EVENTS
& PICTURES
2022
GO
TO DOREEN AND
EITAN'S HOMEPAGE
Limor in
Georgia June 2022
Limor, son Aviv's wife, has joined the Egged bus company family and
enjoyed an Egged employees' holiday in
Georgia, which was most interesting.
Madeira
June 2022 - part 3
Apart from vising new places one of the big advantages of my term on
the European Bridge Executive is meeting old friends. We have wonderful
relationships with so many people, participants, officials and fellow
executive members.
Dinner with Peter and Ingrid from Slovakia, tobagganing down a mountain
with Carine from Belgium, enjoying an outing with Paul and Maureen from
Ireland, Carine from Belgium, and Giannarigo President of the World
Bridge Federation and his wife Cippi from Italy.
It is impossible to have a dull evening with the effervescent Mark from
England. He took us to an an Indian Restaurant "close by" - a 40 minute
walk, where we were joined by Herman and Carine from Belgium aznd Jan
from The Nethertlands. The food was delicious but that's a side issue
compared to the company.
See a picture of Doreen in
full scuba gear after a dive.
Madeira
June 2022 - part 2 - Madeira and Doreen's birthday
On Doreen's birthday we were
surprised by the hotel sending her a bottle of 'champagne' nicely
cooled in an ice bucket. They probably got the date from her passport
and it was a lovely surprise. We enjoyed sipping the wine on the
balcony of our room.
Madeira
- June 2022 - part 1
We visited the island of Madeira where I was involved with the European
Bridge Championships for about 2
weeks. Here is the view from the rooftop of the Casino Park Hotedl in
Funchal where we stayed.
June 2022 -
Vered at a conference
in Seatle, USA.
Daughter Vered Ron travelled to Seattle for a work conference. While
waiting on the plane to USA she spoke to the pilot who invited her to
sit in the cockpit of the 787 Dream Liner. Fortunately she didn't have
to pilot the plane.
Vered, one of the speakers at the
conference, spoke on Retailing from the Outside-In.
Shavuot -
With family at the house of the Habermans
See also here for another
picture and for the names.
Denise
"d'niece" Braverman (Glazer family tree)
is in Girona in Catalonia Spain at a triathlon summer camp.
May 2022 -
Screening of documentary of Reginald Morris
Doreen went to a screening of Dr. Morris' Camera, a documentary about
the late Reginald
Morris, one of the earliest and best known residents of Eilat.
Reginald was the first Director of the Eilat Hospital and later
practiced medicine in Eilat. We were very friendly with Reginald and
his wife Fay, who was also the Consul for the UK in Eilat. Our
daughter Vered and her husband Aviv are very friendly with their son
Andrew and Orli.
Doreen
was happy to meet Fay (left) and old Eilat friend Sheila Meltzer
(right) at the screening.
May 2022 -
Vered in Brazil
On a business trip to Brazil, daughter Vered Ron grabbed a
moment of relaxation.
May 2022
- Frankie Klaff and David Rothschild in San Antonio.
May 2022 -
Meeting the Levitans
Helene and Selwyn Levitan are visiting Israel and they stayed a night
with us, together with long-time friend Maureen Fain. The next day we
went to the Zichron Yaakov Pedetrian Mall where we enjoyed a good
Chinese meal.
Doreen, Helene and Maureen were at school together in Durban and Selwyn
and I were briefly at University together. The Levitans live in
South Africa and we haven't seen them for years so it very nice getting
together again and chatting about old times and old friends. Maureen
lives in Jerusalem and fortunately it is easy to regularly meet with
her.
Doreen, me, Maureen Fain, Helene and
Selwyn Levitan
May 22 -
finally - dive insurance
Recently Doreen set herself two short term goals: (1) Take tennis
lessons and play tennis with grandson
Maayan Segoli, and (2) obtain diving
insurance which normally is not valid after age 75. This
involves undergoing
many medical tests. This week she succeeded in both. Well done, Doreen
- your husband is proud of you!
May 2022 -
Shirley Poluck in Israel
Doreen met with our friend, Shirley Poluck. We met Shirley and her late
husband Gordon in 1965 when we all were learning Hebrew at an ulpan. We have been fiends ever
since, and although Shirley now lives in England we see each other
regularly either in London or as
below in Israel.
May 2022 -
Doreen and Limor looking at/for the flyover
While in Eilat Doreen and daughter-in-law Limor went to a vantage
point to watch (not very successfully) the air force fly-over.
Limor looking for the fly-over while Doreen photos her, both looking
for
the fly-over!
Doreen vs
Maayan Tennis Match
Recently Doreen set herself two short term
goals: (1) Take tennis
lessons and play tennis with grandson
Maayan Segoli, and (2) obtain diving
insurance which normally is not valid after age 75. This
involves undergoing
many medical tests. This week she succeeded in both. Well done, Doreen
- your husband is proud of you!
Doreen sharing some tips with grandson Maayan.
More pictures on Maayan's page.
April 2022 -
Moran and the Exodus
Moran writes:
I did an activity with Zoe's
class today <29/4/22> about Passover (we were supposed to do it
before the holiday).
I came into the class as Moses
and we
escaped slavery (school), while the Egyptians (other parents) ran after
us, I
hit the rock for water (parents sprayed water from behind the bushes),
we
prayed for food (Bamba bags were thrown from behind a hill), etc.
While walking from one part to
the other,
we were chanting what we want from god: Get us to the promised land,
give us
water, food, etc. At some point they asked for ice-cream and then
started
chanting for KFC - click on the picture..
April
2022 - The Kessels Colin and Louise Kessel, who had been on the 1990 Sinai trip with us,
came to view the clip. We were happy that Terry and Carol also joined
us.
April 2022
- The Segolis in Florida
The Segolis are in USA for a vacation and visiting Mikhal's
sister and brother-in-law. Pictures taken while boating in the
Everglades
April 2022
- Aviv in St Eustacius
Aviv Levy went on a diving trip with our friend, Morris Kahn in the
Caribbeam. St Eustacius is a small island near the Virgin Islands,
where we lived and worked for some years. It is part of the Netherlands.
April 2022 - A visit with Shlomo and Claire Recht
We spent a very
pleasant afternoon at the beautiful home of Shlomo and Claire Recht in
Jaffa viewing our newly discovered video of our trip to Sinai in 1990. We
then enjoyed a fish meal at a local restaurant. .
April
2022 - My Vegetable Garden
This
past winter with the unusual cold, winds and hail
was disasterous for our garden and in particular for our papaya trees
which were destroyed. Fortunately spring is here and
our vegetable garden is
blooming. Also the avocado, mango and lychee trees seem to have
recovered and are flowering.
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Our lemon tree continues to deliver a
steady supply, including an enormous
16cm (6 inches) lemon, seen below with a normal large lemon.
Who Knows
One? 2022
We had a lovely Passover seder at
the home of Vered and Aviv Ron. Great atmosphere, not too long haggadah reading and of course
plenty (too much!) delicious food. And of course the singing,
culminating in the family production of 'Who Knows One?' Click on
the picture below.
April 2022 -
Amit and Ilai spend a week with us
Amit, Ilai and Sofia enjoying
green felafel at the Carmel market; and bowling with cousin Lior.
April 2022 -
The Segolis visit Epcot.
The Segolis are in USA for a vacation and visiting Mikhal's
sister and brother-in-law who are now working in Florida. Unfortunately
Disney World was fully booked, but there is plenty to do in Orlando.
Here they are enjoying a visit to Epcot.
April 2022
- Ice cream at Golda's
After the Asian meal (see here)
we all went ice cream in Eilat at the family's
favourite glideria, Golda.
Doreen who usually has ice cream at every
opportunity forwent this time and took the picture.
The next night Aviv and Limor prepared a fantastic dinner
for
all 10 of us us
with delicious salads made by Limor and a variety of meat grilled by
Aviv.
Lunch in
Netanya with old friends.
We invited some old friends to lunch today at our house in
Netanya this afternoon. We have so many events and memories in common
from our days when we were young in South Africa that it is always a
special pleasure to meet again. Colin and Geoff were at school
together,
as were Louise and Binny, Steve and I were at university together and
we were all members of the Habonim youth movement.
Later Maureen Fain (front, picture below), also a Habonim member who
was at school with Doreen joined us.
A special surprise was a drop-in visit on their way home by son Moran
Segoli with Mikhal and Zoe below left).
The meal, home smoked chicken and baked
sea bass, was supplemented by the dips and sauces prepared by
granddaughter Lior Ron.
See
This Week's News archives.
See another picture in
the Picture of the Week Archives.
April 2022 -
A visit to the Small Dairy
We read in the Haaretz newspaper about a small dairy (aptly called The
Small dairy המחלבה הקטנה ) on a kibbutz near
us where two young persons who studied cheese making in Italy prepare
cheeses . We visited, were impressed, and of course bought some
cheeses.
March 2022 -
The Rons go
skiing
See picture of granddaughter Lior and friend
Gal
March 2022 - Aviv Ron celebrates his birthday.
March
2022 - A
vacation in Cyprus
We spent 5 days in Cyprus at the Cyprus Bridge Festival (see
picture) and touring.
We enjoyed playing in the festival (despite our so-so results). The
hotel was good and we were warmly received by Phillipos Frangos and
Frosso Tillyris (respectively President and
Secretary of the Cyprus Bridge Federation), whom I know from previous
visits to Cyprus. We enjoyed a fish dinner with them.
There was an Indian Restaurant near the hotel. Both Doreen and I
grew up in Durban, which has the largest concentration of Indians
outside India, and we love Indian food. So of course we decided to
lunch there and discovered that it was Holi Festival time, and there
was big Holi Celebration there. We enjoyed the dancing and facial and
other decorations and even had delicious curry, so we went back a few
days later and had another meal there.
The day after the bridge pairs competition we hired a car and drove to
Paphos, enjoying a stop at Aphrodites rock.
Access to the beach adjacent to the rock is either to cross a road and
then jump over accident railings, or through a narrow pedestrian tunnel
running under the road. Doreen of course want to jump the railings but
in the end we used the tunnel, which is interesting of itself.
In Paphos we spent some time walking through the Archeological Museum
with
the Mosaic houses and then had a delicious lunch at the aptly named
Pelican Restaurant. I like calamari and the calamari at the restaurant
was
the best I have ever tasted. And no, there is no pelican on the menu -
on the contrary Doreen fed the pelican.
We then drove to the Tombs of the Kings archeological site.
The next day we decided to drive to the Cyprus Mountains. We enjoyed a
stop in the village of Omodos and were fascinated by the unusually
shaped trees. After visiting the Timios Stavros Monastery there we
continued up to the village of Troodos.
On the way to Troodos we saw snow, first in the distance, then closer
and then at the side of the road (see picture in the Archives).
There
were fallen rocks on the road so we had to drive carefully. On reaching
Troodos it was snowing a little so we stopped for lunch. It started to
snow heavily and as we both have lived in warm (or hot) places we were
delighted with the snow even though we had to travel slowly.
We thorougly enjoyed our short stay in Cyprus and hope to visit there
again.
March 2022 -
Rafael Braverman Dvir with granddad Mellie Braverman
Thank you sister Louise for sending us a lovely picture of your
grandchild
Rafael Dvir with grandfather Mellie Braverman.
Purim 2022
Some
pictures of family members in costume
as befits traditional Purim activities.
Lotem giving away home-baked Oznei
Haman (Homentashen) - Moran - Aviv
March 2022
- Lunch at shuk Machaneh
Yehuda
Adloyada
2022
Traditionally
the Purim festival is
celebrated by everyone dressing up in costume and a carnival-like adloyada with a parade of floats,
accompanied by music, dancers and costumed participants. And shlah manot, exchange of gifts, of
course.
The adloyada has gradually
died out but
some towns still have one.
The
High School for Environmental Studies, in Sde Boqer, puts on a
fantastic adloyada every
year prepared entirely by the pupils. In addition to the parade
there are stalls selling food, trinkets, jewelry, toys etc. The adloyada is very popular and a
large crowd attends and a good time is had by all. We again joined the
Segolis for this year's adloyada.
See Maayan's float on the Archives page here.
March
2022 - A visit to cousin Shirley and Nathan Kansky
I wonder how many of the younger readers, and even the oldar ones, know
what a Grandfather clock is. And I guess that very few have ever seen
one.
Clocksandchimes.co.uk says that a traditional Grandfather clock
is
"a statement item of furniture that invokes a sense of history,
nostalgia and substance." Certainly for me on seeing the Grandfather
clock when visiting cousin Shirley Kansky invoked history and
especially
nostalgia.
The clock belonged to Shirley's grandparents Wolf and Rosie Solomon in
their house in Port Elizabeth. When young I visited, holidayed and
stayed with Bertie and Ruth Solomon and often visited their
parents Rosie and Wolf and the clock with its chimes every hour
was always part of the visit.
Seeing the same clock - which still works and keeps time - in
Shirley and Nathan's apartment brought back fond - very
fond - memories.
If you're interested in how the clock works see
here.
Grandfather clocks are coming back into fashion, and modern clocks in
various designs, mainly as decorative furniture, sell for very high
prices.
March 2022
- Alma breaks a leg -
again
First she broke her left leg (see
here) and now she has broken her right leg. The betting is open:
which back leg will be the next broken leg.
March
2022: Friday night with the family
After too long a time, we
were delighted to have most of the family over for an 'Italian'
dinner prepared by Doreen, Maayan and Vered, with Chianti brought by
Aviv L. It was moving to see how they were excited to see other
and how they all got along so well.
February
2022: About a month ago I was honoured to receive the European
Bridge League Gold Medal for service to bridge. (Click here and also here.). I was delighted to
receive this month's copy of the Israel Bridge
Federation Bulletin. Apart from the cover there are some nice words in
an article.
February 2022: We went to kibbutz Tzora for
an evening
honouring Mike Levine after 30 years as one of the founders and the
director and visionary of the Israel Stage Orchestra. We remember how
how some years ago we enjoyed their production of their original
Fantasy for Monkey and Orchestra. We have known Mike since our South
African days and Doreen was his madricha in the Habonim youth movement.
At the reception before the ceremony we were delighted to again meet
many old friends from our Durban days.
On the right below, long time Knesset member and former Minister, Uzi
Baram (on right)
congratulates Mike.
February
2022 - Lotem and team build a robot.
We went to see granddaughter Lotem with some of her
Fata Morgana team preparing to build a new robot. As the winner of the
regional Robotic Contest they will participate in the Israel Robotic
Contest. If they win this they will be invited to USA to take part in
a contest there. We were very impressed by their work - they work to a
plan and each prepares a part and then they put everything together.
We spent
the weekend at Midreshet Ben
Gurion with the Segolis. Aviv and family were going to join us but had
to cancel at the last minute. Grandson Maayan outdid himsel by smoking
spare ribs which were delicious.
February 2022
- Eight for
dinner.
Fortunately we (=Doreen) didn't have to cook dinner on our return from
Warsaw as daughter Vered Ron invited us to dinner with a full
complement - daughters Danielle and Lior with their friends Oz and Gal.
February
2022 - The Monument
to the Ghetto Heroes situated in the grounds of the Polin Museum on the
site of the destroed Warsaw Ghetto.
Click here for another
picture and more about the Polin Museum.
February 2022 -
Eating in Warsaw
On our visit to Warsaw (see above) Doreen and I found two interesting
and completely different styled restaurants. (and didn't find the
Michelin Restaurant where we had booked!)
Then next night we decided to eat at a Michelin Star Restaurant
situated in the Old City
The taxi took us to an entrance to the Old City and informed us that
public transport was not allowed there. All we had to do was enter,
walk to the left and again to the left, and of course ignore the rain!
So off we started in the rain, going left, returning, trying different
lefts and asking directions but hardly any establishments were open or
seemed to know where the restaurant was except for a pub-like
restaurant where we got completely confusing directions. Still wet, we
passed a restaurant that was open and decided that enough is enough and
that we would eat there. It was a good choice! The Stolica Restaurant
is
an elegant Polish restaurant in an old style now more or less out of
fashion. We were the only guests and well looked after by the sole
waiter (who was probably the owner) and again we enjoyed a delicious
meal.
February 2022
- A Retrospective - Yayoi Kusama
Just before leaving for Warsaw Doreen, friend Caroline and
granddaughter
Danielle and her friend Oz visited an exhibition by artist Yayoi Kusana.
February
2022 - The Segolis
sky dive.
Maayan and Lotem have been planning to sky dive for some
time but bad weather had repeatedly postponed the experience. This week
the
weather cleared enough for them to go to
Sdei Taiman airfield just outside Beersheva and finally sky dive,
together with many of their Segoli relatives.
Here are some pictures of grandchildren Maayan and Lotem having a great
experience.
February 2022 - Tea tasting
party
Those who know Doreen well know that
she is a great lover of tea - the loose leaf kind. On our overseas
trips she is always on the lookout for tea coming close to her
favourite, Irish Breakfast Tea from Fortnum and Masons in London.
Recently she has obtained some very good teas and today invited friends
Caroline and Rutie to taste some of them.
February
2022 - Lotem's Robotics Team win first place.
Congratulations to granddaughter
Lotem Segoli and her team for their accomplishment in winning the
Israel robotics qualifier competition. They will take part in the
Finals of the Israel National Robotics Championships next month. The
team Fata Morgana
is from the Ramat Hanegev High School situated in the Negev Desert.
Lotem is the Coach, Mechanics leader and CAD (Computer aided Design)
leader of the team. She and her team have spent months of hard work in
all their spare time in preparation for this event and their victory is
amazing and well deserved.
We are all very proud of you, Lotem. Now go and rest a little!
See also the Archives for
another picture.
Granny Doreen visited to cheer for
Lotem's team; Lotem discussing tactics with her team; and making some
last-minute adjustments and repairs to the robot.
Tel Aviv
Pop-UP Museum
Doreen and friend Maureen Fain went to a most unusual art exhibition in
Tel Aviv. Two 4 floor joined buildings with 24 rooms have been
condemned to be demolished and replaced by a high rise
building. More than 150 artists from different fields turned the
building into a temporary museum and took it upon themselves to
illustrate the walls of the buildings in graffiti or abstract designs.
Each of the artists took one area of a room (eg the kitchen of Flat 11)
and drew or painted on the walls.Some of the
painted walls can be seen here.
For a fuller decription and 12 more paintings click here.
February
2022 - A day hike
Moran. Mikhal, and Lotem Segoli went on a day hike in the Ramon Crater
with Vered and Aviv
Ron
February
2022 - Meeting
Denise Israel
We were happy to renew contact with Denise Israel.
Denise's ex-husband Giora worked at Coral World in St Thomas and
Nassau Bahamas during the period he and I both managed these
attractions. Our
paths crossed many times and it was lovely to meet Denise again after
so many years and to discuss old times.
January
2022 - Trash Art in
Larnaca, Cyprus
On our visit to Larnaca Cyprus, Doreen was facinated by an outdoor
exhibition of 'trash art' - sculptues made from trash by Abdul Gany
Bande, a refugee from the Ivory Coast.
January 2022
- Gold medal for distinguished services to European Bridge
At the European Bridge League seminar in Cyprus I was presented with
the Gold
Medal for "distinguished services to European Bridge". I was very proud
to receive this, especially as the last Gold Medal awarded was ten
years ago.
(More pictures in a few days)
With the Israelis: Doreen, Jan Kamras (EBL President), Oriya Meir, me,
Reuven Baswitz, Gilad Ofir; and Doreen and I with Gianarrigo
Rona, President of the
World Bridge Federation.
January 2022
- The wives
Doreen with Ingrid Belcak and Maureen Porteous on a walk in Cyprus
during a short visit to Cyprus for the EBL seminar,
January 2022 -
Snow in Israel
We have had very cold weather in Istrael during the last week or so,
with lots of snow in parts of the country. The Segolis took a
trip to
see the snow.
January 2022 -
The Segolis hike to Gev Zarchan
The Segolis (Moran, Mikhal, Lotem and Zoe) took advantage
of the
temporary break in the rainy
weather to go hiking to the Gev Zarchan area. Apart from the desert
scenery there is a 'gev', a water hole, in the rock base that
fills
with water in the rainy season.
Click for some pictures of Zoe 'exercising'
on the rocks. See also
Archives for picture of Moran and Mikhal at the waterhole Gev Darogh.
January
2022 - Vered in New York
Vered spent a few days in cold and snowy New York on a business trip.
Aviv on TV
Son Aviv Levy was interviewed on TV Channel 13 about the
problem of plastic pollution in the sea, and showed seahorses entrapped
in plastic waste. Aviv is a regular on television talking about various
sea and fish subjects ((See for example here
(skip the asdverts) and here).
He speaks extremely well and confidently.
January 2022 - Bridge with the Cartoons
We were happy to have Lennie and Selma Cartoon over for lunch,
followed by an enjoyable game of bridge.
Lennie is related to my cousin Jonathan Levy on his mother's (Malia
nee Weinronk) side, and although we don't see them too often we are
always happy to see them.. See Levy and
Matz family trees.
