Garin Zayin – 50 years on -Celebration of a Generation
Amiad - October 2015
There is a quiet sense that something is happening out there. Beyond the realities of our daily lives there is a discreet whisper, an almost inaudible chattering, drawing on those golden days of our youth, I see it in emails reaching from around the globe, I hear of it in descriptions of 70th birthday parties where there were many people talking about going to the "Celebration". A generation is asking to be linked to the Dropbox, to witness the evidence of innocence and virtue of years long gone by.
Easy to wax eloquent, because it is possible that something much grander than we intended is on the move. Could this be a chance, in a moment, to recapture that sense of immortality and infallibility, just briefly, in the twilight of “life beyond 70”? For there is, maybe, once again a movement afoot. And to be part of it could be the imperative of the moment.
So, to:
All those who thought of joining Garin Zayin and did;
All those who thought of joining Garin Zayin, but did not;
All those who never thought of joining Garin Zayin, but were around at that time;
All those who on hearing “Garin Zayin Generation” think “holy sh*t”, that may be me.
Or to those who thought that it sounded like a good idea at the time and are now reading this and who feel a part of the Garin Zayin Generation, that Generation that rampaged through the movement in the 1960s. This invitation comes to haunt you from that Habonim Generation of 50 years ago, who wish to invite you to join us at our Celebration planned for October 2015 at Kibbutz Amiad. Some tens of chaverim who today are scattered all over the globe, and who remember fondly the days of their youth in Habonim, will be participating in this grand “50 Years On”.
Want to be in touch? Contact Barry Coleman. Coordinator, Kibbutz Amiad, 12335, Israel
Tel: 972(0)4-6909415, Mobile: 972(0)52-6124533 [email protected]
On behalf of the organizing vaad : Alan Coleman, Judy (Wolfson) Davies, Linda (Fidler) Levine, Linda (Cook) Levine, Lennie Levine, Moshe Admon (Malcolm Edwards), Rona (Benson, Marks) Bareket, Sharon (Reisman) Azani, Willie Leslie Kelman, Yigal (George) Levine
PS. Did you ask what and who the h*** is Garn Zayin? Garin Zayin was formed in 1962 in Manchester/on the machon/on the hachshara (depends on whom you ask) and each year throughout the sixties, from 1965 onwards, came on Aliyah in small groups to Kibbutz Amiad. The accompanying Movement Generation, who, over time, found themselves in Israel, others dispersed throughout the world, others who just kept on dancing, are all invited to join us. The first of our number to come on Aliyah came alone from Manchester (hence the accent) in 1964.
“This April, 2014, it is 50 years since I arrived in Haifa, Israel, being the first member of Garin Zayin. Announcing to the port that I was the first Zayin to arrive in Israel, the port almost came to a standstill. Frank Fisher and the rest of the Machonikim nearly did a somersault. And in the distance, from a local porter on the quay came the almost inaudible response, Chabibi, you are not the first………” M.B.
More at the Celebration….
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