WIZO SA Celebrates Stalwart's 95th Birthday 24th February 2008
One hundred guests joined WIZO South Australia to celebrate Gogo Sulan Schueler's
95th birthday. Federal President Jo Gostin was a surprise guest for Gogo, while her
grandson, Roger Schueler, also came especially from Melbourne for the occasion.
Family and friends honoured Gogo by donating to WIZO to provide equipment and furniture
for a room in the WIZO House of Dreams at Ahuzat Yeladim. Gogo was presented with a
Simcha Certificate acknowledging her decades of dedication to WIZO in Adelaide.
L-R: John Sulan, Ali Sulan,Norman Schueler, Jo Gostin, Kaye Edelman,
Miriam Millingen, Roger Schueler, Carol Schueler
Gogo Sulan Schueler(seated)
Gogo's son, Norman, spoke of her special qualities, her commitment to her family, to
the Jewish Community and love of being surrounded by friends. Pamela Mendels proposed
the toast to Gogo, telling of her life from her days in Germany, Algiers, London until she
finally settled in Adelaide.
WIZO Tikvah member Celebrates at 90! November 2007
A special luncheon was held at the home of WIZO SA President, Miriam Millingen, to
celebrate the 90th birthday of a WIZO Tikvah member, Szanka Fellner.
Szanka's son Henry, his wife Daisy and their younger daughter, Zalaika, were special guests.
Miriam spoke of her long association with Mrs Fellner and of how the Zimmet and Fellner
families holidayed together at Mt Buffalo or at Roller's Guesthouse in Hepburn
Springs each summer.
Donations to WIZO Tikvah in lieu of gifts were made and Mrs Fellner was presented with
a WIZO plate as a memento of the celebration.
L-R: Daisy, Zalaika & Henry Fellner, Miriam Millingen, Szanka Fellner
Jeremy Wittert, son of WIZO South Australia's secretary, recently
twinned his Barmitzvah through WIZO to enable a Barmitzvah age boy
in Israel to celebrate his simcha as well.
Miriam Millingen, President
of WIZO South Australia, in
presenting Jeremy with a
beautiful WIZO certificate,
spoke about the WIZO
Barmitzvah Twinning
Program at the
happy celebration.
Celebrity Life Jacket Debate 5th August 2007
Celebrity speakers, Martin Hamilton-Smith MP, Geoff Merrill, Lindy Powell QC,
Rosa Matto and Psychiatrist/Comedian, Dr Nathan Serry entertained guests at the
Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and WIZO SA " Celebrity Life Jacket Debate.
L-R: Nathan Serry (Rabbi Gornischt), Rosa Matto, Lindy Powell QC,
Martin Hamilton-Smith MP, Geoff Merrill.
Close to $20,000 was raised to support WIZO projects in Israel. This was truly
an event to remember.
WIZO South Australia
caters for women
of all ages and
backgrounds?
Our extensive
programme includes
education, public affairs,
leadership training and
information on current
events and women's
issues, as well as
fundraising for WIZO's
projects in Israel.
DATE FOR THE DIARY
WIZO
SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
invites
you to
WATCH
THIS SPACE!
for our
next great
function!
"IN HINESIGHT"
by the late
Hilde Hines
In this book, a remarkable Australian migrant
tells an extraordinary tale. Hilde Hines, who
sadly passed away in her 90th year, recalls her
life journey, from the innocence of her childhood
in Nuremberg, Germany, through the changes that
the Nazi regime forced upon her world, simply
because of her family's Jewish faith.
Fortune smiled on Hilde and, with her husband
Gus and his mother, she escaped Europe as war
was raging. While Hilde
and Gus were struggling
to start their lives anew
in Adelaide, Hilde's mother
and her sister spent the war
years amidst the bombs in London. Correspondence between
Adelaide and London provides a unique insight
into their respective situations.
Gus and Hilde's tireless efforts and determination
to succeed enabled them
to re-establish themselves
in this strange and foreign land. Hilde documents
their achievements: starting a family, building
a successful business and becoming active community members.
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