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generation problem. Shmoozing and nostalgia is entertainment. The assumption is that an
an attraction for people who have had common afternoon and evening event in a very central
experiences together in the past, but is irrelevant location will attract younger people, who will
for a generation, from a later period, who have also be in a position to come and go as they
not shared the same experiences. However, please, depending on their interest of what’s
common values and beliefs that were passed on going on.
from generation to generation in the movement
should bridge the generation gap. Accordingly, A rather more strategic issue that came up for
we strove to make the talks, the panels, together debate in the course of our discussions regarding
with the lighter side of the program, relate to the annual event was the future of IBH
these values, so that all could identify. generally. Is there one? The numbers attending
the 2013 “get together” will provide us with
There is a contention that the program too some indication of the answer to this question.
should be lighter in order to attract younger

bogrim, and to place more stress on

Irgun Bogrei Habonim
With regret we report the death of our chaverim
ךורב םרכז יהי

Yehoshua (Ossie) Edelstein Vienna, UK, Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi
Bella Barness (Bernstein), nee Laski London, Kibbutz Beit Haemek, Nahariya
Boris Barness (Bernstein) London, Kibbutz Beit Haemek, Nahariya
Mike Finestone St Annes, Southport, Manchester, Ra'anana
Tommy Berman Czechoslovakia, Glasgow, Kibbutz Amiad
Ivan Levine Glasgow, Kfar Hanassi
Esther Peled (Flax) nee Newman West London, Kibbutz Beit Haemek

We extend our condolences to their families

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