Six-Day War>Recollections

Israel in May 1967 was under threat from all directions and young Jews from the

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

I was 18 years old and had never really considered my Jewishness. I lived in

I was born after World War Two and as a youngster was fortunate enough not

May 1967: I was a junior buyer at Marks and Spencer, and Michael House in

The Six-Day War – That was when I realized that being Jewish was an exceptionally

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

I had returned to London with my young family a few months before the war

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

In June 1967 I was a 14 year old school boy attending a Jewish school

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

Israel Bonan was a Jewish student, born and living in Egypt during the 1967 events…

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

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

When the Six-Day War started, my parents Frank and Clare, did not know which way to

SYRIA Following the 1967 Six-Day War, according to some sources, 57 Qamishli Jews were alleged

Prior to the war breaking out I was studying Dentistry at Manchester University. We knew

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