Harold Simon

He studied accounting and commerce at the University of Witwatersrand and volunteered in 1941 to join the South African Air Force, serving as a navigator and bombardier.

[1] He returned to Johannesburg after the war, worked as an accountant and married Myra Weinberg.

Three weeks after their wedding, in May 1948, they moved to Israel to assist with the War of Independence and both joined the Israeli Air Force.

[5] He was Chairman of World Machal since 1968 and was a founding member of the Menachem Begin Heritage Foundation in Jerusalem.

[7] In 2019, he was awarded the Sylvan Adams Bonei Zion Prize, which honors English-speaking immigrants to Israel who have made significant societal contributions.