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As for myself, I remember too well the events surrounding the Six-Day War. I was 17 years old, living in central London with my parents, and every shul (synagogue) in the area had fund raising…

Simon Plosker
April 27, 2017
12:00 am

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As for myself, I remember too well the events surrounding the Six-Day War. I was 17 years old, living in central London with my parents, and every shul (synagogue) in the area had fund raising events.

The one that sticks in my memory more than all the others was a fund raiser at St John’s Wood, where there was an eminent speaker (don’t remember who), and after he finished speaking buckets were going around, and the gentlemen present emptied their pockets and wallets, as did the ladies, and some even removed their jewelry. A fortune in cash was counted from the buckets, and I’m sure a further fortune raised from the sale of the jewelry.

This was only one such evening, there were plenty, and remember it so clearly as I was one of the bucket holders.

– Barbara

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Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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