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refet (cowshed) for the next 6 months. When
the 6-Day War broke out, a number of
chaverim volunteered to go to Israel and help
out on Kibbutzim, while their members were
called up in the army. I remained on the Eder
Farm, and by now was getting on very well
with Bill. The Merakez Meshek (farm
organiser) at that time was Lennie Levine
from Dublin. On the farm, there was a shlicha
(emissary from Israel), Shlomit, who taught
us Hebrew.

1968 – Yehuda at Amiad

studies and did not have a trade, so I had to
find gainful employment. At school, I had
been good at science, and I applied for a post

as a junior microbiology technician at
Edgware General Hospital. This included

day-release at Harrow Technical College,
followed by further education at Paddington

Technical College. In the meantime, I had
moved to the Central Public Health

Lennie Levine z”l, Merakez Meshek on the Laboratory (PHLS) in Colindale, and
Eder Farm, 1965
subsequently to Saint Mary’s Medical School
in Paddington. There, I was allowed to
After I finished at the Eder Farm, I was due
to go to Leeds as a movement worker, but my proceed to study for an MSc in microbiology,
father in the meanwhile was dying, back in and I finished my career back at the PHLS in
London, and I left Leeds hurriedly to go Colindale.
home. After he passed away, my late mother
said, if I still wanted to go to Kibbutz, she
would allow it. So, it happened that I packed
my things and re-joined my friends on
Kibbutz Amiad, near Rosh Pina.
Everything went wrong! I was young,
headstrong and immature. After a few
months I had a complete breakdown and
returned to London with my proverbial tail 1995 Amiad Reunion -Yehuda with Yehudit
between my legs. I had not completed my Vinegrad and Roger Noble

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