Abe GRABMAN
Cause of his death was Brain tumour. Another name for Abe was Avraham ben Chaim. Events 
1. Picture: Abe Grabman with his father aged about 2, 1922, Liverpool England. Address: 6 Shannon Street, Liverpool, England 
2. Bar Mitzvah, February 1933, Liverpool England. See the Machzor received on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah 
3. Military Service: RAF Royal Air Force 2nd World War, 1939-1945, Europe India and Burma. Awaiting details from the RAF regarding Abe's military service. 
4. Picture: RAF - Royal Air Force. Front row: Abe and Leon Grabman (brothers), Back row: Harry Harvey (cousin), 1939-1945, England. 
5. Military: Medals, 1945. War Medals awarded for service during the Second World War 1939-1945 (L-R) 
6. Picture: Abe with mother and siblings, Cir 1945, London England. Abe, Lily, mother Ann,and Leon. 
7. Election: Zionist Federation of United Kingdom (Youth) - Chairman, 1946-1948, London England. 
8. Election: JNF Jewish National Fund United Kingdom - Secretary, March 1947, London England. The Jewish National Fund, the chosen instrument of the Zionist Organization for land redemption in Palestine, was founded in 1901 (5662). Its purposes were defined as follows: "To use donations by the people for the acquisition of land for the people, to enable the settler to work the land with his own means, to make Hebrew labor secure, to put an end to land speculation." By the end of 1 948, the Fund had redeemed about a million dunams, mostly from absentee owners. The J.N.F. drained the swamps, prepared the land, paved roads, planted forests on land unsuitable for cultivation. In 1960 a unified authority was established "The Israel Land Authority" to manage the national land resources. 
9. Picture, June 1947, London England. 
10. Note: FZY Summer camp, August 1948, London England. Abe met Zena at this summer camp who was holidaying in England from South Africa and told her he was coming to SA to marry her. 
11. Picture: Abe Grabman to wed in South Africa, December 1948, London England. 
12. Immigration: Ship Manifest, 25 January 1949, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. 
13. Immigration: From London England to Johannesburg South Africa, 8 February 1949, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Southampton to Cape Town on the Arundel Castle belonging to the Union Castle Line. 
14. Marriage, 6 November 1949, Wolmarans Street Synagogue. 
15. Marriage Synagogue: Wolmarans Street Shul, 6 November 1949, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
16. Election: Founded World Tours, 1951, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
17. Election: Founder Member of ASATA (Association of South African Travel Agents), 1956. 
18. Election: JNF Jewish National Fund South Africa Chairman, 1959-1965, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 19. Election: South African Zionist Federation Various positions, Vice President at time of death, 1960-1973. 20. Election: JNF Jewish National Fund South Africa Chairman, 1961-1964, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
21. Election: Letter from General Van Zyl, Chaplain General of the SADF, 1961-1973. 22. Election: South African Board of Deputies, various positions, Chairman of the Chaplaincy Committee at time of death, 1961-1973. 
23. Election: Board member on the executive of UFTAA - Universal Federation of Travel Agents, 1969-1973. 24. Election: South African Board of Jewish Education - Representing the South African Zionest Federation, 1969-1973. 
25. Note: Golda Meir, Prime minister of Israel, invitation, 9 March 1970, Israel. 
26. Picture, 28 August 1970, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Abe Grabman welcoming Hilgard Muller, Minister of Forein Affairs ar the ASATA congress 
27. Picture: Abe and Zena Grabman with Yitzchak Rabin, future Prime Minister of Israel, 1971. 
28. Picture: Rhodesia Tourism Conference, 1971, Victoria Falls, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Abe was instrumental in getting the Rhodesian travel agents on the UFTAA world body of travel agents. See article "ASATA tribute" Jan 1974 
29. Picture: Gold Medal from Austria, July 1971, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
30. Picture: Gold medal, July 1971, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
31. Picture: ASATA's case to South African Airways, August 1971. 32. Picture: Presented with a silver state medal to commemerate the 70th anniversary of the JNF acknowledging with 2 terms of office as the national chairman, September 1971, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
33. Note: Parliament Senate Discussion, 15 May 1973, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. 34. Picture: Presented with Israel Tourism medal, July 1973. 
35. Picture: Last picture taken, November 1973. 
36. Burial: Abe Grabman's grave behind the Holocaust memorial for the 6 million Jews, 20 December 1973, West Park Jewish Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng. The I Section of the cemetery is the Community Leaders Section or Section of Honour and is reserved strictly for persons who have committed and dedicated their lives to the service of the community. 
37. Burial: I 231, 20 December 1973, West Park Jewish Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng. 38. Burial: Video of Abe's grave taken from the Holocaust memorial for the 6 million Jews, 20 December 1973, West Park Jewish Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng. 
39. Picture: Grabman Dies, 21 December 1973, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
40. Picture: Obituary by Rabbi Casper, Chief Rabbi of South Africa, 21 December 1973, West Park Jewish Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng. 
41. Picture: ASATA tribute, January 1974, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 
42. Award: South African Jewish Board of Deputies - Chaplaincy, 5 September 1975. 
43. Award: Bloemfontein award, 16 November 1975, Bloemfontein, South Africa. 
44. Election: Innovator in the South African travel industry, 2 April 1976. 
45. Award: Potchestrrom award, June 1977, Potchestroom, South Africa. 
46. Picture, July 2024. Son Michael visited 85 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, England, the home my father growing up. Sadly the house no longer exists. 
47. Picture: Abe Grabman Good Fellowship Award - King David High School Linksfield, September 2024, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The recipient of the award is voted for by fellow pupils of the matric grade. 48. Picture: Video of the 50th anniversary of the Abe Grabman Good Fellowship Award at King David, September 2024, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Remembering the good name of Abe Grabman with the Good Fellowship Award 
49. Project, 17 March 2026, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Kayla Chemel and her grandfather Michael Grabman, with her Grade 7 school project on "My Family Story" about her great grandfather, Abe Grabman and his involvement with the JNF (KKL) in England and South Africa. 
50. Picture, 25 April 2026, Liverpool England. At Brownlow Hill in Liverpool. Andy's grandfather and the boys' great grandfather Abe Grabman lived at number 85 Brownlow Hill. Sadly the house no longer exists. Abe married Zena GOLDBLATT, daughter of Nathan GOLDBLATT and Ann Miriam GORDON, on 6 November 1949 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. (Zena GOLDBLATT was born on 28 March 1924 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, died on 1 April 2001 in Tel Aviv Israel and was buried in Yarkon Cemetery, Israel.) |