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I was born in 1921 in New York City. I joined the Hashomer Hatzair Youth movement when I was 11-years-old and was strongly
HYMAN (HY “CHAIM”) GOLDSTEIN By Eddy Kaplansky Left to right: Bill Wadman, Hy Goldstein, 1948 Hy Goldstdein’s previously flying experience was as a
Sam (Shmuel) Pomerance, the son of Philip and Esther-Zelda, was born in New York on 23rdSeptember 1910. He completed his degree in aeronautical
I was in midst of a festive Chanukah party of the Israel Student Organization at the Jewish Agency in Manhattan in 1947. During
It has long been my intention to write down some of my history for the benefit of my grandchildren so that they should
IDF No: 58480The son of Shmuel and Tova Hack, Louis was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Doornfontein in South Africa on 12th
The son of Joseph and Rivka, Jack Rothman was born in Brooklyn, in the USA on 29th January 1911. When still a young
On 7th December 1948, he was part of the crew when Canadian pilot Ralph Moster was practicing with instructor Oliver Holton on a
Michel Victor Assouid, the son of Essel and David, was born in Paris in 1926 of a mixed marriage – his father was
The son of Menachem and Matilda, Sidney Rubinoff was born in the Jewish quarter of Toronto in Canada on 21st February 1926, the
Daniel Levi, the son of Ventura and Yitzhak, was born in Santa Clara in Cuba on 6th January 1927. He completed his elementary
David Mitrani, the son of Rachel and Mordechai who were Turkish immigrants to Cuba, was born in Havana on 6th September 1929. There
Chaim Nomis, the son of Moshe-Avraham and Fruma, was born in Berlin on 20th March 1920. He attended the Montefiore primary school which
Irvin Sevin, the son of Esther and Louis, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 17th October 1921. (Louis Sevin was the son of
By MAURICE OSTROFF Originally published in the Jerusalem Post http://www.2nd-thoughts.org/id38.html Congratulations to Prof. Benny Morris for having the courage to publicly reconsider some
Apr. 7, 2009ZIPPORAH PORATH , THE JERUSALEM POST Seder night in besieged Jerusalem, 1948, falling on a Friday eve was doubly special. We
‘Exodus’ captain Ike Aranne dies at 86Dec. 23, 2009JAMIE ROMM , THE JERUSALEM POST Ike Aranne, the captain of the famed refugee ship
(BORN BARON WISEBERG)(NOM DE GUERRE: DOV BEN ZVI)Transcript of a tape recorded in May 1989 Here I am with a new tape, on
I was born in Lithuania in 1917 and moved to the USA in 1938. My family remained in Lithuania and were all killed
MEDICAL TEAM – GOLANI 14TH BATTALION It is true that some newlyweds fight on their honeymoon, but not as much as Max and
Non-Jewish Volunteer from France Thadée Diffre joined the Haganah in France sometime in the winter of 1947/48, and was first based at a
The Arab-Israeli War had started. I went to the South African Zionist Federation in Cape Town to meet Sammy Levin, who at the
From the Jerusalem Post – Metro Supplement – November 11, 2005 Telfed pays tribute to the Southern African veterans of 1948 & 1956
ALEXANDRONI BRIGADE, 31ST BATTALION When I returned to Oxford after World War II, I became President of the Zionist Society. An additional tie