1939 Born : Cape Town South Africa
Education:
1944: Kindergarten (pre-school), Wherry Road, Muizenberg
1945-1950: Muizenberg Junior School(6 yrs)
1948: Little People's Boarding School, Newlands (3 months)
1950 (Sept): Kings Road Junior Sea Point (3 months)
1951:Ellerslie High School for Girls, Sea Point (5 yrs)
1956: Matriculation
1953-1959: Member and Youth Leader in Habonim
1957-8: Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad (Israel)
University of Cape Town:
1958-1960 (B.A. Social Anthropology and African Government and Law)
1961 - held secretarial and library posts in Cape Town
1962-1965 B.A.Mus (B.A. in Music and English)
1965: left South Africa for England:
Taught Music in London Schools (4 years)
1970: Taught adults typing at "Sight and Sound".

1965-1970: Toured Europe and the British Isles
1966 April: Visited Israel
1966, Summer: Toured Austria and Italy youth hostelling with two South African friends
1967, April: Visited Copenhagen, Denmark: Met my 30 Danish cousins
1968, April: Visited Paris with teacher friend Pat
1969, April: Visited Spain - toured the country from North to South
1969, Summer: Met my parents and joined them on a tour of Scandanavia, Vienna, Paris, Rome and Madrid. 1965-1970: Music: participated in numerous courses for Music teachers, including a course in Orff Schulwerk held in Salzburg, Austria.

1971 January: emigrated to Israel. 1971-1972 Lived on Kibbutz Ayelet Hashahar
1971 May: married Nissim Ben Shemesh
1972 March: birth of Edya Esther Ben Shemesh
1972 October: Left Kibbutz for Absorbtion Center, Mevasseret Zion
Joined the American Garin planning to move onto Neve Ilan
1973 May: birth of Anat Ben Shemesh
1974: Accepted to Membership - Neve Ilan;
1974: We move to Neve Ilan with American Garin.
1976 March: Birth of Doron Ben Shemesh
1981: Mom has stroke - I fly back to Cape Town
1982: Nissim and I separate.
1986: Divorce final. WORK on the Moshav
1972-1990: Secretarial, Childcare (children aged 2-4); Teaching music privately and in Local Kibbutz Schools; Agricultural work; Hotel work;
1990-2002: Various temporary secretarial posts in Jerusalem
1992: New partner - Mori Kantor divorced father of four
2002: REIIREMENT

2003: Doron marries Ruth (Helena) Klain
2004: Anat marries Avigdor Zigdon
2005: Edya marries Eli Eliyahu
GRANDCHILDREN:
2004 April: Birth of First Grandson: Aaron Yitzkhak Ben Shemesh
2005 August: Birth of twin Grand-daughters: Almog and Eden Zigdon
2006 June: Birth of Esther-Hadasa, sister to Aaron Yitzkhak.
2006 July: Birth of Gal Eliyahu
2008 June: Birth of Joseph-Haim, brother to Aaron Yitzkhak and Esther-Hadasa
2008 September: Birth of Yotam, brother to Gal Eliyahu.

Mori's children and grandchildren:
Ari married to Vered, South Carolina - daughter Camille
Eilah married to Bruce Stein Detroit MI - Chn Eliyahu & Avigail
Liraz married to Hezi Shlomo
Edo married to Hen, have son Itai
HOBBIES & ACTIVITIES in RETIREMENT:
Computer
Active member of choir ensemble and wind band
Dancing at "Arabesque" and Pilates for fitness
PETS:
1972-4 Beautiful tricolour collie named Bessie
1985-2002
Cats - Fuzzy, Maxime, Stripes, Gingey, Blacky
Dogs: Dachshund - Lady and Mongrel Vodka.
1998 - Pooch - terrier mix

My EMAIL: joancatzel_AT_yahoo_DOT_com

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