Events Calendar

The talk will be given by Zabo Aviv Ben Zeev who will speak from first-hand experience, as it was his submarine and his friends who were on board.

Zabo was a career navy person serving on bases and submarines for almost 30 years.

Please book with Sue Field Tel: 054-686-1603

Categories: Speaker

Tel Aviv Breakfast @ Masada Restaurant

Dec 16 @ 10:30 – 12:30

Please book with Sue, as above.

Categories: Meal

HOB National Quiz @ Hod veHadar Shul

Jan 10 @ 19:45 – 22:45

Booking essential.Price includes a NIS 20 non-refundable registration fee

(in the case of cancellation by 31st December).

Cancellation after 31st December is non-refundable.

Payments can be made using the Paybox link https://bit.ly/3A0VWHG

If you are having a problem, please call Warren on 054-4330851 and

arrange how to pay.

Tables will be tables of 8 so please try and organize your tables in advance if you want to sit with your friends.

Other people will be placed according to vacant places available.

Categories: Quiz

Tel Aviv Breakfast @ Mezizim

Feb 10 @ 10:30 – 12:00

Please let Sue know if you intend to come.

Categories: Meal

Rehovot Branch Documentary Film: “A Voice among the Silent: the Legacy of James G. McDonald” @ Home of Ellie and Steve Morris

Feb 23 @ 20:30 – 22:30

HOB Rehovot invites you to meet one of Israel’s unsung heroes in a documentary film “A VOICE AMONG THE SILENT: The Legacy of James G. McDonald” made by award-winning film-maker Shuli Eshel. Shuli will present the film followed by a question and answer session.

This is the first documentary to focus on James Grover McDonald’s remarkable efforts to warn the world of Adolf Hitler’s plans for the Jews. The incredible story of McDonald’s foresight was almost lost to history until his meticulously kept diaries were discovered in 2003.

As League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, McDonald worked tirelessly to find safe havens for refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

McDonald later became the first US Ambassador to Israel.

Places are limited so please book in advance with Linda as above.
You can pay using the Paybox link https://web.payboxapp.com/?v=j&g=63d827fb03b74800089dd3d6#/

Categories: Film Speaker

Rehovot Branch: Documentary Film “A Voice among the Silent” – the legacy of James G. McDonald @ Home of Ellie and Steve Morris

Feb 23 @ 20:30 – 22:30

Places are limited so please book in advance with Linda Geffon, as above.

You can pay using the Paybox link below using the Paybox app

The film-maker, Shuli Eshel, will be present at the showing and take questions afterwards.

This is the first documentary to shine light on James McDonald’s remarkable efforts to warn the world of Adolf Hitler’s plan for the Jews. The incredible story of McDonald’s foresight was almost lost to history until his meticulously kept diaries were discovered in 2003.

The son of Catholic immigrants, James Grover McDonald was one of the first Americans to meet face-to-face with Hitler in 1933. Shocked by Hitler’s threats, McDonald, as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, worked tirelessly to find safe havens for refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. McDonald repeatedly warned world leaders including President Franklin D Roosevelt and future Pope Pius XII of the looming tragedy he foresaw.

President Harry Truman appointed McDonald the first US Ambassador to Israel. McDonald’s role was pivotal in aiding the new state and shaping American-Israeli friendship. McDonald spoke up when others were silent. McDonald’s bravery is a model for human decency and courage that is as relevant today as it was 80 years ago.

In 1951-52, McDonald wrote in his “Coda”: “To me, the threat of Jewish extermination in Germany was a threat also to all Christians, indeed to all freedom of religion and all democratic ideals and principles. The threat to Jews was not only a hideous wrong but also created a world problem of overwhelming significance. Hence it was that only for the sake of the Jews but for the larger cause of freedom, justice, and equal treatment of all human beings, everywhere, whatever their race, religion, or nationality, I – a blonde “Aryan” offspring of Scotch-Canadian and Midwest American stock, a teacher and student by profession and inclination – became a champion for Jewish aspirations and equal human rights … It was an irresistible call.”