Aliyah Stories
V’techezena eineinu: Reflections from the heart of an Olah Chadasha
Every Friday evening, as the sound of the Shabbat siren fades away and the sun begins to set in a glorious display of purples and
Memories of the 6 day war in Beit Hakerem, Jerusalem
by Miriam (Mickey) Blumberg, Ahuzat Beit Hakerem,Jerusalem. We came on Aliyah from South Africa in July, 1961, and in the summer of 1962, we came as
The Jewish Country Communities of Limpopo/Northern Transvaal by Charlotte Wiener
The book ‘The Jewish Country Communities of Limpopo/ Northern Transvaal’ recalls the history of the Jewish country communities in the northern part of South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts and the Jews
By Alex Rose “The logjam was opportunately broken when Jan Smuts, a lean and leathern South African statesman [and the inventor of the words ‘holistic’