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HABONIM/HABONIM-DROR REUNION
EDEN HOTEL, ZICHRON YAACOV
SID COOPER
I I have to say that I am accustomed to being the
t was a long wait until our Bogrei Habonim
oldest person present in any group, in which I
were to get together again but it was worth
waiting for. Once again, the organisers had
put in so much work to make the event the participate, so it felt quite a rejuvenating
experience, as a mere stripling of 88, to share the
success it was. event with all those venerable ladies and
gentlemen in their 90s. Even more so, when our
I have to thank Coral, in particular, not only for
all her other input, but also for taking the trouble company was joined by Asher Tarmon, who is
to arrange transport for Rina and myself, since I 98 (120 דע).
no longer drive long distances. I also wish to After lunch, the programme continued with our
thank Frank and Elaine Farbenbloom for first guest speaker, Elkan Levy who spoke about
conveying us so pleasantly to the hotel and back the people who were involved with the Balfour
home. Declaration.
Of course, one sad thing was the number of
familiar faces, which were absent for various
reasons.
The programme at the hotel began when the
oldest members were invited to say a few words
about their experiences in the movement.
Shmuel Amid, at age 95, began and was
followed by others in their 90s. My wife, Rina Elkan Levy
(still in her 80s) also contributed to the
discussion, when she spoke about her period in Shmuel Amid writes “Sheila and I really enjoyed
the Habonim hostel in Dawlish, during the ourselves at the Eden Hotel and I hope to
Second World War and the influence her stay participate in future events. I found the lecture
had on her development and her life. on The Balfour Declaration absolutely
fascinating and heard many details which I never
knew about.”
Bobby Luz adds, “The talk about The
Background to The Balfour Declaration was
interesting in particular and the actions of some
of the British politicians and officials, giving
insights which were new to me.”
Therefore, although, we may have thought we
knew whatever we needed to know on the
subject, we were still able to fill in many gaps on
Sheila Barak & Shmuel Amid
that subject.
After dinner Professor of Modern History at
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