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COMFORT OREN (AS IN THE TEVETTE, JANUARY 9, 1909, SANK IN GALICIA – J. B. B.D., FEBRUARY 24, 1985, THE HOUSE OF METHOD) WAS A ZIONIST AND SOCIAL PIONEER, EDUCATOR, A GUIDE IN THE ELEPHANT CAMPS IN CYPRUS, THE THINKER AND LECTURER IN COLLECTIVE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.

HISTORY OF LIFE
NOAH OREN WAS BORN IN A DRONE IN THIRAT, JANUARY 9, 1909, TO PRESERVE HER AND REBECCA IN THE CITY OF SUFFOC IN GALICIA. HIS YEARS OF CHILDHOOD HAVE PASSED THROUGH HIM AT HIS GRANDFATHER’S HOUSE, RABBI AARON BERGENBAUM, AND HIS GRANDMOTHER DEBORAH ZISSAL, WHO LIVED IN POSDA-OULCA, A VILLAGE SUBURB IN THE FAI SUK, FOR THE SAKE OF THE FAMILY’S FERTILISATION DUE TO THE FATHER’S JOURNEY TO SWITZERLAND.

WHEN THE FIRST WORLD WAR BROKE OUT, THE FATHER AND THE FAMILY MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE. FROM HIS CHILDHOOD, HE MET A VARIETY OF SPIRITUAL WORLDS. HIS GRANDFATHER BROUGHT HIM INTO THE WORLD OF JEWISH TRADITION, AND HIS FATHER, WITH THE ADVANCED WORLD VIEW, GAVE HIS CHILDREN A BROAD UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.

AT THE AGE OF 17, HE TRAVELED TO COMFORT WITH HIS BROTHER, LIVING IN RABBITS (TO BE A LUNG DISEASE DOCTOR), LOVINA. IN HIS GRANDFATHER’S INFLUENCE, OREN WAS ENROLLED IN THE BEIT MIDRASH FOR RABBIS, ALONGSIDE HIS STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA. HE JOINED THE AUSTRIAN JEWISH NEWSPAPER, WHERE THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS POLITICAL PERCEPTION WERE DESIGNED.

AT THE END OF HIS ACADEMIC STUDIES IN 1932, HE BEGAN TEACHING IN THE HEBREW GYMNASIA IN THE CITY OF MANKACH, WHICH WAS THEN CONTROLLED BY CZECHOSLOVAKIA. IN HIS ACTIVITY IN THE ORGANIZATION OF “REMOVABLE” HE DISCOVERED THE YOUTH IN THE DESPOTIC VILLAGES OF KRAPATRIO, AND HE WAS GRATEFUL TO HIS CALL MANY OF HIS APPRENTICES TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND KEPT IN TOUCH WITH HIM FOR MANY YEARS.

IN 1938, HANNA WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOUSE OF SHINFELD, HIS DISCIPLE, AND THAT SAME YEAR THEY IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL. HIS FAMILY HOME IS HIS SON IN THE KIBBUTZ-JOSEPH, AND WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN, SAUL, NIZZA AND JOHN. MENACHEM SOUGHT TO WORK AS INSTRUMENTS IN THE GRAPES, BUT IN HIS SECOND YEAR HE WAS CHOSEN FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE RISING YOUTH. HE THEN JOINED THE FACULTY OF TEACHERS IN THE COMMON SCHOOL OF THE JOSEPH-JOSEPHS AND THE EIN-HADROD. HIS DISCIPLES, WHO, IN A SHORT TIME, JOINED THE PALMACH AND TOOK PART IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, SAW HIM AS AN EDUCATIONAL MASTERPIECE.

THE BLACK SATURDAY WAS ARRESTED IN RAFAH, WHERE HE TAUGHT HEBREW. IN 1947, OREN EMBARKED ON THE MISSION OF THE “UNITED KIBBUTZ” MOVEMENT AND THE “PROTECTION” ORGANIZATION TO GUIDE YOUTH GROUPS IN THE CAMPS OF JEWISH ELEPHANTS EXPELLED FROM THE COUNTRY TO CYPRUS.

IN HIS RETURN FROM CYPRUS, HE TAUGHT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS AT THE I WILL WORK SEMINAR – THE TRAINING CENTER, RESEARCH AND SEMINARIES OF THE UNIFIED KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT. DURING THE SPLIT IN THE UNITED KIBBUTZ, THE PINE FAMILY MOVED TO THE KIBBUTZ, AND HE JOINED THE EDUCATORS OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL. LATER, HE TAUGHT IN THE “LIGHTS MIDRASH” AND RAN FOR MANY YEARS IN DIVERSE LEARNING CIRCLES FOR ADULTS. HOWEVER, HE KEPT JEALOUS OF HIS FIERY WORK FOR TWO DAYS A WEEK AS A FACTORY FOR AN OLIVE ROAD IN HIS LAP.

DR. NOAH OREN WAS IN A STRONG INTELLECTUAL FORM, WITH A DEEP WISDOM AND HUMAN WARMTH, AND WAS A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE METHOD HOUSE.

COMFORT OREN WAS COLLECTED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AT NIGHT J. B.D., FEBRUARY 24, 1985, AND WAS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY.

HIS EDUCATIONAL PATH.
FOR YEARS, DR. MENACHEM HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN EDUCATION AND TEACHING. HIS WAY AS AN EDUCATOR BEGAN TEACHING IN THE HEBREW GYMNASIA IN MONACO IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, BEING A YOUNG AND PROMISING 23-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR AT THE AGE OF VERY CLOSE TO THAT OF HIS STUDENTS. HE DREW THEM INTO THE WORLD OF LITERATURE, ART AND ZIONISM. DURING HIS TEACHING IN GYMNASIA, YOUTH WERE TRAINED IN THE "YOUNG RESCUE" MOVEMENT IN CARPRIOS (A LAND IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC) AND HE DREW HIS CAMP WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN THE SPIRIT OF ZIONISM AND THE LOVE OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL. MANY OF THEM HAVE COME TO ISRAEL.

UPON HIS RISE TO ISRAEL, OREN WAS INTEGRATED IN TEACHING AT THE JOINT SCHOOL FOR THE DUCHY OF TEL-JOSEPH AND THE EYE OF WORSHIP. HE ENRICHED THE CURRICULUM IN THE CONCEPTS OF ACADEMIC EDUCATION AND EUROPEAN CULTURAL VALUES. WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CYPRUS DETENTION CAMPS FOR PARASITES EXPELLED BY THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR TRAINING AND TEACHING IN THESE CAMPS. HE IS P