Memories
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Zoals Robbert zo mooi sprak op Rebecca’s begrafenis, maakte Rebecca mijn zus en zwager ouders, onze ouders grootouders en mijn zus Jaan en ik tantes. Het was de start van een nieuwe generatie. Wat waren we uitgelaten en blij. Ze was het meest…
This is one of the earliest pictures I have of Rebecca and I together. I believe it was taken at our primary school’s Summer Party. Me and her used to often perform together on the open mic there, and dance like monkeys. One time we also…
Gisteren waren we samen met Ted naar een concert in het Muziekgebouw aan het IJ: ‘Lecons de Ténèbres’ van Marc Antoine Charpentier door het Ensemble Correspondances. De teksten zijn de ‘Klaagzangen van Jeremia’ uit het oude testament, waarbij elk…
I first began writing this on 19th of January, Rebecca was still alive, but barely, and I wanted to write her something, and sent it to her Whatsapp. I wanted to write about her as “she is” and “you are” and not “she…
It is nearly a month that we try to come to terms with the fact this world will have to continue without Rebecca. And the wholes are not mended, not in the team at work that she was part of, not in the story of Israel and of all the parts of her…
Rebecca was ontzettend vriendelijk, slim en toegewijd aan Haboniem. Ze kon ook direct zijn, haar mening laten horen en voor haar normen en waarden staan. Wat heb ik een mooie herinneringen aan haar en wat vond ik het knap dat ze altijd haar eigen weg…
Rebbeca was a visionary. Her decision to go to officer course was affected by her desire to make a change in the way the army system worked. Rebbeca did not approve of the strict distancing between commander and soldier and sought to change it to a…
Dear Rebecca. I last met you, when you were a little girl, but now, from all the things, I heard about you, you turned out to be a wonderful woman with lots of dedication and endless good spirits to help other people. What a shame we could never meet…
Robbert said so rightly at Rebecca’s funeral: Rebecca made us, Robbert & Sacha, into parents. It moved me that Robbert have honored his parents by saying that Rebecca made them into grandparents. I have seen, how Moene, the grandmother of…