticent by nature, Simienevertheless can expound on the wartime experiences of the South Africans "up north", especiallyof the Jews on active service, and it Is an expedition in khaki nostalgia to talk to Simie about thosedays of mud, awe, and eventual triumph.When the F i rs t D iv is ion re tu rned to South A f r i ca ,Simie was appointed Assistant Jewish PrincipalChaplain to the U.D.F., under Rabbi W. Hirsch(Pretoria) at Voortrekkerhoogte, where he alsos e r v e d o n t h e N a t i o n a l S o l d i e r s R e h a b i l i t a t i o nBoard. Simie regards his period there as amongthe happiest of his life. Before going on activeservice, he had married Hannah Keyser (Katzen-stein) , daughter of Just ice Dr. Richard Katzenstein(Hannover), who had found refuge in Jerusalemafter his expulsion by the Nazis in the early' t h i r t i e s .

This gave Simie a close personal attachment toJerusalem, and during the period of his active service "up north", he visited the Yishuv wheneverpossible and encouraged others to do so, too,including not only Jewish men on active servicebut non-Jewish soldiers and officers as well.

B e f o r e a n d a f t e r t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f t h e S t a t eof Israel, Simie became the National Organiser ofthe League for the Haganah under the Chairmanship of his wartime colleague and much admiredand beloved friend, the late Major Leo Kowarsky.After the War of Liberation Simie headed the S.A.Zionist Federation departments of Aliyah, J.N.F.,Medical, Tourism and Military Manpower and wassubsequently appointed as National Organiser ofthe Israel United Appeal where he served for ad e c a d e .

Because of all these activities Simie and Hannahmade up their minds to return to live in the JewishHomeland, and in February, 1956, Simie arrivedwith his family to join the Tel Aviv Office of theFederation. Because of the small staff and thelarge, programme of work, each person's work loadwas many-faceted; Simie carried out the tasks ofWelfare Officer, Liaison Officer with Nahal, andSecretary of the Medical Committee.Apart from an interruption of some 2Vj years whenSimie served in the Absorption Department ofthe Jewish Agency, Simie has been with theFederation for the past 28 years. Until the openingof the S.A. Consulate in Tel Aviv, he was in effect

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I t i s w e l l k n o w n t h a t t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r s t h er e c o r d f o r c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o Z i o n i s t f u n d s h a s b e e n

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held amongst the highest positions the State ofIsrael has to offer. Yet perhaps the biggest contr ibut ion has been the in i t ia t ive which South Af r ican Jewry has taken in the pioneering of freshthinking and new projects.

The Israel Office of the South Afr ican Zionist Federation (and a large number of S. Africans nowliving in Israel) is not satisfied with the aliyah ofyoung South Africans and is therefore, once again,taking the initiative. It is planning to consider, inscientific terms, the reasons which promote, andthose that militate against aliyah, in the hope thatsuch a study will go far towards the encouragement of a larger, positive aliyah.

From the early 1920's onwards, a trickle of SouthAfrican families came to live in Palestine. Theycame to live out their years of retirement, or tooffer their successful know-how to the tiny community. Some came to fulfil the dream of findingtheir last resting place in "The Holy Land". Fromthen on, the trickle of young olim has grown andtoday they are to be found in most parts of Israel,in most spheres of activity.

I n t h i s i s s u e o f T E L F E D w i l l b e f o u n d a n i n s e r t

for completion and return by ail former SouthAfricans, male and female, between the ages of18 and 38, who are interested in the promotionof increased a l iyah f rom South Af r ica . The ex tentto which the Federation's project will prove to bea pioneering venture of practical value and generalinterest will be the extent to which former youngSou th A f r i cans w i l l r espond to t h i s ca l l f o r t he i rc o - o p e r a t i o n . I t w i l l b e t h e l e a s t s t r e n u o u s e ffort — both physically and intellectually — towhich they have had to respond in their integrationi n t o t h e l i f e o f I s r a e l .

SALUTING SIMIE (cont. from p. 5)

"Passport Officer" for South Africans, visitors, andIsraelis planning visits to South Africa.S imie and Hannah have th ree ch i ld ren — Mi r iam,t h e i r e l d e s t i s t h e m o t h e r o f t w o l i v e l y s a b r a s ;

Yiga l , the i r e lder son; hav ing served in the Israe lA i r f o r c e , n o w w o r k s a t t h e I s r a e l A i r c r a f t I n d u st r i es ; E l i i s a p i l o t w i t h t he I s rae l A i r f o r ce , nowstudying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.A c c o r d i n g t o S i m i e i t i s n o t o n l y t h e s u c c e s s f u ladapta t ion to the genera l cond i t ions in Is rae l bu talso being able to retain the best in the way oflife he knew that makes for proper Integration. Bywork ing f o r t he Fede ra t i on he f ee l s he can bes tserve the community, particularly at this difficultperiod in the history of our people.

H. M. B,

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JERUSALEM: Members o f the Jerusa lem Commi t>tee's various subcommittees continued throughoutthe months of August and September to payregu lar v is i t s to the Merkaz K l i tah a t Mevassere tZion and to assjst, where required, those olimsearch ing fo r su i tab le employment .A G e t - To g e t h e r o f S . A f r i c a n s i n t h e J e r u s a l e marea Is planned to take place on December 4.Guests of honour will be the Mayor of Jerusalem,the Chairman of the Israel Commit tee of the S.A.Z ion is t Federa t ion and Rabb i Dr. L . I . Rab inowi tz .By the time this issue is in the post, a groupdiscussion of all S. African students in Jerusalem,representatives of the Student Authority, the Education Committee of the S,A, Zionist Federationand the Jerusalem Regional Committee will haveb e e n h e l d .

An arrangement has been reached v/ith the localMoadon Haoleh whereby all S. Africans in theJerusalem area are being regarded as merhbersfor an experimental period of 6 months. Under thisarrangement they will be invited to participate inall activities of the Moadon Haoleh. It is hoped,in this way. to help olim towards an easier socialin tegrat ion.

REHOVOT: This Committee has met several timesto discuss ways and means to assist in the klitahof new olim in the Rehovot area. As a result, personal contact is made with new olim from S. Africaand also with former S. Africans who move intothe area. The Committee enjoys close co-operationfrom the Klitah Office of the Rehovot City Council.A very successful "Get Acquainted" evening washeld recently. After hearing a talk on the historyand development of Rehovot by a well-knownlocal resident, refreshments were served and people had a chance to chat with each other onklitah problems and on how best to help newcomers to the area, to settle in.

NETANYA; S. African olim who elect to spend theirfirst 6 months at the Ben Yehuda Ulpan are givena warm welcome by the Regional Committee.Members of the welcoming committee met the newarrivals with the August and September intakes.While there were not many S. Africans, thosewho came were assisted to settle in with theusual warmth and friendliness of their ex-compatriots. This service is very much appreciated byn e w c o m e r s .

T h e s o c i a l s u b c o m m i t t e e ' s fi r s t a c t i v i t y w a s t h eholding of a film show for which the NetanyaMunicipality kindly placed a hall at the Committee's disposal. Future gatherings will be held inpr ivate homes.

R AMAT AV IV - AFEKA - BAVL I AR EA: Th i s A re aCommittee arranges gatherings every second Monday night at Beit Milman in Ramat Aviv. Thesefortnightly meetings are very popular judging bythe audiences which range in number from 40 to200. Most meet ings were addressed by prominent

pe rsona l i t i es . Seve ra l fi lm even ings were he ld i nc o - o p e r a t i o n w i t h B e i t H a L o c h e m a n d t h e S o u t hAfr ican Consulate-General . Some programmes weredevoted to musical evenings. The Area Commit teee x t e n d s g r a t e f u l t h a n k s t o M e s d . P. K a p l a n a n dB. Kahn, o f the Hi tachdut Ole i Br i tann ia for the i rco-operation in planning some of the functions, them o s t r e c e n t o f w h i c h w a s a t a l k b y M r s . D o r i sLankin. author of the book "The Lady was aTerrorist", who spoke about the underground movements during the British Mandate.

HAIFA: A new Committee, under the chairmanshipof Ted Fr iedman, was e lected at the recent Hai faRegional Committee's A.G.M. and has been activein various fields, particularly amongst students.The Committee is also active in various Haifa Municipal schemes for promoting aliyah and klitahwork. Routine visits are paid to olim at merkazeiklitah and volunteers at kibbutzim in the north.The recent visit to Ramat Yohanan by Mrs. LouisMclldowie. the daughter of Gen. Jan Smuts, andher husband was followed up by a further visitto this kibbutz by members of the committee. Asa result, bonds between South African olim andKibbutz Ramat Yohanan are likely to be strengthe n e d .

JERUSALEM AND HAIFA OFFICESReaders are reminded that the Federation has offices in Jerusalem and Haifa. The co-operation ofboth offices is always much appreciated. Out-of-towners and local residents of both cities will always find helpful advice and, wherever possible,assistance, to say nothing of a friendly welcomefrom staff members at both offices. Please notethe addresses and telephone numbers:JERUSALEM: 9 Alkalai St., Talbieh. Phone 02-34822.HAIFA: Room 26. 5 Bank Street. Phone 04-521980.

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"The first opposit ion came from the GrandArmy of Middle East Insects. Waving the bann e r o f ' G o h o m e . S o u t h A f r i c a n s . . . w e w e r ehe re be fo re you ' t hey a t t acked en masse ou ryoung green. No sooner had we routed out oneb a t t a l i o n t h a n a n e n t i r e l y n e w r e p l a c e m e n tmoved i n as , a rmed w i t h chem ica l s and fixedspray guns, the bat t le began anew. Later theywere jo ined by an unexpected a l ly in the formof the Jackal Night Raiders, who came lopingin a f t e r da rk f o r mopp ing up ope ra t i ons , w i t ht h e r e a r b e i n g b r o u g h t u p b y a F i f t h C o l u m nof Indus t r ious Mo les bor ing f rom w i th in . "

Since that historic occasion, Israel Has participatedw i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e s u c c e s s i n fi v e M a c c a b i G a m e sand in 1972 became a member of the I.B.B., sending a t eam to compe te i n t he Wor ld Tou rnamen ta t W o r t h i n g . T h i s t e a m i n c l u d e d S o u t h A f r i c a nolim Max Spitz (Manager), Harry Esakov, MattGordon and Judah Lebel. This was followed byp a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e S o u t h A f r i c a n I n t e r n a t i o n a lGames in 1973. A team will again be competing inthe 1976 Wor ld Tournament to be he ld in Johannesburg in February 1976. One of the memberso f t h i s t eam i s Sam Skudow i t z , o leh f rom Sou thA f r i c a .

During the years, Israel bowlers have had the advantage of playing host to many groups of bowlersfrom South Africa, Rhodesia, England, Australiaand New Guinea and, in 1968, placed their facilitiesat the disposal of the Paraplegic Bowlers who camefrom all over the world to compete in the 17thInternational Stoke-Mandeville Games — a sporting event of unusual interest.There are presently, some three hundred bowlersin the country mainly concentrated in Tel Aviv,Ramat Gan, Savyon and Caesarea. The kibbutzimare also showing a marked interest in the game.

Contributed by Max J. Spitz, President.Israel Bowling Association

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Z I O N I S M — T H O U G H T S A N D F A C T S

HERZL: The Jews have one way o f sav ing themselves — a re turn to the i r own peop le and animmigration to their own land.

B E N G U R I O N : L o r d S a m u e l o n c e s a i d : T h e J e w s

are like all other peoples, but with a certainplu^: the Zionists too in respect of the Landof Israel are l ike a l l Jews but a lso p lus someth ing.

M . D . : T h e m a j o r t a s k f o r Z i o n i s m t o d a y i s t ounite the Jews of Israel and the Diaspora andto find the people to lead us.

TOURIST; Zionism should seek to educate everyone In Israel to relate to tourists and all comersas if they were truly welcome in the country.It should be an inspiration to be in Zion.

JUNIOR SCHOLAR; The teacher said Zionism wasbrushing your teeth and keeping clean. 1 thinkit would be healthier if everyone was a ZionistI

OLEH FROM U.S.A.: There is no Zionut — onlythe Magbit. The Campaign bought out Zionism.Israel should try to redeem the shares.

The modern term Zionism first appeared at theend of the 19th Century, denoting the movementwhose goal was the return of the Jewish Peopleto Israel. It was coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890.

Encyclopaedia Judaica.

Chaim Weizmann coined a new term — "SyntheticZionism" to collate Herzl's Political Zionism withHibbat Zion's practical Zionism. Weizmann statedthat the two approaches supplement each otherand are in reality two sides of the same coin: political activity is meaningless unless it is based uponpractical settlement in Eretz Israel and settlementalone could not develop into desirable proportionswithout the support of political efforts.

Encyclopaedia Judaica

H. B.: Zionism is going through 'Tachanah Mer-kazit knowing that the single common denominating factor in the lives of all of us ismore than a map, more than a flag, more than

a s t a t e a f e e l i n g w e s h a r e w h e n w esay we are Jewish.

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ZIONIST CONGRESS, June 1968.;

The aims of Zionism are; —

The unity of the Jewish people and the centralityof Israel in Jewish life;

The ingathering of the Jewish people in itshistoric homeland, Eretz Israel, through aliyahfrom all countries;

The strengthening of the State of Israel whichis based on the prophetic vision of justice andp e a c e ;

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