Mid-November marked the official start of the Pras Scholarship year with the annual opening gathering to kick-off the year. Held at the IDC in Herzliya, Pras students from across the country were joined by the ESP committee members and Telfed staff.

- by Roy Scher, Telfed's Jerusalem Regional Committee Chairman

- by Peter Bailey

Earlier this year, South African Olah Cindy Sivan created an online forum on Facebook for South African women in Israel. After great demand to meet in person, a second gathering took place in November at the Telfed building in Ra'anana. Following the event, Cindy shared her thoughts with us: 

A large gathering of mostly ex-South Africans joined Telfed's Netanya Regional Committee at the King Solomon Hotel to listen to an uplifting and inspiring talk by Gina Junger from Raanana.

Roy Scher, Telfed's Jerusalem Regional Commitee Chairman, pictured above with author Debrah Marcus