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around. My father wanted us to be in a the Madrichah, Celia was great. During that
Zionist youth-movement. He himself was time only Mavis and I went to the National
right-wing and a great supporter of Zev Movement’s Camps. Later Judy Davies,
Jabotinsky. Betar did not exist in Cardiff, and (nee Wolfson) and Angela Hexner also
as we didn’t enjoy Bnei Akiva, we finished joined in with these camps. By the time there
up in Habonim. were 16 more of us, boys and girls
participated in the Winter Activities, Veidot,
My father knew the Madrichim of Habonim,
(since he had taught them in Cheder) and etc.
agreed to let us go there. I should mention
that my father was a teacher in a secular
school, and his work in Cheder was after his
teaching in High School all day.
When much of the Jewish community moved
to other parts of the city, we moved to another
synagogue and were there from 1956. Our
meeting place was now in the newest and the
richest part of the town. It was called Cyn
Coed, where we had a basement as Tsofim,
and Vatikim.
At one stage in 1958, we were asked to leave
the synagogue, as we had two non-Jewish 1961 Carmarthen Veida
members! I remember Norman Berg, our Cardiff Ken
Rosh Ken and Madrich, found a scout-hall Front row from the left:
Elaine (Samuels) Raphael, Judy (Wolfson)
that was free on Sundays, and we met there Davies, Rachelle (Samuels) Noymeir, Philippa
for a time. We also met in Norman's house Goodman, Jill Rapport
and his wife Eileen was a Madrichah too, see Back row from the left:
below. Brenda (Samuels) Landes, Jackie Levine
(Manchester), Doreen Gordon (Z”l), Melody
Somehow, we kept on good terms with our
Rabbi, and at my wedding he actually praised Christie
Habonim. When we reached senior Tsofim, we had
Activities weekend camps, too. I remember that once,
some chaverim from N.W London joined us
As a Bonah, I remember building the for a weekend camp in Wales.
Levenah, the brick, learning the Kriat
Habonim, etc. We learnt songs, went on Oneg Shabbat - on Friday evening, bicycle
rambles, and played tracking in the fields trips the following day and on Saturday night
next to the River Taff. At Chanukah there "Parties". These took place in other houses
were parties, and at Pesach, a Matzah Tiyul. where, wait for it, we danced and jived.!!
Well, it was the Rock-and-roll time. I wonder
Mavis and I went to Swanage in 1951(I if this happened in other Kinim? We also had
think), to Bonim Summer Camp. There was third Seders at Pesach.
always a great atmosphere in our Gedud, and
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