Doreen, son Aviv and
I at Morris Kahn's 95th birthday event.
My former boss and now good friend Morris Kahn celebrated his 95th birthday at an event organised by "Lead", an organisation he established and finances. "Lead" is an organization 'whose purpose is to help youth choose and adopt for themselves their own leadership identity. Namely, to choose to live their lives as leaders and influencers, and not as passive followers.'
Michal at Maureen'sexhibition
Our daughter-in-law Mikhal visited Maureen Fain's portrait exhibition and and found it "amazing".
Purim, March 2025 - Shalach Manot
The joyous Festival of Purim is characterised by at least 3 things:
Reading the Scroll of Esther, dressing up in fancy dress and
shalach manot -the giving of a small gift basket .
We were delighted to receive a shalach manot gift from our neighbours
the Zafrans and in fancy dress too.
March 2025 - Vered and Aviv enjoy a short trip to Greece
Daughter Vered Ron and Aviv spent a few days in Greece. This lovely picture with a beautiful view was taken in Nafpaktos.
March 2025 - Maureen's portrait exhibition
Doreen and friend Caroline Collins visited the exhibition of portraits by our long time friend Maureen Fain. Maureen is a widely respected artist and Doreen and Caroline were full of praise for the wonderful portraits on display.
March 2025 - Dani and friend in Larnaca
Granddaughter Danielle Ron and her friend Lior spent an enjoyable weekend in Cyprus at our apartment there. in addition to the walks, sights and restaurants they also prepared some of their own meals
Mikhal on Judicial Independence
Our daughter-in-law Mikhal, a professor at Ben Gurion University, is one of the authors of a paper published in the Conservation Science and Practice Journal titled "Judiciary Independence: Why should conservation ecologists care?" We found it very timely and interesting.
Below is the abstract of the paper: (You can read the complete paper here. )
March 2025 - Itamar and Maayan play tennis.
We were happy to hear that grandsons Itamar Levy and Maayan Segoli
are playing tennis and seem to be following in former champion
Granny Doreen's footsteps.
Moran and Zoe ski
Son Moran Segoli and granddaughter Zoe had a wonderful time skiing in Breuil Cervinia Italy.
See also here.
February 2025 - With Maureen in Cyprus
Maureen Fain is a long time friend from Durban days. Doreen and Maureen were at school together and we have much, including memories and friends, in common. We see her regularly but it was extra special spending 5 days together in Cyprus.
See also here.
February 2025 - Another KFC
An addition to my collection of family and KFC all over the world: Kigali Rwanda
Other KFCs:
Beersheva Israel, Wuhan China, Brasov Romania, Moscow Russia, Shenzhen China, Mongolia and Istanbul, Berlin Germany, Belfast N.Ireland, Prague Czech, Madeira, Wroclaw Poland, London., Nicosia Cyprus, Sinai Egypt, Netanya Israel, New Delhi India, Marrakech Morocco, Larnaca Cyprus
February 2025 - The Masons
Thank you, Bridget, for sending these pictures of your lovely children Orla and Kalum (see Glasser family tree)
(see also)
With Jose and David and sons
We enjoyed a meal at the Rons with the Keyson family. Jose is the daughter of our late friends Hans and Lottie Reijzer and we keep up regular contact.
Itamar and Amit go skiing
Grandchildren Itamar and Amit Levy are in Bulgaria on their maiden skiing holiday, and seem to be having a wonderful time. We know how adventurous you are but please stay on the bunny or green slopes this time. The blues and blacks can wait till next time.
See Itamar's and Amit's pages for other pictures
January 2025 - Vered in Rwanda
Daughter Vered is in in Rwanda with a small group on a hiking and sightseeing holiday. Seeing these pictures brought back nostalgia and memories of our lives in Africa.
January 2025 - Games at the 60th
At the end of our 60th Anniversary brunch the grandchildren entertained us with some games they had prepared and adapted from popular Internet games. (Strands, Spotle, Connections, Timeguessr ). At the family dinner later in the evening there were some more games. The data for the games included information gathered from this site (see example). We enjoyed and were very impressed at what they had done.
January 2025 60th Anniversary Celebration.
My former boss and now good friend Morris Kahn celebrated his 95th birthday at an event organised by "Lead", an organisation he established and finances. "Lead" is an organization 'whose purpose is to help youth choose and adopt for themselves their own leadership identity. Namely, to choose to live their lives as leaders and influencers, and not as passive followers.'
Michal at Maureen'sexhibition
Our daughter-in-law Mikhal visited Maureen Fain's portrait exhibition and and found it "amazing".
Purim, March 2025 - Shalach Manot
The joyous Festival of Purim is characterised by at least 3 things:
Reading the Scroll of Esther, dressing up in fancy dress and
shalach manot -the giving of a small gift basket .
We were delighted to receive a shalach manot gift from our neighbours
the Zafrans and in fancy dress too.
March 2025 - Vered and Aviv enjoy a short trip to Greece
Daughter Vered Ron and Aviv spent a few days in Greece. This lovely picture with a beautiful view was taken in Nafpaktos.
March 2025 - Maureen's portrait exhibition
Doreen and friend Caroline Collins visited the exhibition of portraits by our long time friend Maureen Fain. Maureen is a widely respected artist and Doreen and Caroline were full of praise for the wonderful portraits on display.
March 2025 - Dani and friend in Larnaca
Granddaughter Danielle Ron and her friend Lior spent an enjoyable weekend in Cyprus at our apartment there. in addition to the walks, sights and restaurants they also prepared some of their own meals
Mikhal on Judicial Independence
Our daughter-in-law Mikhal, a professor at Ben Gurion University, is one of the authors of a paper published in the Conservation Science and Practice Journal titled "Judiciary Independence: Why should conservation ecologists care?" We found it very timely and interesting.
Below is the abstract of the paper: (You can read the complete paper here. )
We discuss the impact of democratic
political governance systems on ecological and conservation research,
education, and practice,
focusing on radical proposed changes to
the judicial
system in Israel. This judicial
reform has already begun to restrict academic freedom and environmental
laws,
adversely affecting regulatory actions. We
are concerned about the weakening enforcement
of environmental laws, increased power to polluting industries,
future
defunding of ecological
research and
nature conservation
programs, reduced
cross-border collaborations in ecological research, and restrictions on
the
academic teaching of ecology and evolution. Concerns related to
Israel's unique
biodiversity are particularly pressing in light of the constant threats
from a
rapidly growing population, high development pressures, and frequent
military
actions. International experience suggests that weakening judicial
oversight of
government actions in other
countries
is generating similar
threats on a global
scale. Therefore, ecologists and
conservation biologists should actively be involved in the protection
of
liberal democracies and judicial independence.
March 2025 - Itamar and Maayan play tennis.
We were happy to hear that grandsons Itamar Levy and Maayan Segoli
are playing tennis and seem to be following in former champion
Granny Doreen's footsteps.
Moran and Zoe ski
Son Moran Segoli and granddaughter Zoe had a wonderful time skiing in Breuil Cervinia Italy.
See also here.
February 2025 - With Maureen in Cyprus
Maureen Fain is a long time friend from Durban days. Doreen and Maureen were at school together and we have much, including memories and friends, in common. We see her regularly but it was extra special spending 5 days together in Cyprus.
See also here.
Very near to the Sea Caves in Protaris,
near the Aya
Napa area is another beautiful attraction - the Kamara tou Koraka
natural sea bridge.
We enjoyed an excellent curry meal at
the Balti Restaurant.
In Omodos, even though we have visited
a few times, we discovered for the first time the delightful Paradosi
Cafeteria with the owner's large collection of teapots, home-made laces
and lots of other things. Highly recommended!
February 2025 - Another KFC
An addition to my collection of family and KFC all over the world: Kigali Rwanda
Other KFCs:
Beersheva Israel, Wuhan China, Brasov Romania, Moscow Russia, Shenzhen China, Mongolia and Istanbul, Berlin Germany, Belfast N.Ireland, Prague Czech, Madeira, Wroclaw Poland, London., Nicosia Cyprus, Sinai Egypt, Netanya Israel, New Delhi India, Marrakech Morocco, Larnaca Cyprus
February 2025 - The Masons
Thank you, Bridget, for sending these pictures of your lovely children Orla and Kalum (see Glasser family tree)
(see also)
With Jose and David and sons
We enjoyed a meal at the Rons with the Keyson family. Jose is the daughter of our late friends Hans and Lottie Reijzer and we keep up regular contact.
Jose,
Doreen, Dani, Nadav, Asal, Naftali, Gideon, Lior, David, me, Aviv,
Vered
Itamar and Amit go skiing
Grandchildren Itamar and Amit Levy are in Bulgaria on their maiden skiing holiday, and seem to be having a wonderful time. We know how adventurous you are but please stay on the bunny or green slopes this time. The blues and blacks can wait till next time.
See Itamar's and Amit's pages for other picturesJanuary 2025 - Vered in Rwanda
Daughter Vered is in in Rwanda with a small group on a hiking and sightseeing holiday. Seeing these pictures brought back nostalgia and memories of our lives in Africa.
January 2025 - Games at the 60th
At the end of our 60th Anniversary brunch the grandchildren entertained us with some games they had prepared and adapted from popular Internet games. (Strands, Spotle, Connections, Timeguessr ). At the family dinner later in the evening there were some more games. The data for the games included information gathered from this site (see example). We enjoyed and were very impressed at what they had done.
January 2025 60th Anniversary Celebration.
Last
December 16th was our 60th
anniversary. We celebrated
it on 10th January at a catered
brunch for family
and friends. The food was beautifully presented and delicious. More
importantly the atmosphere was festive and truly wonderful. Towards the
end of the party we distributed copies of Doreen's cookbook "Memories
for the Future."
Family and friends are very important to us, and it was heartwarming to see and feel so much love. Our grandchildren were wonderful and enjoyed themselves - not only did they help but they also interacted with our guests. After the celebration they presented games they had made based on the family. More on this next week.
Of course hundreds of pictures were taken (thank you AvivR) and I have chosen just a few representing our family and friends.
Family and friends are very important to us, and it was heartwarming to see and feel so much love. Our grandchildren were wonderful and enjoyed themselves - not only did they help but they also interacted with our guests. After the celebration they presented games they had made based on the family. More on this next week.
Of course hundreds of pictures were taken (thank you AvivR) and I have chosen just a few representing our family and friends.
