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Yona Abish
has divided her family′s history
into three parts, beginning with her husband′s childhood
in Romania. Buniu′s early
childhood was a rural idyll and he was enrolled to study chemical engineering at a prestigious university
when anti-Semitism changed the course of his life. In 1933 Buniu and his father arrived in Palestine and
returned to manufacturing soap. In 1934 Buniu joined the Haganah.
In the
second part Yona describes her early life in Yekaterinoslav on the Dnieper River in what is now Ukraine.
Driven by anti-Semitism, she and her mother fled to Lithuania in 1924 and soon after also arrived in
Palestine. Other members of the family joined them. As Yona writes,
′Our whole
life revolved around Zionism and patriotism.′
Yona and
Buniu′s life
together is the focus of the third part. They met in Tel Aviv in 1940, married in 1941 and migrated to
Australia in 1956 with their two daughters. It was hard to leave Israel but they built a wonderful family
life in Melbourne. This is a very warm family story, full of love for nature and animals and offering
much wise and gentle advice. |
