For more than a year Netanya Telfed Regional Committee had been trying to set up a guided tour around new and special projects in their area.    Once City Councillor, British-born Simon Monk, became an  'honorary South African'  (now he even greets me saying 'howzit'!!) he was very happy to help us to achieve this.
He initiated the connection between Ruth Omsky (Chairman of a very active Netanya committee) and Shlomi Waroner, Director of Keren Netanya - and the project was born.
 

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In an entertaining and informative talk about the seven years he worked as Abba Eban’s right hand man in the Ministry of Education, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mannie Shimoni gave a few examples of Eban’s wry sense of humor: “At the age of two years, I emigrated from South Africa because I couldn’t stand Apartheid!” he would comment when asked about his early childhood.