Center Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 32

Menachem Begin Heritage Center Vol. 6, No. 32  | June 3, 2010

COMMEMORATING ETHIOPIAN JEWRY

On Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at the Begin Center, an evening to commemorate Ethiopian Jewry took place. "Remembering Those Who Have Gone On" is dedicated to the project for documenting the names of those who died on their perilous journey to Israel, as well as remembering the names those who have disappeared and whose fate is unknown.

Speakers on the panel were Danny Adamso; Herzl Makov, Chairman of the Begin Center; Tzion Gabbai; Minister of Immigration & Absorption Sophia Lander; MK Shlomo Mullah and MK Tzippi Livni.

A BOOK ABOUT MENACHEM BEGIN

A book about Menachem Begin was published this week, Hadar – the Story of Menachem Begin by Modan Publishing House. The book was written by Galila Ron-Feder-Amit, who is a well-known author in Israel. She was born in Haifa in 1949 and has a degree in biblical studies and Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For seven years she was foster-mother to 10 children from broken homes, and she recorded her experiences in a fictional series that was broadcast on radio and adapted for the stage and TV. Ron-Feder-Amit has published six novels for adults and about 250 books for children and youth, many of which have been broadcast, filmed and serialized in children`s and teen magazines. In 2008, she received the World Zionist Organization Award for Lifetime Achievement and Social Involvement. Her most recent series was Time Tunnel in which two boys travel through time to events in the history of the State of Israel, which is a series geared to 8-12 year old readers.

This book is currently only available in Hebrew
 

INTERNS AT THE BEGIN CENTER

In the past few weeks, the Begin Center has welcomed three interns from three different programs who are helping out on special projects at the Begin Center.

Ariel Bijio of the Otzma Program is helping the Israel Government Fellows program fine-tune some of its marketing and build a welcome packet for new participants.

Alyona Ryvkina of the Career Israel Program has taken on a special project in translating Menachem Begin's "World Outlook" into Russian. Xiao (Agnes) Ye of Pepperdine University, but originally from China, is here for a week to learn more about the Menachem Begin Heritage Center as part of her internship experience in Israel. On an interesting note, the one book we have available in Chinese is a translation of an early edition of Harry Hurwitz's (z''l) biography of Menachem Begin, Menachem Begin: A Portrait.