David Kaplan writes about ” Baby” Hirschmann
Following the over 800 Southern Africans who volunteered in 1948 to fight in Israel’s War of Independence, in 1956 there was a new
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Following the over 800 Southern Africans who volunteered in 1948 to fight in Israel’s War of Independence, in 1956 there was a new
MOOKIE TOOCH & PHILIP MYERS REPORT The second Mahzor of S.A. boys have just completed their parachutist course in Imun Mitkadem and
by Arnie Friedman “And this, yeladim, was my first home in Israel” – this is what I always said to my children years
October 10th 2006 saw some 300 people descending on the Nachal Memorial Park in Pardes Hannah to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the
by Joe Libner “We have got our 2nd Lieutenant”. The first time I saw him, he was standing at the side of the road
First published in ESRA magazine ALTHOUGH priority was given to pilots and seasoned soldiers among the many South Africans who rushed to volunteer
Printed with the kind permission of the artist and author Sol Baskin, a Machalnik from the USA and veteran soldier of World
I arrived in Israel, prior to the official proclamation of the establishment of the State of Israel and before the Israel Defense Forces
The period I worked with Aliya Bet in Europe was comparatively short, but very intense. My zone of operation was Antwerp, Paris
Page updated 6/5/2023 Sol (Shalom) Baskin, a native Chicagoan, served almost three years in the U.S. Army as a rifleman with the 34
Towards June 1948, Zvi Infeld of the SA Zionist Federation asked for volunteers from Northcliff to man a minesweeper – whaler, called the
As a member of Betar in Cape Town I was party to the change in character of the movement around 1947 into a
This record of what was truly an epic in the history of South African Jewry, who had previously confronted the Greyshirts and
Flying Universal Airways from Palmietfontein to Rome, very early in September, some of my fellow passengers were Jack Patlansky, Bernard Judelsohn, Zelig Genn,
While waiting to board the vessel “Tetti” in Genoa, with Margaret Carruthers and another nurse, I witnessed one of the most dramatic and
I came directly in November 1948 on a Dakota belonging to Mercury Airways that took ages to get here. After leaving Khartoum where
1960 article in the South Africa Zionist Record and Jewish ChronicleBy Gita Freedman I had met volunteers from all over the world in
Two non-Jewish women, Sister Audrey Benedict and Sister Marie Roux, left on a Dakota flight from Palmietontein at the end of June, answering
While bombs burst over Tel Aviv he played on(Supplement of The Jewish Herald, Rosh Hashana – September 1966) A moving story by Gita
The evening we left South Africa for Israel is etched forever in my memory. We met in great secrecy at Nat Lee’s parents
VOLUNTEER FROM ETHIOPIA – MENASHE BALCHA One known volunteer from Ethiopia was the Falasha Jew, Menashe Balcha, who had come out of the
left: Reg Sagar; right: Leslie Marcus Two Machalniks from South Africa, REG SAGAR and LESLIE MARCUS, were cited for bravery. Official recommendations, if
RESCUE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT As related by Naftali Arbel, Commander, “B” Coy. “It happened on the 27th October 1948 during an encounter
Zelda Ravid of London In the heat of the moment, on the declaration of the State of Israel, my husband, Hymie, and I