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Bnei Akiva Camp 1964

The 1964 Bnei Akiva Camp was held at Keurbooms River near the lagoon, just outside Plettenberg Bay.

Bnei Akiva Transvaal 1964

March 2019

I visited the site and spoke with Chris Hops, whose family owns the Caravan Park and site where the camp was located for several years in the 60s.

Chris showed me what’s left of the foundations of the chadar ochel  – dining room area.

https://jel.jewish-languages.org/words/1578

If you have any info or photos of the 1964 camp, please contact me!

Bnei Akiva South Africa | The Land of Israel, for the People of Israel, According to the Torah of Israel

Bnei Akiva South Africa | The Land of Israel, for the People of Israel, According to the Torah of Israel

The best 3 weeks, spend with your mates, in the holy land.

Source: bnei.co.za/

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Knysna – Looking Back!

Breakfast at the Heads

March 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna

Brenton on Sea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenton-on-Sea

The road to Brenton

Brenton on Sea 2019

Thesen Island – on the way back to Cape Town

http://www.thesenislands.co.za

https://iledepain.co.za

Knysna 2002

Knysna 1976/77

https://noetziecastles.co.za

Knysna 1971

Phillip Levy and I worked at the hotel and bottle shop in during our first UCT Uni Vac in 1971. The hotel was the SA equivalent of Fawlty Towers! It burnt down years later!

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From CT to Plettenberg Bay

March 2019

Milnerton to Sir Lowry’s Pass

Botrivier to Mossel Bay

From Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay

Baruch’s in Mossel Bay

Knysna to Plettenberg Bay

Friday in Plettenberg Bay

  • Route to Beacon Isle Hotel
  • Challah from the Hotel
  • B I Hotel
  • The lobby
  • With Jill
  • At the petrol station
  • Friendly Staff
  • The B.I. Shul
  • Before the service
  • Johnny Birin

Wedding Friday Night

  • The Beacon Isle
  • At the wedding Friday Night
  • With Johnny Birin
  • With the host and uncle Maish Kagan
  • With Johnny Birin and father of the bride
  • With the bride
  • Michael
  • Ida Faye
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The Gardens Community Centre

Cape Town

https://caferiteve.co.za

The Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

  • With Heather Blumenthal & Richard Freedman
  • Herzlia School

http://ctholocaust.co.za

The Museum

  • Gavin Morris
https://www.sajewishmuseum.org.za/visiting-the-museum/

The Gardens Shul

  • With Jill Rabinowitz
  • With Hylton Chilchik
  • With Jill Rabinowitz
  • Jill Rbinowitz

The Gitlin Library

  • Jacqui Rodgers
  • Janine Scher Rodgers

http://www.gitlinlibrary.co.za/ActiveConnect/default.html

Cafe Riteve

  • Rabbi Osher Feldman
  • With Chanine, Elihav

https://caferiteve.co.za

https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/capetown/Home.html

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Beyachad Educators

 
 
 
On Friday 1st March 2019, the South African Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth were pleased to host a meeting with Eli Rabinowitz, from Perth, Saul Issroff from London and various educators and genealogists.
 

From Tachlis, Michele Gogoski & Elona Steinfeld, Beyachad, Johannesburg:

Eli, who is the founder of the We Are Here Foundation, gave an inspirational presentation about the importance of educating Jewish youth about the Holocaust and the Jewish partisans during the World War II. The talk was accompanied by video footage of the youth of various communities across the globe, who have been taught and are being taught to sing the famous Partisans Song – Zog Nit Keyn Mol (Shir HaPartizanim).

His message is loud and clear: WE MUST NEVER FORGET!

For more information please visit the website

WE ARE HERE! An Education Program That Inspires Upstanders

https://wah.foundation

With Howard Feldman – Chaim FM

 

From Stan Smookler on the Good Shabbas Newsletter

http://stantgsm.com/

I attended a Lecture by Eli Rabinowitz @ Beyachad last week, and it was a VERY interesting discussion, the Subject being “ Zog Nit Keynmol’ ( Never say never again), the Partisan’s song…. see https://wah.foundation/ …. I never realized that such a project would have soooo many opinions and ‘Machlokes’ …. The project is to revive the Partisan song that was written by Hirsch Glik in the concentration camps…… The project involves getting schools to start learning the song and of course understanding the meaning…. Eli has teamed up with various Schools, especially in Russia, Poland, Souff Effrikka etc, and World Ort have given him huge assistance, with ORT schools around the World joining in the programme….. The question is ; Should the Song be sung/learnt in any other language than Yiddish, as this is what it was started as…???? Methinks, yes, as it will get lost if not promoted.

At the meeting were a few knowledgeable people in Yiddisher circles, and Saul Issroff ( Absoluuuuut BOFF on Lithuania) from London (Ex PE ‘Amolikke Yoren’), Eli Goldstein who is very involved in the teaching of Yiddish in Joburg, Ishvara Dhyan, who takes walking tours of Joburg, and covers many of the old Yiddisher places, Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft (The Travelling Rabbi) ,Darryl Frankel (King David) Marc Latilla who runs a website Johannesburg 1912, which has a lot of info on many suburbs (in detail) and Joburg City  … , https://johannesburg1912.wordpress.com/ where you can find in depth info on Joburg/suburbs….. Tali Nates from the Holocaust Museum also came, and Eli did a show with Howard Feldman on Chai FM 91.7 .. Pictures; http://www.stantgsm.com/category/pictures/4 

ChaiFM – my interview by Howard Feldman

Howard Feldman – Cham FM

 

ChaiFM

 With some of the educators  who attended my presentation.

With Saul Issroff & Tali Nates
With Rabbi Moshe Sliberhaft

With Elona Steinfeld at SA Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth

Also caught up with:

With Rabbi Kacev
With Rabbi Lipskar
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Coming Up

 
 
 
Coming Up in the UK, Europe and Israel in June, Europe and the US in July, and Australia in August!
 
I will be participating in:
 
a commemoration in June in Birzai & a shabbat weekend in Kedainiai, Lithuania;
 
an eight day educators’ seminar in June at the International School of Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem; 
 
a 100-strong gathering in Novogrudok, Belarus in July, where a full and interesting program will include learning about the Partisans’ Song, and then singing it in the Naliboki Forest, where the Bielski’s lived and hid from 1942 to 1944; 
 
the IAJGS39 conference in Cleveland in July, where I am giving two presentations, including one as part of the educators program – see below; and
 
WE ARE HERE! An Education Program That Inspires Upstanders in Australia in August.This educational program, which promotes universal human rights and inclusive development, is funded by the US Dept of State, and brings Holocaust educator and specialist Nance Adler of Seattle to Australia.
 
 
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Busy times ahead!

Chag Pesach Sameach and Happy Easter
 
 
 
Please contact me for further details.
 
Best regards
 
Eli
 
 
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Further details:
 
I have been invited to be one of six speakers who will presentat the Educators Program at IAJGS39 (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies) in Cleveland OH, USA on 28 July, the opening event at thisconference.
 

My topic is:


Projects That Draw Youth to Ancestral Roots.

The details appear below
 
My second talk is on 30 July on the WE ARE HERE! Project for Upstanders. 
 
 
https://www.iajgs2019.org/educators.cfm
 
 

A Special Program for Jewish Educators

Sunday, July 28, 2019

The IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy is being held in Cleveland for the first time. It features a special day designed specifically for Jewish educators!

Who Should Attend

Educators who:

  • Work in formal and informal settings
  • Work in day or synagogue schools
  • Create and facilitate family and intergenerational programs
  • Teach history
  • Teach writing and research skills

Sunday, July 28th is the date. The program begins with breakfast and a keynote by noted Jewish educator and genealogist Carol Oseran Starin, former Vice-President of the Jewish Federation of Seattle. Participants may select from two workshop time periods, each with a choice from three nationally known presenters, followed by lunch and idea exchanges.

Program Details

Goal

To introduce educators to how Jewish genealogy strengthens students’ Jewish identity through the experience of researching their roots and how their history shaped family and community.

Schedule

8:30–9:00 Registration and light breakfast
9:00–10:00 Keynote speaker: What is Jewish about Jewish Genealogy, Carol Starin
10:15–11:15 Three workshop sessions
  1. Jewish Genealogy for Beginners, Maurice Kices
  2. Designing an “Introduction to Jewish Genealogy” Program: Being Ready for Surprises, Sylvia Abrams
  3. Projects That Draw Youth to Ancestral Roots, Eli Rabinowitz
11:30–12:30 Three workshop sessions
  1. DNA as a Genealogy Tool, Gil Bardige
  2. JewishGen—Everything You Need to Know, Phyllis Kramer
  3. How to Get Kids Involved in Family History, Daniel Horowitz
12:30–1:15 Lunch and “tachlis” how to implement ideas
1:15–2:45 Participation in SHARE Fair and Exhibits
2:45–4:00 Education track participants are invited to the conference keynote address
 
 
Title of the Presentation  Projects That Will Draw Our Youth Back To Their Shtetl 
Short Title  Visit the shtetl: the virtual way forward! 
Type of Session  Presentation 
Topic or Category  Jewish History and Culture 
Methodology and Mechanics 
Telling Your Family Story 
Using Technology for Research 
   
Brief Abstract of Your Presentation  Since 2011, and after nine trips to Poland and Lithuania, as well as travel to Belarus, Germany, Russia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Turkey and Israel, I have compiled a sizeable collection of information, stories, photos and contacts. My focus is not only about my own family history, but that of Jewish cultural history, general history, as well as contemporary Jewish life. Working with schools in these countries, I have been able to bring students together online to collaborate and to exchange information about the lands of their heritage.

My presentation takes you on a tour of how you can use this body of work to further your own knowledge on family research, Jewish cultural heritage and Jewish life. This includes a tour of my 86 JewishGen KehilaLink websites, including 55 in Europe, plus over 600 posts and pages on my Tangential Travel and Jewish Life website and associated social media. 
Presentation is best suited for  All skills 
How will your presentation help your intended audience?  Expand research skills 
Develop interview skills 
Teach best practices 
Expand social media skills 
Teach innovative strategies 
Assist with personal research 
 
 
 
Second Talk – Tuesday 30 July 2019
Title of the Presentation  WE ARE HERE! Project: Becoming An Upstander Rather Than A Bystander 
Short Title  How Jewish Partisans Inspire Our Youth To Stand Up 
Type of Session  Presentation 
Topic or Category  Genealogy and Jewish History Related to WW2 
Jewish History and Culture 
Methodology and Mechanics 
Preserving our Jewish Past 
   
Brief Abstract of Your Presentation  WE ARE HERE! Project
This project seeks to inspire in young people the confidence and ability to stand up in the face of prejudice and oppression.
Encourages and inspires Upstanders through the stories of Jewish Partisans and the learning of Zog Nit Keynmol
Provides role models for standing up for yourself in the face of prejudice, hatred, violence and evil
Shows that an individual can make a difference – regardless of their personal circumstances
Translates the stories of Jewish Partisans and the words of Zog Nit Keynmol into a universal message of hope and inspiration for all who are victims of prejudice and oppression
Empowers young people to create the change they want to see in their communities and the world.
Teaches that while the partisans used weapons – they were fighting the Nazis – you can fight oppression with only your voice and presence 
Presentation is best suited for  All skills 
How will your presentation help your intended audience?  Teach best practices 
Expand social media skills 
Teach innovative strategies 
With Heather Blumenthal and Richard Freedman at the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

http://ctholocaust.co.za
 
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