Schachat Family concert
Having performed on the world stage with greats such as Andrea Bocelli and Jose Carreras, renowned international baritone, Colin Schachat, joins forces with his sons Gabi and Micha in a live international concert, together with acclaimed conductor, Dudi Sebba. Join us (by clicking on the link below), for an uplifting evening of entertainment from the comfort […]
Yom Hazikaron 2020
In commemoration of Yom Hazikaron, the Southern African Olim community remembers our Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror. To read more about our Fallen soldiers, visit our Telfed History website. Click here to watch Smoky Simon’s Yom Hazikaron message.
Online Events: May 2020
Join us for the upcoming online lectures and lessons for the month of May. Please register for the events of your choice using the links below. Andi Saitowitz (10 May, 20:00) – click here to register. Hanoch Gan Or (13 May, 15:00) – click here to register. Ilana Rubin (17 May, 15:30) – click here […]
‘The Unfinished Diary’
A typically icy cold Jerusalem night draws a crowd to hear a fascinating family story that took place during the years of the Shoah and those preceding it. The Nazis began their awful mission by destroying all Jewish religious literature, so the location for the event was most suited – Pomerantz Jewish Book Shop with […]
Ra’anana book launch: Men of Valor
Peter Bailey, Telfed and AWIS (Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers) hosted a most inspiring evening at Beit Issie Shapiro on 16 January to introduce the South African expat community in Raanana to Peter’s newly published book, Men of Valor. In keeping with the book’s title and subject, the event had a distinctly military […]
Community Chanukah Celebrations
Chanukah celebrations took place in four cities in Israel in December. Thanks to the Zionist Federation of Australia, World Mizrachi, Shloimi Samowitz, Partnership Together and Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft for adding light, music and magic this Chanukah. Our Olim communities in Ra’anana, Tel Aviv, Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem joined in the festivities. In Jerusalem, Telfed, the […]
Ashkelon celebrations
Sunday 15th December 2019 will be remembered by many as a very important historical celebration for the City of Ashkelon & our South African Jewish community. The event took place at the Congress hall of The Ashkelon Academic College. A crowd more than 150 filled the beautiful auditorium, which included a full bus load of participants […]
Strengthening collaboration with the ZFA
For the last five years, Telfed has been entrusted with the Klita (absorption) of Australian Olim, on behalf of the ZFA. Telfed CEO Dorron Kline met with our partners from the Zionist Federation of Australian (ZFA) in Jerusalem. Dorron gave a comprehensive report of the Klita services provided to Australian new Olim, which include: * pre […]
Scholarships awarded to Ethiopian students
By Roy Scher Telfed once again participated in the emotional annual ceremony at Machon Lev in Jerusalem, collaborating with “Perot Ha’Ilan” in assisting Ethiopian students to further their academic studies. As Chairman of Telfed Jerusalem Regional Committee, it was an honour for me to represent our wonderful organisation. For the past 25 years, Telfed has granted bursaries […]
Rabbi Alex Rosin shares his remarkable story
An orphan from the Holocaust shared his life story at a Telfed Jerusalem & Wits Alumni in Israel event at The Chamber of The Holocaust on Mount Zion. Besides sharing Rabbi Alex Rosin’s physical and emotional journey, this gathering was of international appeal as a group from Zimbabwe was scheduled to attend this lecture. A message of […]