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With grateful thanks to Ayala Feldman for contributing these important records of her father Doddie Gordon who came to Israel as a Machal
Camp 80 Inspection Sing Song Posted 30 July 2023 Towards the end of our basic training in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in
The annual Mickey Marcus Memorial service was held on 7th May at West Point cemetery. To read the full story of Mickey Marcus
Walter Cohen Posted 1st Feb 2023 with grateful thanks to Darrold Smith. 19th Feb 2023 – obituary and additional photographs posted below –
Source: With courtesy CJN – via this link Funeral services were held Jan. 17 2022 in Montreal for 96-year-old Joseph “Jerry” Gross, one
This page is dedicated to Joseph Shlain (96) who volunteered for Machal in 1948. Below is a brief video interview with Josie from
Nous avons reçu, avec nos remerciements reconnaissants, un certain nombre de photographies et de documents le 4 août 2022 concernant le service machal
(To view an English version of this page – click here ) Avec nos remerciements à Yoram Mouchenik pour avoir contribué à cet
Commander Benjamin Halpern Background Benjamin Halpern was born in 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. When he was very young his parents came to
With thanks to Yoram Mouchenik for contributing to this important file of his father’s service to Machal and the State of Israel. June 2022.
The story of Heine Fliegler By Daniel Fiegler My father was someone who took risks when he thought the cause was right, Even as a child
Obituary by Dave Bloom 20th February 2022 Harold “Smoky” Simon passed away this week in Herzliya just short of his 102nd birthday
World Machal has received some basic information and several video clip interviews of the late Mordejai Craysman, formerly from Urugway who volunteered for
Joe Woolf (92) who was a Machal volunteer in the 1948 War of Independence and then came back to live in Israel with
November 22, 2021 – World Machal extends its heartfelt condolences to the Kay family, recent immigrants to Israel from South Africa, on the
Martin Allen Ribakoff was a volunteer in the Israel War of Independence 1948. See book titled THE MIDNIGHTERS by Rowland Barber, Crown Publishing,
WHY THIS MEMOIR?Perspective, principle, and duty. At the age of ninety-eight, though I’ve unhappily discovered the limitations that failing senses impose on one’s
Two of the surviving Canadian Machal volunteers mark 73 years since they saw action in 1948.
The following images and documents were received 10th June 2021 with a note saying – I’d like to submit a name for inclusion
By Lennie Lurie During the Nahal advanced training course held during the wintry month of February, 1960, two military exercises were held simultaneously: “Ambushes”;
Source : TimesofIsrael Moshe (born Mojžíš Weiner) was born in 1928 in Behynka in the Nitra district in Slovakia. As the Nazi Germany
Nathan Judah Krotinger died March 25, 2020 from natural causes at age 97. Born on Sept. 6, 1922, in Hempstead, N.Y., he was
Source: South African Jewish Report – April 21 2021 by Tali Feinberg Zan Swartzberg from Bethlehem in the Free State was one of
Ezra MacMull, third from left back row (wide hat, moustache) 1948 Ezra was born in Bombay, India on 7th September,1928 to Iraqi parents