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The late Alan (Brazil) Barzel z’l’s 63d birthday party
Left to right:
Back row: Shulamit Frank, Lawrence Marcuson (Marki),-?-, Tamar Wolfin, Aryeh Wolfin,
Johnny Frank, - ? - , - ? - , - ? - , Carol Bilgory, Paul Bilgory .
Front row: Beth Marcuson, Alan Brazil, Monica Brazil, Chana Kipnis, Tal Kipnis

Eventually they sent me on a six-week the Blitz when Germany bombed the capital,
cooking course in Tel Aviv. It was a dream. I later on in World War II. We were sent to
slept with relatives and studied in Tel Aviv. I Habonim House for English children, not
remember all the cooks from all the refugees. They came later. We were about 20
kibbutzim were annoying. They kept saying children; my sister was the oldest and I was
"in our kibbutz… we don't do this, or we don't the youngest. We went to local schools
do that". At the course I saw for the first time outside London. We were like in camp. We
a tea maker on each table – a sort of small were in groups. We had our own billboard;
teapot. I poured myself a cup and realized it our Rosh Gedud was an Orthodox rabbi, and
was concentrated and needed to have water we celebrated all the Jewish festivals
added. together; we had our own Seder (my parents
Six weeks later I returned to the kibbutz. At remained in London the entire war). At
the bus stop, near the communal showers, school, when religious classes took place, our
Eric Ehrenberg, the kibbutz general Madrichim would come on bicycles and take
secretary, was waiting for me. He told that me us to learn Hebrew. I learned the difference
that while I was away, they had had a between Shva Noach, Shva Na and Shva
meeting where it was decided to bring in an Merchav. And you ask where I learned
Ulpan and that I would be the teacher. Hebrew? I was like a blank piece of absorbent
You may ask from where I knew Hebrew. paper and then I started learning grammar
Both my sister and I were in London during once I knew how to talk a bit. On this poor
basis plus the year I had spent at the Machon

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