FAMILY March 2017

Mom and Dad Aliyah 1977/78 – Family photo in Netanya



San Francisco 1980/81

Just before leaving for San Francisco July 1980

David goes to school 1983

AARON Bar Mitzvah:

Aaron, Dad, Uncle Ben, Bess Sara , Yael, Aunty Joy, Aaron, Alon
Lior, David

SARA – Bat Mizvah……..2 March 1984
Purim 1984

AARON - Army

SARA – Army (Air Force)

DAVID Bar Mitzvah: (1990)

DAVID ARMY:

Basil b. 7 July 1945 Sharon b. 25 October 1948

BASIL & SHARON:

30 March 1970

Yael Chaya b. 7 January 1971 Alon Avraham b. 15 January 1972 Lior Yehudit b. 16 September 1975

1975 – Basil & Sharon’s home, Johannesburg.

BASIL & SHARON ALIYAH: 1978

Kaufmans - Family Picnic February 1979

Norma, Aaron, Sara, Lior, Sharon & David, Alon, Cyril, Yael, Basil



ROY. BAR-MITVAH – JULY 2015:

8th CANDLE OF CHANUKAH – AT AARON & MEITAL in YAVNE – 31st DECEMBER 2016
FAMILY DINNER AND CANDLE LIGHTING

Back Row Left to Right: Adi, Meital, Aaron, Sara, Roy, Ben, Cyril, Alon, Basil, Yael, Norma, Sharon, Carmit
Middle Row: Rani with Eyal, Lior, Ayelet, Sivan,

Second Row: Danielle (Dandy), Tamar, Matan, Yoav, Omer,
Front: David, Shachar, Omri

Inset: Yuval – took the photograph









THE OWSIANICK/ LEWIN FAMILY:

Joyce Beryl Owsianick, was born in Klerksdorp on 9th December 1929.
She was the youngest daughter born to Granny and Oupa and she had her
school education in Klerksdorp.
Joy studied at The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and graduated
with a degree of B.Sc (Bachelor of Science).

In 1949 (9 December), she married Arthur Lewin in Klerksdorp.
After their marriage, they set up home in Klerksdorp
and they had an only child;
Estelle Ann Lewin b. 13 October 1951

Estelle matriculated from King David High School, Victory Park,
Johannesburg, in 1968 and she was Head Girl during her matriculation year.

Estelle graduated B.A from Wits University

Estelle, Arthur, Joy at Estelle’s graduation.

Arthur Lewin qualified as a dentist at the Oral & Dental Hospital, University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in 1949 and joined the dental practice of
Dr. Hertzenberg in Klerksdorp
Arthur worked in Klerksdorp 1949 to 1962 and then the family moved to
Johannesburg where he opened and conducted an extremely successful dental
practice until his retirement.
He was born in Oudtshoorn. His father was educated in Germany as an
industrial chemist, whilst his mother came from Swellendam.
Arthur enrolled in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of the
Witwatersrand after he matriculated. His peers do not remember him for his
academic prowess but rather as the cheerleader of the Wits students at inter-
varsity meetings against Tukkies for two different years. Prof. Phillip Tobias
told him when he joined the Senate of Wits that he would never have thought a
cheerleader would ever have a seat in the Senate.

Arthur Lewin can be regarded as the doyen of fixed prosthodontics in South
Africa.
In 1969 he was offered and accepted the chair of the Department of Restorative
Dentistry and he held this positon until compulsory retirement 1991.
Prof. Arthur Lewin published numerous papers and lectured throughout the
world.

On a personal level – Arthur Lewin was my mentor. It was because of him that
I studied dentistry and all of what I learned from him gave me the basis for a
successful professional career.
There is a saying that behind every successful man there is a woman.
Aunty Joy was the epitome of that woman and there was never a moment that
she was not there to support Arthur in all of his life’s work.

The Lewin home in Johannesburg was a second home to me during my years at
university and Aunty Joy was as a second mother to me.

Joy passed away 27 August 2010 and Arthur passed away on 28 July 2016.
They are buried side by side in the Jewish Cemetery in Johannesburg.

Estelle married Brian Doctor on 5th April 1973,
they live in London and they have 3 children:

Joshua Robert b. 14 May 1978,
Married - Alana (Berger b. 30 November 1981) on 6 January 2011

Children:
Harlan Solomon b. 14 November 2013

Caleb Arthur b. 14 August 2016

Saul Edward b. 10 October 1979
Married - Anna (Leibowitz b. 23 July 1986) on 29 December 2013

Children:
Sybil Joy b. 18 October 2014
Lucy Harriet b. 17 January 2016

Gabriel Toby b. 8 September 1984,
Married - Miranda (Segal b. 24 May 1989) on 6 November 2016

Granny, Estelle, Brian, Joy, Mom Joy and Arthur with 1st grandchild – Joshua Robert – June 1978

Saul and Joshua – July 1980 Gabriel 1984

Gabriel Toby – Brit, 18 September 1984

Gabriel’s wedding (Tisch) 6 November 2016

Joshua, Estelle, Gabrielle, Cyril, Saul, Brian

Saul and Sybil Joy Brian and Lucy Harriet

Joshua and Alana, Caleb Arthur and Harlan Solomon

The Doctor family and Anna’s mother Louise – November 2016

THE OWSINICK/SCHAUDER FAMILY:

Ethel (Effie) Owsianick, was born in Klerksdorp on 15th February 1925.
She was the second daughter born to Granny and Oupa and she had her school
education in Klerksdorp.
Effie studied at The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and graduated
with a degree of B.Sc (Bachelor of Science).

Oupa, Granny, Joy, Effie, Hyman, Raphael, Frieda Schauder, Adolph (Pop) Schauder.

In 1945, she married Hyman Schauder in Johannesburg.
After their marriage, they decided to set up home in Port Elizabeth

and they had two children;

Donald Elkin b. 16 November 1946.
Valerie Rose b. 22 June 1950.

Schauder family 1976 with Granny

Schauder family 1980 with Granny, Joy and Altshulers

1983
Uncle Hyman passed away on 2nd August 1994:

The last time that Norma and I saw Aunty Eff was in 2003 when we visited and
spent a day with her at her apartment in Port Elizabeth.

Aunty Effie is my godmother and I remember her especially for the holidays that I
spent in Port Elizabeth together with her and Uncle Hyman, Don and Val.
The holiday that especially comes to mind was in 1958 (I finished Std. 9)

Dad had been appointed the Railway Medical Doctor in Klerksdorp and one of the
perks was free train travel for the family anywhere in South Africa.
So I was presented with a roundtrip ticket from Kroonstad to Port Elizabeth to
Cape Town and back to Klerksdorp.
I took my set of golf clubs and off I went on my journey (with a packet of 20
Rembrandt cigarettes) and when in P.E. Effie arranged for me to play golf at
Wedgewood Golf Club with our cousin Rene Solomon’s husband Sidney and his
brother Donald and when I came back to 14a Park Drive I showed her my golfing
skills by hitting some balls from the lawn into the Valley.
One evening she organised a dance party and invited some of the PE. Youth and it
was really a wild bash – lots of noise and mess – but a lot of fun.

Don married Cherryl Altshuler on 14 December 1969 and they emigrated from
South Africa to Australia in 19…, they live in Melbourne and they have two
children:

Alan Joseph b. 3 October 1971, married Rachael on 28 January 2001
Children:

Michael (Mikey) Blake b. 9 June 2003
Remi Ash b. 12 October 2004
Tali Ray b. 27 February 2009

Jonathan (Jonny) Neil b. 11 January 1973 married Emma on 28 June 1997
Children:

Hannah Eli b. 8 June 2000
Ben b. 2 June 2002

Daniel b. 6 February 2004
Keren Yochevet b. 20 March 2008

Layla b. 20 May 2011

Australia Pesach 2005:

Back row L to R: Emma, Jonny with Daniel, Don, Effie, Rachael with Remi.
Front row L to R: Hannah, Mikey, Cherryl, Ben.

16TH December 1973
Joy, Cherryl, Val, Effie, Granny, Mom

Val married Raymond Abratt on 16 December 1973 and they live in Constantia,
Cape and they have two children:

Ilana b. 15 April 1976 – lives in Melbourne, Australia since 2012

Ilana on a visit to to Uluru (Ayers Rock) Australian Desert 2016 Ilana with friends celebrating Melbourne Cup day in 2016.

Deborah (Jacobs) b. 21 October 1978 married Darren Jacobs 2 January 2011
Children:

Reuben b. 21 September 2012
Sadie b. 17 January 2014



HAROLD & EDIE KAUFMAN:

Harold and Edie (Rome) were married in Cape Town on 3rd September 1961.

When I reflect back and think of people who had a major influence as to my being in
Israel then my cousin Harold is in the forefront.
One of my earliest recollections of Harold was in 1956 (I was 14 yrs. old) when he was
on his way to Israel to enroll into the Israeli Army and he visited our family in
Klerksdorp.
We were playing “ping pong” on the lawn at our house and Harold told me all about
Israel and the Israeli army.
As a young boy in Habonim, this made a very big impression on me especially when a
few months later he sent a photograph of himself in a paratrooper uniform

The next time I met Harold and the first time that I met Edie was in November 1961, a
few months after they were married, and I was in Cape Town, with my parents, to
attend the wedding of my cousin Isaac Karpas to Yvonne Horowitz.
Earlier that year Zeida had made Aliyah and Harold told me that he and Edie intended
to make Aliyah within the next few years.

They made Aliyah in February 1963 and at first, they were in the Absorption Centre,
Ulpan Borochov, in Givatayim.
Soon after completing the ulpan course they moved into an apartment in Petach
Tikvah and this is where all three of their children were born
Ilan Israel was born on 9th September 1963.
Ronen Avraham was born on 1st November 1966.
Talya Ziporah was born on 13th August 1971.

On my visit to Israel in 1967, I stayed with the family in Petach Tikvah and shared a
room with Ilan.

Ilan died on 22 April 1990 in a helicopter crash while on active reserve duty in the
Israeli Air Force

He was an exceptional young man who excelled in everything that he did which
included not only being an Officer Pilot in the Israeli Air Force but also an outstanding
student at the Haifa Technion where he was studying to become an architect.

When Norma and I made Aliyah together with Aaron and Sara in August 1974, Harold
and Edie were there at every turn to help us and to make the process as easy as
possible.

For this, both Norma and I are forever grateful

Ronen married Efrat Merchavi on 9th June 1991 and they have three children.

Dan Ilan – born 5th February 1994
Ram Bernard – born 24th February 1998

Ben Kaufman – born 6th August 2004
Talya married Yaacov (Kobi) Maimon on 25th March 1997

and they have three children.

Roni – born 10th April 1999
Adi – born 1st May 2002
Ilai – born 7th June 2008.

ISAAC KARPAS:

Isaac Karpas was born to Louis and Jane Karpas on 18th February 1938 in a
small village called Koffiefontein, South Africa.
Jane was the elder of Dad’s two sisters, the younger one being Rachel (Raie)
At age 8 his mother Jane died and his father Louis decided that it would be best if
he were raised in Cape Town.
Raie married Nat Goodman on 29th December 1946.
One month later in January 1947, at age 9, Isaac went to live in Maitland and this
is where he was raised by Raie and Nat.
I asked Isaac to describe his early days in Maitland and he wrote to me;
“I came to live in Maitland in January 1947, 2 months after my mother died.
Raie Kaufman married Nathan Goodman in December 1946 and 1 month after the
marriage (I arrived in Maitland) and they had a son of 9 years old.
At this point my knowledge of Judaism was almost nonexistent and I started lessons
with Zeida.
Unlike my pals, there was no bunking of cheder lessons, as whenever Zeida was
finished in the woodwork room, I was ready or else !!!!!
Believe you me, when he got cross and banged the big heavy table that we worked at,
on one side the other side went up in the air,,,,,,,i would never have wanted to receive
one of his “klaps”.
I went to Maitland Public School till Standard 5 and then to SACS in Cape Town.
From the age of 10, I got involved with Zionist Youth activities and spent many years
with the Annual Young Israel Camp in Lakeside.
Yvonne grew up in Maitland and this presented the opportunity for us to get together
and be married for just short of 53 years, and produced 2 children and 5
grandchildren.



Sadly, Yvonne passed away on 28th August 2015 - ‫י״ג ֶּב ֱאלּול תשע״ה‬

Isaac and Yvonne had two children:
Louis……… born 24th November 1962

Louis married and they have two children
Josh………………born 27th March 1996
Amy……………...born 6th December 1999
Lily-Esta……born 22nd January 1965
Lily-Esta married Trevor on ………………. And they have three children
Max……………born 5th March 1993
Dean & Jake (twin)………………….born 13th May 1996.