Simon Plosker

EGYPT – Marc Khedr’s story “I lived like a king,” Khedr says. His r’s roll.

I was then a London cab driver, and I remember picking a typical city gent

One of my lasting memories was people commenting “You did well” – just as though

I was only 7 years old at the time, but it is etched strongly in

EGYPT – Andre Aciman’s story “About a year before we were expelled, we lost everything.

I remember as a child at cheder at Harley Grove Synagogue in Bow East London

I am from Lithuania where Jews have always kept their Jewish identity, even absolutely secular

I remember being a schoolgirl at the time and our head teacher in Liverpool telling

EGYPT – Beny Melameth’s story On the morning of June 5, 1967 two plain clothes

On Monday 5th June 1967 I was a young ship-broker working in the City of London,

As I recall I was in my mid-teens in 1967 and it seemed to me

Rabbi Shmuel Jakobovits remembers… – Rabbi Jakobovits is the son of the late former Chief

Before “The British volunteers who played their part in the war were never officially acknowledged.

IRAQ The defeat of the Arabs by Israel in the war of 1967 led to

At the time I was working in the next best place to Israel – the

I had become worried about the potential conflict several weeks before the war. I was

In March 1967 I was visited at Maccabi, Compayne Gardens, where I was the Sports