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members: Alec and Edna; Dot and Simon; away, his mother came out and remained
and Simcha who were newly arrived. until her death.

As they planned to leave, they were told that Batsheva and Marki arrived in 1957 and
they could hitch a lift the following morning Palu was born several months later. The
with the red post van. While they waited next warm welcome continued and Ilsa Ben
to the offices, a veteran came up to them and Hanoch volunteered to teach them Hebrew,
quickly recognized their Scottish accent. He and they have loved Kfar Hanassi for 63
started speaking Scottish and they discovered years.
that Batsheva's grandfather and this man's Marki added: When we moved to Kfar
grandfather had been neighbours in Glasgow. Hanassi, Gerry Neimark came with a horse
The conversation with the man, Joe Rifkind, and cart and loaded it up with my materials,
was so pleasant and warm that time passed paintings, paint and brushes and took them to
quickly until the van appeared. the hut that serves as my studio till this day!

1990 – 42 Years to Kfar Hanassi
Left to right:

Back row - Alec Collins,-?-, Paul Bilgory, Jason Pearlson, Raymond
Solomon
Front row: Shulamit Frank, -?-, Tamar Wolfin, Edna Collins

On their next visit they also enjoyed warm By the way, there was a price to be paid for
hospitality by veterans, and they soon leaving Amiad and moving to Kfar Hanassi.
decided that they preferred Kfar Hanassi over Yitzhak Eder, in charge of the seniority list
Amiad. Around that time, they learned that told them that their seniority would have to
Marki's father could not fly out on Aliyah start from the day they arrived, without
due to health problems. Later, after he passed counting the years Batsheva had worked for

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