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Joe Woolf, 94, helped connect fellow veterans of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence

Avi KumarMarch 2, 2023

The South African Jew conducted important research that helped preserve the memory of foreign Machal fighters.

Joe Woolf, part of the Machel foreign-fighters unit during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. Credit; Courtesy of the Woolf family.

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Saluting one of the last living heroes of Israel’s fight for independence

Deborah FineblumOctober 3, 2019

Harold “Smoky” Simon not only helped found the Israeli Air Force in May 1948, but also World Machal, whose thousands of volunteer soldiers have served alongside the nation’s military.

Harold “Smoky” Simon displays his Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Lifetime Achievement Award, Sept. 24, 2019. Source: Nefesh B’Nefesh via Facebook.

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