Tag #127450 - Interview #77982 (Regina Grinberg)

Beyond Maccabi there were precious few Jewish civic organizations in Shumen. There were a few Betar [15] members in town, but they were not popular and could not attract young people. There was also a WIZO [16] branch, of which my mother was a member, but I cannot say anything about this organization. I remember that we did some sort of charity project once, but I do not remember why. In my last years of high school I tried joining Hashomer Hatzair [17], but I did not like it. I thought that they were too limited. They agitated us all the time, asking 'when shall we go to Israel, when shall we go to Palestine?' Despite all of this rhetoric, not one of them left. I thought they were very hypocritical, and I subsequently stopped attending their functions.