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79th Battalion, Army No. 65621 I was privileged to be chosen as a Machal volunteer from South Africa, even though I had no
By her brother Asher Cailingold Esther Cailingold was born in London, England, the eldest child of deeply religious and Zionist parents. A brilliant
LATIN AMERICAN MACHAL VOLUNTEERS IN ISRAEL’S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE By Raphael Seroussi The War of Independence started the day after David Ben-Gurion proclaimed
By Ellen Rabinowitz Kurtz When Israel achieved statehood in 1948, about 300 American and Canadian airmen helped the new nation’s Air Force come
Word got out, I think from the Zionist Federation in South Africa, that suitable recruits would be needed for Israel’s army in the
As told by his brother, David Goldblatt As a result of rheumatic fever contracted as a child, Dan had a weak heart. Being
Martin Louis Kattenburg, son of Levi and Helena, was born on July 1st, 1922 in Amsterdam, Holland, and had completed high school before
Bernard Fajerman, son of Yechiel and Judith, was born in Paris, France on November 10, 1927. He began studying in his native city,
In February 1948, I volunteered my services to fly for the Jews of Palestine in their fight against the Arabs. (Israel’s War of
Rafi Dobrin ( Machal 1957 ) Recalls . . . . But it was only years later as a more mature person, that
SIMIE IN NORTH AFRICA Left to right: 1. Unknown Ethiopian Jew. He may be Israel Jacob, President of the Dire-Dawa congregation
A SALUTE TO SIMIE by Les Amdur I was a mere child in short pants, when I first heard of the famous 2
Machalnik and anthropologist Allie Dubb, who attended, submitted the following report. Between 1956 and 1961 about 200 young South Africans- many interrupting their
By Rafi Dobrin – 4th Machal-Nachal Machzor (?) December 1957-April 1959 For hundreds of young South Africans coming to Israel on Machal between 1956
Sylvia, the daughter of Shlomo and Frania Beyrack, was born in London on October 9th, 1923. She studied both in elementary and high
Raymond Dodge (“Lofty”), a soldier who was serving in the 6th Division of the British Mandate Forces, together with three others from his
By Mavis Wolff Les Bloch’s burial place found after 48 yearsFirst published in “South Africa’s 800” by Henry Katzew South African Machal pilot
With French Machal in a Negev Brigade After the invasion of Poland by the German Army on September 1,1939, the first massacre of
Prepared by Joe Woolf Born December 12th, 1921 in Wiarton, Ontario, Canada and grew up in Montreal. His parents were Hetty Florence and
Adapted by Joe Woolf from “Genesis 1948” by Dan Kurzman. Published 1970 by The World Publishing Company, New York and Cleveland. On May
Ernest (Edward) Glen (Bud) King Born in 1917, son of an American non-Jewish family, Ernest King had served in the USAAF as
Son of Oliver and Edlina, he was born in Lakewood, Ohio on August 30th, 1914. From childhood Oliver was crazy about flying and
William Edmondson, son of Hazel, was born in 1927 in the United States to Irish immigrants. He was one of the Righteous Gentiles
Spencer Andrew Boyd was born on August 16, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of a minister. In high school he showed particular aptitude