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Front pages of children’s newspapers from 1948: Mishmar LeYeladim from
May 20 and July 1, 1948
go to the ends of the earth to do someone a favor. Amikam is always ready to volunteer
for an unpleasant task, and people say that he's polite to a fault: "We made a party, and
Amikam was sitting at a comfortable place at the table. Suddenly a girl arrived, late, and
there was nowhere for her to sit. Amikam immediately jumped up from his place, gave her
his chair, and sat on the floor for the rest of the party."
During the War of Independence, Kibbutz Mizra was surrounded by Arab villages.
They could literally see the Arab positions on the hills opposite them. The road leading to
the kibbutz fields was cut off; each day the kibbutz members had to break through in order
to work the fields, and not everyone came back.
An unforgettable holiday was celebrated by the kibbutz members when Nazereth fell, a few
weeks after Amikam's birth. The soldiers serving in the area were part of the celebration,
and there was great joy.
A mikam hopes that the kibbutz will continue to grow and flourish, that a cultural
center will be built, that the sports field will be improved and that more animals will
be purchased, since the livestock represent the branch best loved by all the children.
The twins from Egypt
F or fourteen years Sara Nevik prayed for a child – with no results. But then, on the morning
of May 14, 1948, she woke up, in Cairo, Egypt, to the voice of David Ben-Gurion as she
held her twin girls, Sima and Manya, in her arms.
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May 20 and July 1, 1948
go to the ends of the earth to do someone a favor. Amikam is always ready to volunteer
for an unpleasant task, and people say that he's polite to a fault: "We made a party, and
Amikam was sitting at a comfortable place at the table. Suddenly a girl arrived, late, and
there was nowhere for her to sit. Amikam immediately jumped up from his place, gave her
his chair, and sat on the floor for the rest of the party."
During the War of Independence, Kibbutz Mizra was surrounded by Arab villages.
They could literally see the Arab positions on the hills opposite them. The road leading to
the kibbutz fields was cut off; each day the kibbutz members had to break through in order
to work the fields, and not everyone came back.
An unforgettable holiday was celebrated by the kibbutz members when Nazereth fell, a few
weeks after Amikam's birth. The soldiers serving in the area were part of the celebration,
and there was great joy.
A mikam hopes that the kibbutz will continue to grow and flourish, that a cultural
center will be built, that the sports field will be improved and that more animals will
be purchased, since the livestock represent the branch best loved by all the children.
The twins from Egypt
F or fourteen years Sara Nevik prayed for a child – with no results. But then, on the morning
of May 14, 1948, she woke up, in Cairo, Egypt, to the voice of David Ben-Gurion as she
held her twin girls, Sima and Manya, in her arms.
Other Perspectives 231
