Proud to be Part of Event - Letter

Issues June 2019

Photos: Denis

I write this note to once again thank you for providing an opportunity to compete in the competition, for publishing my story as well as all the prize-winning stories. Also for the ceremony which brought me great pride and pleasure. I must congratulate you on the excellent choice of music entertainment and guest speaker whose talk I found to be absolutely fascinating.

The whole event was terrific (as we South Africans would say).

I well understand that going through all the stories and choosing the winners must have been no easy task and very much appreciate.

Keep up the wonderful work you do in the ESRA organization.

Richelle Shem-Tov

Kiryat Ono

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About the author

Richelle Shem-Tov

Richelle Shem-Tov was born and grew up in Polokwane (Pietersburg), South Africa. She qualified as a Physiotherapist at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. In 1962 she came to live in Israel at the age of 22 and went to an ulpan on Kibbutz Maagan Michael.

She later worked in a number of hospitals and clinics, but for the most part, at the Sharon Hospital, Petah Tikva where she worked as a physiotherapist for 24 years, and as head of the department for the last 10 years, until her retirement in the year 2000. She also did volunteer work with the physiotherapy organization and issues connected with her profession.

She is a mother of four and grandmother of ten and lives with her husband, Sabih in Kiryat Ono, Israel since 1964.