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At the 90 anniversary, Denis Shifrin (May forth. Shalom Bordoley (Leah's husband),
you have a long life) told me that while on who had made Aliya with the first group in
Gorsey Leaze, his father, who was a 1936, came up in a rush. Shalom was known
craftsman carpenter, came to visit. He saw a for his temper which, once flared up, couldn't
single two-year-old kid on Hachshara, and on be quenched. A terrific argument flared up,
the spot he made him a small wooden lorry. held in perfect King’s English with strong
undertones of Cockney on both sides. In a

parallel world, they could have been having a
beer together at some East End pub. Shalom

was pointing the way out to the British
officer: "This is our country, go back to

yours!" Eventually, the secretary arrived
from some field, and after a short while, the
armoured car drove off.
Map of Gorsey Leaze, 1946

Hachsharah Gorsey Leaze, 1940s

A short anecdote from my early childhood:
Since I have taken the pains to write, I would
like to report on an event from my early
childhood on Kfar Blum, which brings home
an experience unique only to British Olim
prior to the declaration of independence. It
must have been at the very beginning of

1948. A British armoured car drove in by Members of first British 'Olim', Na’ame,
force through the gate of the kibbutz and Hula Valley 1942. Shimon Appelbaum,
stopped by the mazkirut. Malka Shagam (née Freid), Shosh
Hameiri (née Cooper), Shalom Bordoley,
We, Leah’s Gan, happened to be standing by. Shaul Pe'er.
Out of the top of the vehicle, a young British
officer was ordering the secretary to come

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